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Every quilt and quiltmaker has a story. But are we documenting those stories along with the quilts we own or create? That’s the mission of the Quilt Alliance — to document, preserve, and share the stories of quilts and quiltmakers. To help fund this mission, the Quilt Alliance is once again hosting Quilters Take Manhattan (QTM), September 23 to 25.
As a sponsor of Quilters Take Manhattan and a big supporter of the Quilt Alliance, Handi Quilter is pleased to be part of this week’s QTM blog hop. In fact, we are currently displaying the latest entries into the Quilt Alliance 2016 quilt challenge: Playing Favorites in the Handi Quilter Gallery.
Manhattan Mayhem by Michelle Banton, Honorable Mention, 2016 Quilt Alliance Playing Favorites Contest
If you are lucky enough to attend Quilters Take Manhattan in person, you’ll enjoy workshops and lectures, walking tours of the famous NYC garment district, museum tours suitable for those who love all things related to textiles, and MORE. Find out all of the details HERE.
But you can still be part of the fun by purchasing a Moda Home Ticket. For $30 Quilt Alliance members/ $35 nonmembers, Home Ticket holders will receive the QTM Goody Bag, packed with samples and treats from all of the event sponsors, and a chance to win select door prizes. Home Ticket holders will also receive priority access to online video of the Sunday with Sponsors event (sent via email link two weeks after event).
But one lucky Handi Quilter blog visitor will WIN a Moda Home Ticket and QTM Goody Bag. All you need to do to have a chance to win is to leave a comment on this blog post answering this question: How important to you is it that the history of quilts and quiltmakers is documented and preserved? Then just keep your fingers crossed! We’ll randomly select a winner first thing on Monday morning, September 12.The winner will be notified by e-mail.
Be sure to visit Quilt Alliance to learn about the great work they are doing to document, preserve, and share the wonderful stories of quilts and quilters.
Awesome event – wish I could go!!! I think it is fantastic that documentation of quilts is being encouraged!!! so much effort goes unloved and unremembered!!!
Quilt documentation is important. Often the quilt makers/artists have specific goals in mind when creating the quilt and how can one know what someone else was thinking if it’s not written down?
History does tend to repeat itself and in this case that might be a good thing
Preservation of quilts and their histories is incredibly important. Where would today’s quilters be without all those who went before us and developed the fabrics, skills, and tools that we use today?
Boy that is a beautiful quilt on your blog today. I do try to document all my quilts for the very reason that someone will know after I’m gone what the quilt was about.
I think it’s important to document quilts. I do put at least a name tag on mine, but often add a label with more info. I’m glad that the Alliance is doing more to make sure quilts and the stories are recorded. It’s a great endeavor. Too many vintage quilts have been made with no info. Thanks for being a sponsor.
I try to document my quilts by taking photographs and stored them on my facebook album. I hope someday i can share with my kids.
I think it’s very important to document the details of quilts for history’s sake. That’s one reason why we should all make sure we label our quilts with dates and names!
I think documentation is very important and am trying to do a better job of labeling my own–I have a very old family quilt that is in tatters but belonged to my Great Grandfather who served In the Civil War–I have only oral history for it.
I think it is very important — we learn so much from those who have come before us. Today’s quilts and quilters will help future quilters learn. In addition, it’s just interesting to learn how earlier generations did things.
I think it is very important to document quilts and quilters, a lot of love goes into each and every quilt, and it shows not only in the giver but also the receiver.
This event sounds wonderful. Would love to be able to attend in person.
Thanks,
Lisa
I think it is important to document quilts. It is another way to pass along the history and thoughts of those who made them.
Always important to document history so future can learn.
Always important to document history so future generations can learn.
I have several quilts from my grandmothers and wish they were documented. Hope this giveaway is still open?
Documenting a quilt is very important. It is ver interesting to get a glimpse of the past that documenting gives us and by doing so we give future quilters the same glimpse.
Documentation is a vital part of our history- not matter the subject. As for quilts- that is how we learn. We learn by looking, studying and oohing and ahhing over those that have been made before us. I have several quilts that were handed down from generation to generation and I wish I had story to go with each one. Who made it? Who helped make it? What year? Where did the material come from? Was it given as a gift or was it made out of necessity.