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Founders &
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Karey Bresenhan
Nancy O'Bryant Puentes
Eunice Ray
Shelly Zegart
Meg Cox, President Mark Dunn, Vice-President Janneken Smucker, Secretary
Lisa Ellis, Treasurer
Kate Adams
Frances Holiday Alford Allie Aller Jodie Davis Brenda Groelz Marin Hanson Luke Haynes Amy Henderson Leslie Tucker Jenison Mark Kornbluh Mark Lipinski Pauline Macaulay Michele Muska Steve Nabity Dean Rehberger Marie Bostwick Alex Veronelli Victoria Findlay Wolfe Mary Worrall StaffAmy Milne, executive director Debby Josephs, office manager Emma Parker, project manager for Q.S.O.S. Contact us! |
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 Upcoming Events & Opportunities
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 July 20, 2013
Educational conference Herndon, Virginia
Deadline: June 1
2013 Quilt Contest
September 28, 2013
Quilters Take Manhattan
F.I.T. in New York City
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Happy Weekend, Everyone!
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Warm regards,
Amy Milne
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Not Fade Away Conference July 20
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The nonprofit Quilt Alliance will present a one-day educational conference sponsored by Handi Quilter, Inc. called Not Fade Away: Sharing Quilt Stories in the Digital Age on Saturday, July 20 at Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia. This event is directed to anybody
who makes, collects, or appreciates quilts, both modern and vintage. The Alliance offers resources to help every quilt owner and maker document her or his own collection, so the quilts continue to carry their stories into the future.
Conference sessions are designed to demonstrate the Alliance's oral history projects and share techniques for documenting and sharing quilts using digital technologies and social media.
Conference admission is $45 for Quilt Alliance members, $55 for non-members (annual membership starts at $25/year). Admission includes a coffee reception at registration, a boxed lunch, Quilt Alliance USB drive full of take-home resources, and same-day admission to Sacred Threads, an international exhibition of quilts exploring themes of spirituality, joy, inspiration, peace/brotherhood, grief and healing.
 left to right: Janneken Smucker, Jinny Beyer, Luana Rubin
Janneken Smucker will give the keynote address, "Quilt Stories/Storied Quilts," about how and why people who love quilts-the makers, the owners, the users, the preservers-continually layer new meaning onto these objects.
During the demonstration portion of the event, pioneering fabric designer and award-winning quilter Jinny Beyer will be interviewed for the Q.S.O.S. project by Luana Rubin, veteran quilt world designer, writer and entrepreneur.
Seating for the conference is limited so early registration is encouraged. Not Fade Away conference details and online registration can be found on the Quilt Alliance website here: www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/support/events.php.
 The sponsor for the Not Fade Away conference is Handi Quilter, Inc., and development of the event was made possible by support from the Robert and Ardis James Foundation.
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First Members-Only eJournal Debuts in May | All current Quilt Alliance members will receive a copy of Story Quarters, the new members-only eJournal, in May. This behind-the-seams publication was created in response to important feedback from you, our most passionate and involved supporters. Many of you expressed an interest in more detailed updates on projects and events and additional information on organizational changes and news.
We're excited to bring you this new member benefit, which will include more in-depth reaches into our archives for stories about special quilts and reflections from our volunteers and staff members on our projects, events and initiatives.
Please renew your membership or sign up as a new member today to be sure you receive this inaugural copy of the Story Quarters eJournal.
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