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Area Quilt Shows: 

"Quilting to the Beat'  2008 Quilt Show
            Saturday April 19, 10am to 5pm and Sunday April 20, 11am to 4 pm
Russell Elementary School, Russell, PA 
(12 miles  South of Jamestown NY  5 miles North of Warren, PA)
Dolores suggests that you shouldn't  forget the local shops and ones you pass
 on the way to Russell, PA, like: 
            Fox's Sew and Vac, Meadville,PA
            Bev's Country Stitchin', Cambridge Springs, PA
            The Sewing Loft, Union City, PA
            My Sewing Room, Corry, PA
            Riverside Stitchin' Quilt Warren, PA
            and a new branch of Superstitch (NorthEast PA) opening soon!!, Warren PA
            Ivy Vine, Pine Grove PA
            Quilter's Haven Jamestown, NY
            Calico Cat Lakewood NY
       She says, "MAKE A DAY OF IT!!!!!!!  MAKE UP YOUR OWN SHOP HOP!"
 

Amherst Museum Quilter's Guild presents 
     Garden of Quilts Quilt show and auction   
      April 25-27 2008,  Fri and Sat 10am-5pm

      3755 Tonawanda Creek Road  Amherst, NY 14228716 689 1440
       www.amherstmuseum.org

For a schedule of MANY nationally known quilt shows, 
click here!

Challenges:

Hoffman Challenge  Use Hoffman's chosen fabric(s) for 2008 to make quilts, 
wall-hangings, wearables, or dolls and enter this national challenge!  
See 2007 winners at the Hoffman link above.

Click here, to see dates for several international quilt shows, including the 
one in Houston, TX in October/November 2008.

Other Links, Classes and Resources for Quilters:

International Quilt Study Center - an on-line reference for quilters and guilds.

Marti Michell Day June 19, 2008, at the Eden Sewing Center, Eden New York
$15 for either the morning or evening session  716 992 4364
www.edensewingcenter.com

Marti is an Author, a Quilt Designer and a Quilt Template Designer.  
She has appeared on simply Quilts, has a feature article in the July 
07 issue of McCalls Quick Quilting and was presented the Silver Star Award for her life time achievement to quilting.  Marti is the founder of the very popular Schoolhouse Program at the Houston Quilt Markett.  Marti's accomplishments are 
numerous but will always remind us that she is a quilter first!  
Spend some time with this extremely talented and charming quilting 
celebrity.

QBL Quilting by the Lake
AQS Paducah 
 
Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival XIX
New England Quilt Museum Lowell MA
 
Museum of the American Quilt Society Paducah KY
 
American Textile History Museum 
 
Textile Museum  Washington DC
DAR museum Washington DC
 
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden Colorado
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
International Quilt Study Center 
 
The People's Place Quilt Museum,Intercourse, PA
 
La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum in Gaches Mansion
The Virginia Quilt Museum