2014

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Friday, Sept. 19

Workshop at The City Quilter with Allie Aller.

Tours of the Garment District with RaNae Merrill, Mark Lipinskiand Paula Nadelstern.

Tour of High Line Park with Meg Cox

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Metropolitan Museum’s Renowned Textile Center

Quilters Take Broadway, outing with Mark Lipinski to see Avenue Q

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Saturday, Sept. 20

Quilters Take Manhattan Main Event at FIT with keynote speaker Amy Butler

QTM After Dark Cocktail Party at the studio & home of Victoria Findlay Wolfe

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Sunday, Sept. 27

Breakfast with Lizzie: Mark Lipinski Interviews Lizzie B Cre8tive for Q.S.O.S.

Workshops at The City Quilter with Michele Muska and Jamie Fingal

Workshop at the Garment District studio of Victoria Findlay Wolfe

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Presenting sponsor: Moda
Platinum sponsor: Aurifil
Gold sponsors: Cherrywood Fabrics, Mistyfuse, Modern Quilts Unlimited, Spoonflower, Where Women Create, Rowan Fabric, Freespirit Fabric
Silver sponsors: Simplicity, E-Z Quilting, eQuilter.com, AccuQuilt, Quilting Treasures, Quilting Arts, Michael Miller, Windham Fabrics, Robert Kaufman Fabrics
Bronze sponsors: Timeless Treasures, Bernina, Marcus Fabrics, Havel’s Sewing, Marie Bostwick, Melanie Falick Books, and Professional Association of Appraisers – Quilted Textiles.
Venue sponsors: The City Quilter and Bumble Beans, Inc.

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2013

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Friday, Sept. 27

Workshops at The City Quilter with Mark Lipinski, Leslie Tucker Jenison and Frances Holliday Alford

Tours of the Garment District with Mark Lipinski and Paula Nadelstern.

Quilters Take Broadway, outing with Marie Bostwick to see Wicked, and a chance to meet Wicked dresser and founder of the Broadway Gentlemen’s Quilting Auxiliary, Michael Michalski

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Saturday, Sept. 28

Quilters Take Manhattan Main Event at FIT with keynote speaker Hollis Chatelain and Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! interviews with Paula Nadelstern and the Semper Tedium art group

QTM After Dark Cocktail Party at the studio & home of Victoria Findlay Wolfe with a quiltoff between Luke Haynes, Heather Jones and Mark Lipinski!

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Sunday, Sept. 29

A Behind the Scenes Preview at the American Folk Art Museum for: alt_quilts: Sabrina Gschwandtner, Luke Haynes, Stephen Sollins

Workshops at The City Quilter with Mark Lipinski, Leslie Tucker Jenison and Frances Holliday Alford

Workshop at the Garment District studio of Victoria Findlay Wolfe

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Platinum sponsor: Moda
Gold sponsors: Aurifil, Superior Threads, Cherrywood Fabrics, Fabric Traditions, Mistyfuse, eQuilter.com, Modern Quilts Unlimited, Stkr.It, Quilting Treasures
Silver sponsors: Simplicity, E-Z Quilting, AccuQuilt, Spoonflower, Quilting Arts, Michael Miller
Bronze sponsors: Marie Bostwick, Timeless Treasures, Bernina, Fairfield, Handi Quilter, Marcus Fabrics, Oliso, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts

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2012

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Saturday, Sept. 15

Quilters Take Manhattan Main Event at FIT with QSOS interview with Denyse Schmidt and  a reading from Jennifer Chiaverini

QTM After Dark Cocktail Party at the studio & home of Victoria Findlay Wolfe

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Platinum sponsor: Aurifil, Brother
Gold sponsors: Moda, Michael Miller, Timeless Treasures, Fabric Traditions, Craftsy, Mistyfuse, eQuilter,
Silver sponsors:Pellon, Spoonflower, ChéFab, EE Schenck, Fairfield, Quilting Arts
Bronze sponsors: Marie Bostwick, Abrams Books

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2011

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Modern Stories: Documenting the Modern Quilt Movement:
Friday, August 5, 2011, 7:00-10:00 p.m.

This event was an intimate gathering at a Garment District loft and included a panel of in-the-know bloggers, fabric designers and A-list quilters discussing the Modern Quilt movement. Also, guests witnessed Victoria Findlay Wolfe (Bumble Beans Inc.), custom quiltmaker and co-founder of the  New York City Metro Area Modern Quilt Guild and Bumble Beans Basics charity project being interviewed for the Alliance’s oral history project, Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.). Our panel was moderated by Jackie Kunkeland panelists included Melanie Testa, Kim Hryniewicz, Jennifer Paganelli,John Adams and Nancy Soriano. Refreshments and door prizes.

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Marianne & Jay on the Runway: A Quilter’s Alliance of Fabric & Fashion
Saturday, August 6, 2011, 1:00-6:00 pm

Our biggest event in the series was held at F.I.T., the Fashion Institute of Technology and featured beloved quilt TV hostMarianne Fons. Marianne lectured on “Why We Quilt,” and her daughter Mary Fons, a slam poet from Chicago who recently launched her own quilt TV show, “Quilty,” on the Internet followed in the program. Then, we met Jay McCarroll, first season Project Runway winner, who is now designing quilt fabric for FreeSpirit. Jay was interviewed for the Alliance’s prestigious Q.S.O.S. oral history project by quilt and media star Mark Lipinski, and took questions from the audience. The afternoon had it all: door prizes, refreshments, goody bags, and an amazing silent auction.

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NY’s Ultimate Block Party: Cocktails at The City Quilter
Saturday, August 6, 2011, 7:30 – 9:00 pm

After our F.I.T. event we took a short walkto a unique cocktail party in the best and biggest quilt shop in Manhattan–The City Quilter. This just-expanded, eye-popping shop includes a new art gallery for quilts, where we viewed an exhibit by Japanese quilter Noriko Endo (work pictured at left). We nibbled on appetizers and drank wine, while rubbing elbows with Marianne and Mary Fons, Jay McCarroll and lots of surprise quilt celebs. Activities included live bidding in the first-ever show and auction of quilts made by board members of the Alliance for American Quilts.

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Sponsors: Accuquilt, Aurifil, Creative Crafts Group, Keepsake Quilting, Benartex, New Track MEdia