What's Happening in 2010
Quilts For Haiti: If you're interested in helping see this web site
for information: http://www.haitipeacequilts.org/
Check This Out!
Our own Delores Benton Evans is featured on You Tube with
some of our members!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYgeikMEYA
June 1 - Sept 10: Animal Quilts by DOQ
Museum of Life & Science, 433 Murray Avenue, Durham, NC
27704, (919) 220-5429, http://www.ncmls.org/ Thirty-five quilts
by 20 DOQ members, with animal themes. There is an admission
fee, which is waived for Durham County residents on Wednesday
afternoons.
June 18 - July 17:Green Quilt Show – Art Quilts of DOQ Art
Bee and Sisters in Cloth, Chapel Hill, NC, Carol Woods
Retirement Community, Building 5, 750 Weaver Dairy Rd,
Chapel Hill. Free display of art quilts created by 2 quilt groups.
July 19 - 21: QuiltFest 2010 Jonesborough, Tenn.
An annual quilting event with workshops by nationally and
regionally recognized teachers.
Find out more at www.tennesseequilts.com
July 31: Independent Animal Rescue's 8th Annual Painted
Chair and More Auction at the American Legion Hall in Chapel
Hill. This year we have extraordinary quilt donations that we will
auction off in a silent auction. Some of those magnificent quilts
can be seen on our website: animalrescue.net There will be
additional quilts (and other wonderful items) available at the
auction as well.
August 6 - October 3: "Life Through Quilts: Works by the
African-American Quilt Circle" is a celebration of a rich
quilting tradition in Durham and the Triangle region of North
Carolina. This is the first time that the AAQC will exhibit as a
group at the Durham Arts Council. The exhibit will hang at the
DAC in the Allenton and Semans Galleries. This exhibit celebrates
the artistic expression of life as seen through the eyes of each quilt
creator. Small Treasures, An Ordinary Day, The Music Room,
Crazy Spice, Stamped in our Memories, Guardian of
Generations, Let’s Groove and Raising H.A.I. R. is just a
sampling of the titles of work presented. The exhibit contains
nearly fifty quilts and provides an abundance of fascinating pieces
by twenty-one of the group’s members. The opening reception is
Friday, August 20, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and will include
performances by Chuck Davis and the African American Dance
Ensemble and storyteller Willa Brigham.
For more information contact Nancy Cash at nancy.cash or call
(919) 598-7560
August 19 - 21: “Smokey Mountain Quilters Guild Quilt
Show” Franklin, NC. Macon County Community Center
Sept 17 - 18: "Romance in the Air"
By the Carolina Longarm Association Featuring quilts ranging
from traditional bed quilts to modern wall quilts highlighting
longarm quilting. Also featured in this year's show will be a
display of challenge blocks made by our association members.
Each block is made from the same pattern, fabric and color and
will represent the quilting styles of each individual quilter. Tickets
will be available for a beautiful raffle quilt "Romance Rhapsody".
Vendors representing quilt shops in the surrounding area will be
there and show goers can browse and purchase fabrics, books,
and other quilting related supplies. Box lunches will be available
for purchase from the church. Door prizes will also be awarded
throughout the quilt show.
The two day show runs at 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 pm. at New Hope
Presbyterian Church in Clemmons, North Carolina.
Admission will be $5.00. There is plenty of free parking available.
New Hope Presbyterian Church is located at 2570 Harper Road,
Clemmons, North Carolina 27012. For directions and more
information visit www.carolinalongarm.com
Sept 24 - 25: "Splash of Color"
Cabarrus Arena & Events Center, 4751 Hwy 49 North,
Concord, NC By Cabarrus Quilters Guild
Hours: 10am - 6am Cost: $4.00
20,000 square feet of quilts and vendors, Raffle Quilt, White
Elephant Sale, Silent Auction, Local and regional vendors,
lots of parking. www.cabarrusquiltersguild
Sept 25 - 26: Pamlico River Quilter’s Guild “Green
Seams and Earth Friendly Quilt Show”
Washington Civic Center, 110 N. Gladden St., Washington NC
For information email KathyQuilts2@suddenlink.net
Oct 29 - 30: Mooresville Centerpiece Quilters' Guild Quilt
Show at Lake Norman Elementary School, 255 Oak Tree Road
(off Brawley School Rd west of I-77), Mooresville NC 28117.
Admission $5, 9am -5pm both days,. Many quilts, special
displays, vendors, silent auctions including antique quilts. For help
with directions email lakesail530@roadrunner.com
for information: http://www.haitipeacequilts.org/
Check This Out!
