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Quilt Alliance Blog
4d ago
Come visit the Quilt Alliance booth #208 at QuiltCon in Phoenix! Pick up some free resources
If you’re new to the Quilt Alliance, you’ll find brochures and handouts about:
QA quilt documentation and oral history projects
Membership for individuals and groups
Handouts on quilt labeling, quilt care, and storage
Sample quilt labels
Sign the Labeling Pledge
The Quilt Alliance’s motto is No More Anonymous Quiltmakers, and our booth includes a giant Labeling Pledge banner. Add your signature to the pledge, and take a pin and a selfie to let the world know your quilt history matters!
Join!
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Quilt Alliance Blog
4d ago
Beginning April 1, 2025, Quilt Alliance membership fees will go up $5/level/year. This modest increase will allow us to keep up with rising operating costs. All new memberships and renewals, including multi-year renewals, will be priced at current rates through Mar. 31, 2025. Begin or renew your membership here.
We have some fabulous new thank you gifts for all new members and members who renew at a higher level. If you’re attending QuiltCon in Phoenix, come by booth #208 to see the new items and start or renew your membership.
Beginning April 1, all new members and those renewing at a highe ..read more
Quilt Alliance Blog
6d ago
Respite
Suzanne Porcella Byrd
2009
16″x16″
Honorable Mention Award, Quilt Alliance Crazy for Quilts Contest
Materials:
Cotton fabric, machine pieced and quilted, muslin batting, jonestones metallic paint and a pin from “California Milk”. Decorative stitching done on a Bernina. Design from strip piecing technique with appliqued flowers.
Artist’s Statement:
Sometimes life just seems to be overwhelming. Being pulled in so many different directions by family, friends, pets, jobs, autos and household appliances that keep breaking down, yard work, etc. can all leave little time for entering ..read more
Quilt Alliance Blog
1M ago
The Quilt Alliance is sad to learn of the passing of Bernard L. Herman, professor, writer, folklorist, and early Quilt Alliance board member. Bernie was one of the first champions of the Quilt Alliance (then called the Alliance for American Quilts) and served on the task force that developed the Quilters’ Save Our Stories (QSOS) project in 1999, animated by the question ‘if this quilt could talk, what would it say?’.
Georgia Bonesteel, interviewer Karen Musgrave, and Bernie Herman at a QSOS training, 1999
Bernie conducted some of the earliest QSOS interviews, including Jean Ray Laury ..read more
Quilt Alliance Blog
1M ago
From Adele Swanson:
I have been using the Velcro picture hangers for some of my quilts. Depending on the size of the quilt I will use as many as I think will work. I typically buy the 16 lb. size. I recently bought some Atomic Grip tape and may try that, too
From Anne Mullis:
I have been hanging several of my quilts for some time, using 3M’s Command strips (I use the ones which look similar to hook & loop tape). The adhesive is extremely kind to fabric, removes quite easily from both the quilt and the wall, and has not left any residue or marks on my quilts! I have even used th ..read more
Quilt Alliance Blog
5M ago
From Adele Swanson:
I have been using the Velcro picture hangers for some of my quilts. Depending on the size of the quilt I will use as many as I think will work. I typically buy the 16 lb. size. I recently bought some Atomic Grip tape and may try that, too
From Anne Mullis:
I have been hanging several of my quilts for some time, using 3M’s Command strips (I use the ones which look similar to hook & loop tape). The adhesive is extremely kind to fabric, removes quite easily from both the quilt and the wall, and has not left any residue or marks on my quilts! I have even used th ..read more
Quilt Alliance Blog
5M ago
The quilting community lost a bright light this month. Artist Carole Lyles Shaw passed away on August 4, 2024. Carole was a vibrant modern quilter and a beloved teacher and community leader. She was an inspiring role model to so many quilters and did an excellent job of documenting her work, her process, and her life.
Carole was a longtime Quilt Alliance member who participated in many of our projects. Volunteer Karen Musgrave interviewed Carole for the Quilters’ Save Our Stories (QSOS) oral history project in 2009. She was interviewed again by QA Project Manager Emma Parker in 2023.
In 2 ..read more
Quilt Alliance Blog
6M ago
The quilting community lost a bright light this month. Artist Carole Lyles Shaw passed away on August 4, 2024. Carole was a vibrant modern quilter and a beloved teacher and community leader. She was an inspiring role model to so many quilters and did an excellent job of documenting her work, her process, and her life.
Carole was a longtime Quilt Alliance member who participated in many of our projects. Volunteer Karen Musgrave interviewed Carole for the Quilters’ Save Our Stories (QSOS) oral history project in 2009. She was interviewed again by QA Project Manager Emma Parker in 2023.
In 20 ..read more
Quilt Alliance Blog
6M ago
From Dee Winter:
I belong to a small group that are making some charity items. One of our member’s mother was a prolific piecer. Not so good on the finishing. So we are finishing them, mostly tying, some long armed by friends, and we are going to donate them to the emergency family shelter. The label we are using has Pieced by (her name) and finished by the Sew and Sews. Gives her credit for her part, some for us. None of her chidren wanted any of them until her daughter offered them to us. They are now doing their own finishing.
From Dr. Laura Guertin:
Excerpt from Laura’s blog post about t ..read more
Quilt Alliance Blog
6M ago
Quilters Take a Moment, the QA’s annual educational event is coming up on September 20 & 21 and this year all members can register for free! Just log into your membership portal and click on Register for Quilters Take a Moment. Non-members, you can purchase tickets ($60) or join and register for free via this form. This virtual event is designed to help you document the quilts you make and own. This is a unique event completely focused on tips and inspiration for documenting and preserving your personal quilt history.
We often hear: What will happen to my quilts? Will my family and frien ..read more