The Wayne Art Center, 434 Maplewood Ave., Wayne, Pennsylvania
In conjunction with the ArtQuilts Elements Exhibit
Learn seven different surface design techniques from these quilt artists:
- Machine quilting techniques by Cindy Friedman
- Curved Piecing by Christina Johnson
- Photo Transfer by Marion Mackey
- Silkscreen Printing with Fiber Reactive Dyes by Wendy Osterweil
- Surface Design by Lonni Rossi
- Iteration & Reiteration by Bette Woolsey
- Shibori by Janell Wysock
Workshop Limited to 70 participants
For further information, phone (610) 688-3553, email info@wayneart.org, or visit www.wayneart.org.
MAY 2008
May 1 - 4, 2008“Denver National Quilt Festival III”May 8 - 10, 2008
Denver, Colorado
www.quiltfest.com
Quilting Conference At Ladore Conference CenterMay 14, 2008
Waymart, Pennsylvania
Check in Thursday and stay until Saturday. $135.00 per person.
For more information, call (570) 488-6129 or visit www.ladore.org
“Why We Quilt” presented by Marianne Fons.May 17-18, 2008
Shady Maple Banquet Center, 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl, PA.
Two programs will be presented, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost is $15.00 per session. Tickets are available from the Hinkletown Sewing Machine Shop, 232 Wanner Road, Ephrata, PA. (717) 354-0204, or by mail (for details, call John or Donna at (717) 786-3711 or email jogroff@epix.net).
BVQ Members: see the Members' Corner page for details on Betty Jean's plans to carpool to the afternoon lecture.
“Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece”
Presented by the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative
Countryside Christian Community, 200 Bellann Court, Annville, Pennsylvania
A traveling exhibit of 52 extraordinary art quilts about Alzheimer's disease. The work of 54 quilt artists from 30 states, plus one artist from New Zealand is represented in the exhibit. The artists, many internationally renowned, offer poignant interpretations of the Alzheimer's experience in fiber.
Contact: Dan Snyder at 717-867-4636 or email ucchdan@comcast.net
www.countrysidechristian.info/index.html
For more information about the exhibit, visit www.alzquilts.org/afpbp.html.
JUNE 2008
June 6-8, 2008“35th Annual Quilters Unlimited Quilt Show”June 7, 2008
Dulles Expo Center, North Hall, Chantilly, Virginia
Hours: Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m; Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Website: http://www.quiltersunlimited.org/show.htm.
“LeTort Quilt Fest 2008”June 7-8, 2008
Presented by Le Tort Quilters
Iron Forge Education Center, 4 Forge Road, Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania
Held in conjunction with the Boiling Springs Foundry Day
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Admission: $5
Contact: Donna Hurley, P.O. Box 260, Carlisle, PA, or email DKThreads@aol.com.
www.letortquilters.com
“Reach for the Stars” Quilt ShowJune 14-15, 2008
Presented by Colonial Quilter’s Guild of Bethlehem, PA
Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
NQA Judged show features 200 Quilts, Raffle Quilt, Raffles for Janome Sewing Machine, Ott Light and other items, Vendors, Boutique, Tricky Tray, Door Prizes, Demonstrations, “Quilters-in-Training” Activities for School-Aged children and the Colonial Quilter’s Café.
Need to insure your quilts? Quilt Appraisals by Karen Devers; call Betsy for more information at 610-997-3810.
Hours: Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Handicapped Accessible
Admission: $5 per person, $8 for 2-day pass
Contact: Nancy Frantz by phone at (610) 365-8428 or by email.
