Asheville, North Carolina, November 11, 2013
Do you like to support the preservation of quilt history? Do you like to buy and collect quilts? Are there any quilters on your Christmas list this year? Once again you have a chance to buy one of the stunning contest quilts made for the nonprofit Quilt Alliance. The many styles mean there is something for every taste, and the quilts -- some by prize-winning star quilters -- are quite affordable, starting at just $60. The first week of the Quilt Alliance's TWENTY auction begins on Monday, November 11 at 9pm Eastern. All quilts are 20" x 20", and the quilts will be offered through December 9 in four one-week auctions on eBay. Here are quilts included in Week One of the auction:   
Above, left to right: "20" by Patricia Hobbs, "Needlework 1928" by Pauline Salzman, "Take 20" by Eleanor Levie.   
Above, left to right: "20 Blocks for Twenty Years" by Alison Ruggiero, "Twenty Things I Say" by Pat Sloan, "Memories of Grandmom ... 100 years / 5 Generations = 20" by Joyce Hughes. To bid during the TWENTY auction, search "Quilt Alliance" on www.ebay.com when the week one auction starts at 9 pm Eastern on November 11 (quilts are not viewable on eBay until the auction officially begins). View all 23 of the Week One quilts on the Quilt Alliance blog here, Pinterest board here or Facebook page here.
The 7th annual contest and auction, titled TWENTY, celebrates the Alliance's 20th anniversary, and documents the work of 93 artists from 26 states and 5 countries. The annual small quilt auction is one of the Quilt Alliance's most important fundraisers, supporting projects like Quilters' S.O.S. -Save Our Stories and Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! and enabling our participation in projects like The Quilt Index.
The Alliance contest theme is traditionally open-ended to challenge the creativity of quilters from all corners of the quilt world- traditional, modern, art, applique, embroidery, machine quilting, hand quilting and those whose work falls under several of these categories or none at all. The only strict requirements of each year's contest are the size of the entry (usually 15-20" square) and that the construction include three layers. Each quilt must be documented by a label, a practice the Quilt Alliance strongly promotes.
The 2014 theme is Inspired By and entry forms will be downloadable in December 2013 on the Quilt Alliance website. This year it all starts with inspiration. Entrants will be able to pick from our online Inspiration Gallery featuring quilts from The Quilt Index and Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories projects, or select your own source to inspire your original entry.
The TWENTY contest entries will be documented by the Alliance in The Quilt Index, www.QuiltIndex.org. The Quilt Index website provides centralized access to more than 54,000 records, including quilts from state or regional documentation projects, museum and private collections. The Quilt Index, launched online in 2003, is a joint project of the Alliance, Michigan State University Museum, and MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University.
 Complete details on the contest and auction are on the Alliance's website here: www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/projects/galleries/TWENTY/gallery/
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