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Join Wearable Art Creators - Marcia Manzo and Leilani Bennett, as they discuss "Art To Wear; Is It a New Concept?" at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, September 29, Sunday, 2-4pm.

The Wearable Art Movement began in the 70’s ….. or did it?
Marcia and Leilani will take you on a journey from Kurdish huts and ethnic clothing adorned with talismanic embellishment to the haute couture of the Paris runways. We will visit the Beat culture of 70’s Carnaby Street and the mountain villages of Peru. The journey ends in the Bay area, home to a wide array of talented artists keeping the movement vibrantly alive and well.

For more information, click here.

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WeAllSew is now available for you on the GO!

If you are an iPhone® user, the NEW WeAllSew blog Mobile App for iOS is available from the Apple® App Store. Read the latest posts, look up fun projects and tutorials and get inspired for more great things to sew—while on the GO!

Have your phone on hand? Simply go to your app store and enter WeAllSew, then click on download for WeAllSew access, whenever and wherever you need your sewing inspiration fix.

Bernina would like to get your feedback. Please send any thoughts or suggestions about their new WeAllSew app to:mailto:WeAllSew@berninausa.com

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ITAB: International TECHstyle Art Biennial - Call for Entries - San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

• Online submission opens: December 1, 2013
• Artwork due by: March 14, 2014
• Exhibition Dates: July 30-November 9, 2014

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The City Quilter is sponsoring  a national quilt-making "challenge," a competition to make commemorative quilts that make use of the Grand Central fabrics (at least 25% of the quilt's surface). There will be a grand prize of $ 2,000 as well as other prizes. The winning quilts and finalists will be displayed for about three months in the New York Transit Museum's Gallery Annex in GCT, beginning in March, 2014. Quilts can be up to 36" X 36." American Patchwork and Quilting  plans to write about the submissions & competition next year. Up to 5 submissions per person/group. Submissions are by photograph and are due by August 21, and final winners will be announced by November 7th, 2013. More details about the competition, submission form, and the fabric can be found at www.cityquilter.com and at www.allpeoplequilt.com/grandcentral.

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A little birdie told us that there are more than a few TQS members who have received notification that their quilts will be hanging in Houston.  

If you are going to have one on display, toot your horn by submitting a comment so that we can look for it at the show.

Congratulations to you all!

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Amber at *Crazy* Little Projects has compiled a list of 25 things to do with Fat Quarters that include everything from a toddler's apron to baby shoes and a stuffed owl.  

Click here to see the projects.

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There's going to be a lot of fun going on at the Long Beach Quilt Festival.  On Saturday, August 3, from 6-8:30pm you can witness the Iron Quilter Challenge.

Based on the popular "Iron Chef" television show, The Iron Quilter Challenge pits three well-known quilters (Charlotte Angotti, Debbie Caffrey, and Gyleen X. Fitzgerald) and their teams against one another to see who can create the best finished quilt in an allotted time period. And the audience gets to vote on the winner! 

Enjoy a fun-filled night of fast stitching, trash talking, and creativity unleashed as you mingle with fellow attendees and move from contestant to contestant, checking in on their progress.

The evening will also feature an audience Show and Tell, a cash bar, and tons of prize giveaways, including a Bernina 550 QE sewing machine!

Admission for the event is only $15! Sign up for The Iron Quilter Challenge online (until July 19) or at the Enrollment Desk on-site at the convention center beginning July 31.

Debbie Caffrey (second from left) and team, winners of the previous Iron Quilter Challenge in Cincinnati. Charlotte Angotti (third from right) and team flex their quilting muscle during a previous Iron Quilter Challenge.

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The Glastonbury Festival 2013 was held at Worthy Farm, Pilton from June 26-30.  While we are sure the music was great, we want to know, WHO MADE THE SIGN?

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Next at The ArtQuilt Gallery·NYC are works by Israeli art quilter, Maya Chaimovich. Her show, Travel Log, will be presented from June 25 through August 2. Fourteen pieces will be on exhibit.

From Maya:
Most of the materials I use are from recycled clothes in an assortment of colors. An important part of my design experience is the use of materials worn by people I don't know. I give them a life of their own while designing my own creations. A main theme and a group of colors which I choose, guide me in the creation of a new work. The creation itself develops through much conflict, but gradually evolves into its final form.

The ArtQuilt Gallery•NYC
133 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
212-807-9451
The ArtQuilt Gallery·NYC
Gallery Hours:
Tues-Saturday, 11 to 6 pm
Sunday & Monday by appointment

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11th Quilt Japan brings the best of Asian quilting to the National Quilt Museum June 14 - September 9, 2013. The quilts are from the "11th Quilt Japan" contest which is the mostly highly contested quilting competition in Japan.

Over 370 quilts were submitted and the quilters recongized in the contest are considered to be among an elite group.  The 33 piece exhibit will travel to only three museums in the United States.

According to the museum:

The mix of traditional and contemporary quilts show the exquisite attention to detail that one can only develop through years of practice. The quilts challenge the viewer with unique colors, shapes, and styles.