“Quilts by the Bay”June 19-21, 2008
Presented by the Annapolis Quilt Guild
Annapolis Senior High School, 2700 Riva Road, Annapolis, Maryland
Hours: Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Handicapped Accessible
Admission: $7.00 (includes both days); children under 12 are free
www.annapolisquiltguild.org
“National Quilting Association's 39th Annual Quilt Show”June 27 - 29, 2008
Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio
www.nqaquilts.org
“Vermont Quilt Festival”June 28 - 29, 2008
Vermont Quilt Festival, Essex Junction, Vermont
www.vqf.org
email: info@vqf.org
“Celebration of Quilts 2008”
Sponsored by York Quilters Guild
York Expo Center/Fair Grounds, Old Main Building, 334 Carlisle Ave., York, Pennsylvania
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Admission: $7.00 per day; Seniors 60 and over - $5.00; Children 5 - 12, $4.00; under 5 free
www.yorkquiltersguild.com
email: info@yorkquiltersguild.com
JULY 2008
July 24 - 27, 2008“Quilt Odyssey”July 25-27, 2008
Hershey Convention Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
www.quiltodyssey.com
email: quiltodyssey@supernet.com
“International Quilt Festival/Long Beach”
Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California
http://www.quilts.com/home/shows/
AUGUST 2008
August 20-23, 2008“AQS Quilt Expo - Nashville”
Nashville, TN
www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/
SEPTEMBER 2008
September 4 - 7, 2008“Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XV”September 18-21, 2008
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
www.quiltfest.com
“World Quilt & Textile: On Tour XII”
World Quilt Show - New England
Premier of the 2008 World Quilt Competition Tour
Manchester, New Hampshire
www.quiltfest.com
OCTOBER 2008
October 8-11, 2008“AQS Quilt Expo – Des Moines ”October 16 - 19, 2008
Des Moines, Iowa
www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/
“Pacific International Quilt Festival XVII”October 30-November 2, 2008
Santa Clara, California
www.quiltfest.com
“International Quilt Festival/Houston”
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas
http://www.quilts.com/home/shows/
NOVEMBER 2008
October 30-November 2, 2008“International Quilt Festival/Houston”
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas
http://www.quilts.com/home/shows/
EXHIBITS
Wilmington, Delaware, May, 2008Judy Filipkowski is the featured quilt artist for May, 2008, at the North Wilmington Library.Wayne, Pennsylvania, April 4 - May 10, 2008: “AQE Exhibition 2008”
There will be a reception and opening on Friday, May 2nd from 5:30-7:30 at the library, located at 3400 N. Market St., Wilmington, Delaware. Refreshments will be served. Come and join the BrandyWine Bee and celebrate fiber art. Let's Party!!!
Please RSVP to Judy if you will be attending the reception.
Directions: For those in N. Wilmington, the library is about 8 blocks south of Lea Boulevard. For those coming south on Route 202, go past I-95 to the first left at Fulton Paper (Miller Rd.), go past the Home Depot to Lea Boulevard, turn right to Market St., then right for about 8 blocks.
ArtQuilt Elements, formerly ArtQuilts at the Sedgwick, is now a biennial juried exhibition celebrating its eighth show. In April and May 2008, AQE will be presented by the Wayne Art Center, 434 Maplewood Ave., Wayne, Pennsylvania.
For further information, visit www.artquiltelements.com.
Wayne Art Center information:
- Phone: 610-688-3553
- Email: info@wayneart.org
- Website: www.wayneart.org
WEEKEND GETAWAYS AND RETREATS
MYSTERY QUILT AND UFO WEEKEND GETAWAY IN LANCASTER, PA.Sponsored by Threadmakers Quilt Studio.
Leave your kids, mate and house behind for a Mystery Quilt and UFO Weekend Getaway! Enjoy the pleasures of the Amish Farm countryside while stitching your way through clues to discover the identity of a mystery quilt, or you can work on your own UFO's (and we all have plenty of those!) Ideas will also be shared, along with new quilt tricks and “Show and Tell”.
Your Friday night arrival will be a Wine and Cheese get-together and Geri's “Tricky Trade”, followed by Amish dinner and then start sewing. Saturday morning will be spent with more sewing but the afternoon is open for shopping and dinner out. The area abounds with outlet shopping, antiques, and discount quilting supplies! Sunday morning you will finish up sewing and head for home with the mystery solved or finished projects.
The getaway package is $225 and includes two nights' lodging, a country breakfast, a homemade lunch, a country dinner, Sunday brunch and Mystery Quilt clues. You'll be sure to plant seeds of friendship that will grow for years to come.
Getaways are scheduled in 2008 for the following dates:
- April 25-27 (Blue Ball B&B)
- May 23-2 (Blue Ball B&B)
- August 8-10 (White Oak B&B)
- October 17-19 (Blue Ball B&B)
- November 14-16 (Blue Ball B&B)
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