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Celebrating our 20th Anniversary Year             eBurst/June 28, 2013
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TWENTY Quilts Debut
Countdown to QTM
Quilts in Motion
Upcoming Events
Founders &
Board
 

 

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
Nancy Bavor
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

Staff
Amy Milne, executive director
Debby Josephs, office manager
Emma Parker, project manager for Q.S.O.S.

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UpcomingUpcoming Events & Opportunities  

 

Not Fade Away logo Coming up soon on July 20, 2013
Educational conference Herndon, Virginia

 

 

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September 28, 2013
Quilters Take Manhattan
F.I.T. in New York City


 
"Cynthia Star", Quilter: Janet Elwin, Performer: Jess Chang

Don't miss this special blog post, which shares the
work and words of dancer, choreographer and quilter Merli V. Guerra, Artistic Director of the
Luminarium Dance Company.

Read the full blog post here.

Merli's "Quilt Vignettes"
are currently on view at
the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA, through July 7 (alongside
all six original quilts), and
at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles in
San Jose, CA, through
July 21.

For a sneak peek of the work, view the Youtube trailer here.




oneTWENTY Quilts Debut 
TWENTY contest logo

A stunning group of small quilts from 24 U.S. states, Spain, England, Belgium, Canada and Australia have poured into the Alliance's offices in Asheville since early spring. We received ninety quilts in all, and I think you'll be impressed by how different these quilts are, each expressing a unique interpretation of "TWENTY." The level of technical and artistic skill demonstrated in entries to our annual contest just keeps rising, year after year. The larger 20" x 20" size (in honor of our 20th anniversary year) makes a dramatic impression, too.

You can view all of the quilts on our website here and also on a TWENTY Flickr page here. Here are a few of the quilts donated by Quilt Alliance board and advisory council members. These quilts are not eligible to be voted on, but you can sure bid on them along with the rest, when our eBay auction gets underway on November 11, 2013.
01.YvonnePorcella
01. "The Mocha Tree" by Yvonne Porcella, Arnold, California

02. Yvonne Porcella
02. "QA at 20" by Yvonne Porcella, Arnold, California

07. Allison Aller
07. "Twenty Years in the Garden" by Allison Aller,
Washougal, Washington
60. Pauline Macaulay
60. "Twenty Minutes"
by Pauline Macaulay, London, England
Member voting is underway now to determine the Members Choice Awards (1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Honorable Mention). Members have until 12 midnight Eastern on Saturday, June 29 to cast their vote. If you are a Quilt Alliance member and did not receive your voting ballot, please email us.

Handi Quilter logo and product
Our gracious and enthusiastic panel of professional judges, Marianne Fons, Paula Nadelstern and Mark Lipinski will choose our Grand Prize winner, who will receive an HQ Sweet Sixteen machine quilting system by Handi Quilter, Inc.
  
Creative Mojo with Mark Lipinski logo
Mark will reveal the Grand Prize and Member's Choice winners on his Internet talk radio show, Creative Mojo with Mark Lipinski, on Wednesday, July 3. "Mojo" airs from 3:00-5:00 pm Eastern, so be sure to tune in to find out the winners! You can listen live here: http://toginet.com/shows/creativemojo, or download and listen to the podcast after the show airs. We'll post the winners to our website and Facebook page shortly after the show!


twoCountdown to Quilters Take Manhattan!

QTM logo Tickets for the biggest quilt lover's weekend in the Big Apple go on sale Saturday, July 6 at 12 noon Eastern! The Quilt Alliance's annual fundraiser, Quilters Take Manhattan, has expanded considerably this year based on feedback from last year's attendees. Our main event will again happen at the Fashion Institute of Technology on Saturday, September 28 from 1:00-5:00. We are so proud to have Hollis Chatelain as our 2013 headliner, and we'll also present Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! interviews with Paula Nadelstern and members of her artist's group Semper Tedium. New at FIT this year: vendors!

Hollis Chatelain
Hollis Chatelain
All those who register for the FIT event can also pick from these great add-on events happening Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
  • After Dark Cocktail Party at the home and studio of Victoria Findlay Wolfe with the first ever Quilt Match Manhattan, a quilt design competition between Heather Jones, Luke Haynes and Mark Lipinski! (Saturday) 
  • Tour of the Garment District with visits to some of your favorite fabric companies with Mark Lipinski or Paula Nadelstern (Friday) 
  • Broadway outing with Marie Bostwick to see Wicked, including a chance to meet Wicked dresser and founder of the Broadway Gentlemen's Quilting Auxiliary, Michael Michalski (Friday) 
  • Workshops at Manhattan's best quilt shop, The City Quilter, with Mark Lipinski, Leslie Tucker Jenison and Frances Holliday Alford (Friday and Sunday) 
  • 15 Minutes of PLAY, a half-day workshop with lunch at the home and studio of Victoria Findlay Wolfe. (Sunday)    
  • alt_quilts: Sabrina Gschwandtner, Luke Haynes, Stephen Sollins:
    A Behind the Scenes Preview at the American Folk Art Museum. Guests will be able to tour the galleries during the last day of installation allowing them the first glimpse of this exciting exhibition. (Sunday) 

Complete details and an introduction to our generous 2013 sponsors will debut on the Quilt Alliance website next week and tickets go on sale Saturday, July 6 at 12 noon. The Saturday FIT event is limited to 350 guests and we expect the add-on events for this 3-day quilt lovers's weekend to go quickly, so set your reminder now!  

 

Can't wait to see you in the Big Apple September 27-29! 

  Quilters PLAY Manhattan in progress