Quilt Match 2016 - Meet The Contenders

Announcing Quilt Match 2016 hosted by the Quilt Alliance at this year's annual Quilters Take Manhattan main event on Saturday, 24 September, at FIT, Manhattan.

Each year at QTM, Quilt Match brings together 3 contenders for the Featherweight Champ of the Quilt World title. Previous contenders include Luke Haynes, Heather Jones, Denyse Schmidt, Karla Overland, Laurie Russman and last year's winner Edyta Sitar. Quilt Match contenders have one hour to design and layout a quilt top - 'no patterns, no plans, no regrets'.

I expect you're wondering who this year's Quilt Match contenders will be; well, one of them is none other than me. I've been chosen to represent the NYC Metro MOD Quilt Guild, and I can now share details of who my fellow contenders will be. 

Aleeda Crawley will represent another NYC Quilt Guild, Empire Quilters, and the third contender is, Mary Fons. You may have seen Mary via her magazine, TV appearances, fabric line, or book. If you haven't already read Mary's blog, PaperGirl, I highly recommend checking it out. I'm an avid reader of her blog, showcasing her incredible written voice and my fave go-to blog read with my morning cuppa.

This is a pic (and post) of Mary with me, taken a couple of years ago when I worked the shop floor at The City Quilter.

We each had to submit a  contender name and fight song. You'll have to watch this teaser video released by the Quilt Alliance to find out what I've chosen, but I'll give you a clue: it's something fun and very English. ;D

Tickets for the main event are already sold out, but you can always buy a 'Moda Home Ticket' and be there with us virtually. Kaffe Fassett with Brandon Mably, Dr Carolyn L Mazloomi, and Mark Lipinski are featured speakers. The emcee is Mary Fons and, of course, you'll get to see me in Quilt Match as it happens too and I'll wear something extraordinary on the day!!!

The Moda Home Ticket for US residents includes the QTM main event goody bag - here's what was in my bag in 2015.

There are still spaces available at the add-on events - and you don't have to attend the main event to get involved in these. I'll be at Behind the Scenes at the Met Museum's Textile Centre on Friday and Sunday With Sponsors! as well as being a QTM Volunteer. If you're free and in the NYC area, think about joining us:

Friday Events: including Garment District tours, Quilter Scavenger Hunt, and Museum Events; 

Sunday Events: including Sunday with Sponsors!; 9/11 Memorial Museum Tour; and Brooklyn Museum of Art Tour.

Let me know if you're going to be there. be sure to say "hi", and I'd love your support during Quilt Match, too :D

News Flash!!!   Update!!!   News Flash!!!   Update!!!   News Flash!!!

I only went and did it! I WON!!!

Click here to see me receiving my Featherweight Champ of the Quilt World official belt.

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