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The Quilt Alliance launched its first quilt contest in 2007 with several goals in mind. One goal was to raise funds to support the Alliance's move from Louisville, Kentucky to our present home in Asheville, North Carolina. We also wanted to establish this fundraiser as an annual intiiatve to provide ongoing operating support. Another aim was to document the work of our members by taking a "snapshot" of quilts made in a particular year.
QA board members Karen Musgave and the late Yvonne Porcella set out to make the contest friendly to all quilters, whether they identified as longarmers, hand quilters, modern quilters or simply artists. With this in mind they crafted an open-ended theme that anyone could speak to, and that tradition has continued. This year marks the Alliance's 10th annual contest.
Quilt Alliance quilt contests from 2007-2016
2007: Put a Roof Over Our Head
2008: My Quilts/Our History
2009: Crazy for Quilts
2010: New from Old
2011: Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion
2012: Home Is Where the Quilt Is
2013: TWENTY
2014: Inspired By
2015: Animals We Love
2016: Playing Favorites
Quilt Alliance member Maude Wallace Haeger of West Chester, Ohio is one of the artists who created and donated a small house-shaped quilt ("Casa del Sol") for our first contest back in 2007. She entered again in 2008, donating four quilts (that worked separately, or as a multi-paneled piece) for the Crazy for Quilts theme. This year, Maude entered again for our Playing Favorites contest. In this innaugural post in our new series, Inspired Giving, I asked Maude to tell her story. Read the full post on the Quilt Alliance blog.
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