Brown Sugar Stitchers Bring Cheer to the Gateway Homeless Center

By Anita Once again the ladies of the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild have risen to the occasion. I delivered 13 cheerful quilts made by members of the Brown Sugar Stitchrs Quilt Guild to the Gateway Homeless Center in Atlanta, December 22, 2006. All the quilts were quite beautiful, and I am sure that they [...]

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival Scheduled for February 22-25, 2007

The Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, which bills itself as the largest on the eastern seaboard, will be held February 22-25, 2007 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, VA. The show will feature juried and judged quilt and wearable art competitions with over $30,000 in prize money up for grabs. There will be over 500 [...]

Applique Society Announces 2007 Conference

The Applique Society will hold its annual conference in Tampa, Florida May 23 – 26, 2007. The conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay http://www.grandtampabay.hyatt.com. The show will feature a wide array of classes taught by nationally renowned instructors, as well as, a juried quilt show, and a merchants mall. Many tours [...]

Bulloch Hall Accepting Entries for Annual Quilt Show

Bulloch Hall is accepting entries for its annual quilt show. The entry deadline is January 16, 2007. The show will be held March 10 -18, 2007 at Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia. The rules of entry and the application can be found on their web site at http://www.bullochhall.org. This is not a juried show, but [...]

Georgia Quilts: Piecing Together A History

The much anticipated book documenting Georgia quilts is now available for purchase. The book is available at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, GA and can be pre-ordered from Amazon. The book is available in both hard back and soft bound. Be sure to check out the section on African American quilts.

Seasons Greetings!

May your holiday season be filled with joy, laughter and friendship!

Rosie Lee Tompkins, African-American Quiltmaker, Dies at 70

Reprinted from the New York Times By MARGALIT FOX Published: December 6, 2006 Rosie Lee Tompkins, a renowned African-American quiltmaker whose use of dazzling color and vivid geometric forms made her work internationally acclaimed despite her vehement efforts to remain completely unknown, was found dead on Friday at her home in Richmond, Calif. She was [...]

The Quiltmaker’s Gift: A Book Review

Reprinted from 12/05Do you read the Christmas Story to your children as part of your holiday tradition? Expand your tradition to include The Quiltmaker’s Gift. It is the heartwarming story of a greedy king who learns the importance of giving from an old quiltmaker who only made quilts for the poor. The book is beautifully [...]

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