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Celebrating our 20th Anniversary Year             eBurst/ December 27, 2013
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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
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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MembersThank you,
Members!

 

Charter Members 
Charlotte Enfield
Virginia Vis

Renewing Members 

Jean DeFrances

Jamie Fingal

Katherine Johnson

Tara Marr

Robin Meyer

Sylvia Milne

Karla Poggen

Arturo Sandoval

Jane Smith


New Members

Mary Anne Griffin

Kelly Jurek

Jennifer Mitchell

Laraine Sgroi


 
UpcomingUpcoming Events & Opportunities  

 
Deadline: May 1
2014 Quilt Contest
Guidelines posted soon.

 

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September 20, 2014
Quilters Take Manhattan
F.I.T. in New York City


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July 2014
2nd annual Quilts & Oral History Conference
Herndon, Virginia
in partnership with the Sacred Threads Exhibition

2012 Matching Campaign

If you have enjoyed reading this newsletter or our On This Day in History Quilts blog series, read a Q.S.O.S. interview, watched a Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! video or participated in any of our events or projects, please consider making a year-end gift to the Quilt Alliance to show your support.

Through December 31, every dollar will be matched by an anonymous foundation. I'd like to thank all of you who have made a contribution to date--your support is much appreciated!! If you haven't had a chance yet, please take five minutes to help us take advantage of this generous offer with a donation of any amount.  Visit our website to make a secure online contribution via credit card or Paypal, or download a printable form to mail in with your check.

Watch our 2013 Video Annual Report to see what we accomplished this year with your support.

Quilt Alliance 2013 Annual Report
Quilt Alliance 2013 Video Annual Report


JoyceHoliday Quilts and Stories 

Whether you are just putting the binding on this year's holiday quilt, in search of ideas for your 2014 seasonal project, or just love quilts and their stories (isn't that why you subscribe to this newsletter?), I have two blog posts to inspire you.

First, on the Quilt Alliance blog, we recently featured four Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.) interviewees and their holiday-themed quilts. From Resna Ximines Hammer's Jewish ceremonial cloths to Liz Joe's "Wise Men Still Seek Him," you'll get a story snippet from four different quiltmakers documented via our Q.S.O.S. oral history project. The full interviews are presented on our website and the original audio recording, transcript and photos are archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Resna Ximines Hammer

Liz Joe's "Wise Men Still Seek Him"

The second post I'd like to share is from the Quilt Index blog. The Quilt Index website now contains over 54,000 records of quilts (and quilt-related ephemera and journals) from four centuries! Search the word "Christmas" and you'll find 811 records of quilts made all over the U.S. and abroad, from the 1800's to the 2000's. We've picked some beauties for you to enjoy in our post, and to search through these holiday quilts yourself, just visit the Quilt Index home page and type the word Christmas in the search box in the top right corner, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Quilt Search!

Red and Green Applique Quilt from the
Michigan State University Museum permanent collection



FiveOnly 5 Days left to begin or renew your Quilt Alliance membership so you can qualify for our year end member drawing! 

Join because you care deeply about the documentation and preservation of the rich history of quilts and their makers. Our members provide significant support for our core projects like Q.S.O.S. and allow us to partner on projects like The Quilt Index.
  • You will receive Story Quarters, a new members-only e-newsletter with "Behind the Seams" stories about quilts and their makers from our staff, board, volunteers, and partners.
  • You will receive discounts on ticketed events like Quilters Take Manhattan (Save the Date: September 20, 2014 in NYC!), and our second Quilts & Oral history Conference (Save the Date: July 2015, Herndon, Virginia).
  • You can enter our annual contest for only $5/entry. 2014 entries due May 1. Guidelines posting soon.
  • You'll receive our new membership lapel pin.
Click here to visit our membership page to see all of the Year-End Member Drawing prizes. You can join or renew securely online via credit card or Paypal, or by mailing in our printable form with your check.
 
Just one of the great prizes you could win in our 2013 Year-end Members's Drawing!


Here's hoping you are having a happy, healthy and quilt-filled holiday season!

 
Much love,
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Amy Milne, executive director