Asheville, North Carolina, May 31, 2012
The mission of the nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts is to preserve and share the stories of quilts and their makers, and who better to help us than a master storyteller whose popular characters are quiltmakers?  Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of the New York Times Bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series, as well as five collections of quilt patterns inspired by her novels. Her devoted readers have followed the adventures of Sylvia, Sarah, Gwen, Bonnie and the others at the fictional quilting retreat Elm Creek Manor for years. The author is a quilter herself, and her novels mirror the trends happening in quilting today and demonstrate clearly the ways in which quilting enriches the lives of those who practice
the craft. During a lively lecture at Quilters Take Manhattan, Chiaverini will give our audience a sneak peek into her 20th Elm Creek novel, The Giving Quilt, which will be published October 30. Her newest book is about quilters giving back, and we're delighted to be the object of Chiaverini's generosity ourselves.  Jennifer Chiaverini is just the latest exciting addition to the second annual Quilters Take Manhattan event. Buy tickets now for the Saturday, September 15 program at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, where you will also get to meet iconic quilt designer Denyse Schmidt, and hear from the inimitable, unpredictable Mark Lipinski. Denyse Schmidt will be interviewed for the Alliance's oral history project, Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories, and will also take audience questions. She will be selling and signing copies of her new book. Quilters Take Manhattan runs from 1 to 5 pm, during which time you will laugh, eat, learn, shop, look at quilts, and make new friends. Expect: overflowing goodie bags, amazing door prizes, a great silent auction and a very good time. Tickets for the FIT program, plus Quilters Take Manhattan: After Dark, a cocktail party limited to 100 people, are on sale now: www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/support/QTM.php 
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