On Thursday, August 24 in Rosemont, IL the opening ceremony for the 39-cent stamps for Gee’s Bend happened at The American Philatelic Society’s annual convention. While waiting in line to get in, I eavesdropped on a conversation by some of the Society’s members as they talked about the “strange world of quiltmakers” which made [...]
It is with great sadness that I must let you know that Hilary Fletcher died this morning about 2 a.m. Hilary has been the heartand soul of Quilt National. She had decided earlier this year to retire next year after the 2007 Quilt National. The funeral will be held in Athens, Ohio [...]
These are some of the quilts from our Put A Roof Over Our Head contest/traveling exhibition in Asheville, North Carolina at Artemisia. Yvonne Porcellla couldn’t quite fit all the quilts in so hopefully someone else has a picture and if they do I will post it. I’d like to thank Kim Dills who donated [...]
I thought I would share a photo of the board plus our executive director Amy Milne and Laura Mandeles, a consultant in Asheville, North Carolina. This is not the entire board because not everyone could make it. It was a great meeting and you can see by our smiling faces we were happy. Karen
First row [...]