Call to Artists: The Dream Rocket Quilt Hunstville AL Deadline 2-1-10

Call to Artists: The Dream Rocket Quilt

University of Alabama-Huntsville; Huntsville, AL

Deadline: February 1, 2010

Application Guidelines: http://www.thedreamrocket.com/index.php/reserve-your-spot

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is directing a monumental project to 'wrap' the 37-story Saturn V Moon Rocket replica at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville with possibly one of the world’s largest collaborative quilts ever constructed (over 32,000 square feet). The Dream Rocket team is collecting 8,000 handmade panels from students, teachers, groups, and individuals from more than 100 countries. These panels represent the participants’ dreams for a better tomorrow, using dream themes such as Space, Science, Technology, Community, Health, Conservation, Peace, etc. Visit www.thedreamrocket.com for more information.

Freedom Quilting Bee @ Frist July 24, 2009

On Friday, July 24th, from 6 - 8 pm in the Frist Center lobby, meet members of the Freedom Quilting Bee for an informal social hour.
Freedom Quilting Bee members will share the history of their community, their connections to the craft of quilting, and their visions for the future.

The Freedom Quilting Bee is a nationally-recognized quilting cooperative established in 1966 in Alberta, Alabama as an outgrowth of the civil rights movement. When local people lost their incomes, and sometimes their homes, after registering to vote, women banded together to put their skills to use in order to earn family income and build community. Today, the Freedom Quilting Bee remains one of the oldest cooperatives in the country.

The Freedom Quilting Bee and ASK Apparel, a Nashville dyeshop and clothing company focused on revitalizing the use of plant-based dyes, have partnered for a three-day workshop on natural dyeing with plant and earth-based materials. The quilters welcome discussion of projects old and new.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is located at 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN. For further information on the Freedom Quilting Bee or ASK Apparel, please contact Sarah Bellos of ASK Apparel at info@askapparel.com, or 615.306.3154, or visit www.askapparel.com.
For further information about the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, please contact 615.244.3340

American Quilter's Society (AQS) Quilt Expo – Nashville: Deadline May 5, 08

American Quilter's Society (AQS) Quilt Expo – Nashville

Deadline: May 5, 2008 (RECEIVED)

AQS Quilt Expo – Nashville

August 20-23, 2008

Download the complete Contest Rules and Entry Form

* Limit of two entries per person, one entry per category.

* All quilts must be quilted by hand, by machine, or both.

* Quilts/needlework must have been finished between May 1, 2005, and May 1,

2008, and be in excellent condition.

* Quilts/needlework displayed in any previous AQS contest (Paducah or

Nashville) or made from precut or stamped kits are ineligible.

CATEGORIES

Quilting: Quilts in Bed or Wall Size

Quilter’s Choice Quilts (Width 48” to 110”; Length 48” or more)

Quilts made using any quiltmaking technique.

On The Wall Quilts (Width 30” to 60”; Length 30” or more)

Quilts made for display on a wall, using any quiltmaking technique.

SewTech: Made by Machine Quilts

(Width 48” to 110”; Length 48” or more) – Quilt or wallhanging made entirely by machine (domestic home sewing machine, longarm machine, or embroidery machine).

Guild Challenge: The Ultimate Guild Challenge Quilts

(Width 30” to 60”; Length 30” to 60”) – The quilt guild selects the top eight quilts from their guild challenge to enter in The Ultimate Guild Challenge.

Needlework: Stitched Pieces Made of Fiber

(Width 12” to 36”; Length 12” to 48”) Needlework piece made of cloth, thread, or yarn (that is not a quilt), using a single or multiple needlework techniques: crochet, embroidery (crewel, crossstitch, goldwork, ribbon embroidery, stumpwork, white or black work),

knitting, lacemaking, needlepoint, needlepunch, tatting, or weaving.

Special: Abraham Lincoln Contest

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Quilts– (Width 48” to 110”; Length 48” or more)

The story of his life is one of commitment to the ideals of freedom, democracy, and equal opportunity. Quilts might be based on any of a variety of themes related to Lincoln, from his humble beginnings, nineteenth-century political culture, the Civil War, to Lincoln’s legacy today. Quilts must depict the life of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, by incorporating some aspect of his life or influence on our country. Quilts may be based on: a theme related to Lincoln, pictorial quilts, traditional quilt blocks (e.g., Abe Lincoln’s Log Cabin, Lincoln’s Platform, or the Lincoln Quilt), blocks relating to his birthplace or states where he lived, his quotes, or writings.

Check out these Web sites for more information on Abraham Lincoln and the bicentennial celebration:

http://www.alplm.org/home.html

http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/

http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/map.htm

http://www.nps.gov/abli/

Awards

NEW! $10,000 Best of Show Award

$5,000 Best Hand Workmanship Award

$5,000 Best Machine Workmanship Award

$3,000 Best Longarm Workmanship Award

$3,000 Best Wall Quilt Award

Additional prizes in each category:

1st Place: $1,500

2nd Place: $1,000

3rd Place: $ 750

Images

Two Digital Images on CD-Rom or two 35 mm slides (one full view of completed quilt/needlework and one detail ofcompleted piece)

Entry fee

AQS members: $10.00 per quilt/needlework

Non-members: $30.00 per quilt/needlework

American Quilter’s Society

P.O. Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290

270-898-7903

shows@AQSquilt.com

AmericanQuilter.com