Our own Delores Benton Evans is featured on You Tube with
some of our members!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYgeikMEYA
June 1 - Sept 10: Animal Quilts by DOQ
Museum of Life & Science, 433 Murray Avenue, Durham, NC
27704, (919) 220-5429, http://www.ncmls.org/ Thirty-five quilts
by 20 DOQ members, with animal themes. There is an admission
fee, which is waived for Durham County residents on Wednesday
afternoons.
June 18 - July 17:Green Quilt Show – Art Quilts of DOQ Art
Bee and Sisters in Cloth, Chapel Hill, NC, Carol Woods
Retirement Community, Building 5, 750 Weaver Dairy Rd,
Chapel Hill. Free display of art quilts created by 2 quilt groups.
July 19 - 21: QuiltFest 2010 Jonesborough, Tenn.
An annual quilting event with workshops by nationally and
regionally recognized teachers.
Find out more at www.tennesseequilts.com
July 31: Independent Animal Rescue's 8th Annual Painted
Chair and More Auction at the American Legion Hall in Chapel
Hill. This year we have extraordinary quilt donations that we will
auction off in a silent auction. Some of those magnificent quilts
can be seen on our website: animalrescue.net There will be
additional quilts (and other wonderful items) available at the
auction as well.
August 6 - October 3: "Life Through Quilts: Works by the
African-American Quilt Circle" is a celebration of a rich
quilting tradition in Durham and the Triangle region of North
Carolina. This is the first time that the AAQC will exhibit as a
group at the Durham Arts Council. The exhibit will hang at the
DAC in the Allenton and Semans Galleries. This exhibit celebrates
the artistic expression of life as seen through the eyes of each quilt
creator. Small Treasures, An Ordinary Day, The Music Room,
Crazy Spice, Stamped in our Memories, Guardian of
Generations, Let’s Groove and Raising H.A.I. R. is just a
sampling of the titles of work presented. The exhibit contains
nearly fifty quilts and provides an abundance of fascinating pieces
by twenty-one of the group’s members. The opening reception is
Friday, August 20, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and will include
performances by Chuck Davis and the African American Dance
Ensemble and storyteller Willa Brigham.
For more information contact Nancy Cash at nancy.cash or call
(919) 598-7560
August 19 - 21: “Smokey Mountain Quilters Guild Quilt
Show” Franklin, NC. Macon County Community Center
Sept 17 - 18: "Romance in the Air"
By the Carolina Longarm Association Featuring quilts ranging
from traditional bed quilts to modern wall quilts highlighting
longarm quilting. Also featured in this year's show will be a
display of challenge blocks made by our association members.
Each block is made from the same pattern, fabric and color and
will represent the quilting styles of each individual quilter. Tickets
will be available for a beautiful raffle quilt "Romance Rhapsody".
Vendors representing quilt shops in the surrounding area will be
there and show goers can browse and purchase fabrics, books,
and other quilting related supplies. Box lunches will be available
for purchase from the church. Door prizes will also be awarded
throughout the quilt show.
The two day show runs at 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 pm. at New Hope
Presbyterian Church in Clemmons, North Carolina.
Admission will be $5.00. There is plenty of free parking available.
New Hope Presbyterian Church is located at 2570 Harper Road,
Clemmons, North Carolina 27012. For directions and more
information visit www.carolinalongarm.com
Sept 24 - 25: "Splash of Color"
Cabarrus Arena & Events Center, 4751 Hwy 49 North,
Concord, NC By Cabarrus Quilters Guild
Hours: 10am - 6am Cost: $4.00
20,000 square feet of quilts and vendors, Raffle Quilt, White
Elephant Sale, Silent Auction, Local and regional vendors,
lots of parking. www.cabarrusquiltersguild
Sept 25 - 26: Pamlico River Quilter’s Guild “Green
Seams and Earth Friendly Quilt Show”
Washington Civic Center, 110 N. Gladden St., Washington NC
For information email KathyQuilts2@suddenlink.net
Oct 29 - 30: Mooresville Centerpiece Quilters' Guild Quilt
Show at Lake Norman Elementary School, 255 Oak Tree Road
(off Brawley School Rd west of I-77), Mooresville NC 28117.
Admission $5, 9am -5pm both days,. Many quilts, special
displays, vendors, silent auctions including antique quilts. For help
with directions email lakesail530@roadrunner.com
Durham-Orange Quilters' Guild, Inc.
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