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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 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 StaffAmy Milne, executive director Debby Josephs, office manager Emma Parker, project manager for Q.S.O.S. Contact us! |
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Members! You are the thread that keeps us together!
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Upcoming Events & Opportunities
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 Coming up soon on July 20, 2013
Educational conference Herndon, Virginia
September 28, 2013
Quilters Take Manhattan
F.I.T. in New York City
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"Cynthia Star", Quilter: Janet Elwin, Performer: Jess Chang
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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. |
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TWENTY Quilts Debut
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 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. "The Mocha Tree" by Yvonne Porcella, Arnold, California |
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Washougal, Washington |
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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. 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.  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! |
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Countdown to Quilters Take Manhattan!
 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!
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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)
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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!
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