I'm excited to introduce Day 1 of the very first Quilters Take Manhattan Blog Hop organised by the Quilt Alliance, I've helped Amy Milne, QA's Executive Director, put this pilot together so it's super special to bring it to you today :D
Disclosure/Disclaimer:
Chris Dodsley of made by ChrissieD is a member of the Quilt Alliance. Quilters Take Manhattan Home ticket and goody bag giveaway are supplied by the Quilt Alliance and their sponsors for the purposes of the blog hop and at no cost to mbCD. In all other respects, this post is for informational purposes only and no payment or commission is received on click-throughs to links shared.
Let me tell you a bit about the Quilt Alliance and Quilters Take Manhattan then we'll have a giveaway - the giveaway is open to everyone, anywhere in the world, making it even more exciting and worth sticking around for :D
Quilt Alliance is a non-profit organisation established in 1993 with a mission to document, preserve and share the stories of quilts and their makers. QA core projects include: Quilters' SOS - Save Our Stories, Go Tell It At The Quilt Show! and National Quilting Day.
Basically, QA encourages everyone to label and document the story of their quilts, I'm totally behind this, labelling my own quilts and writing about them on my blog. I'd encourage you to click the above links, go over to QA's website and listen to some of the quilt stories, if you aren't already labelling your quilts I'm sure you soon will be :D For me, it makes sense to be a member of the Quilt Alliance, support their work and take part in the fab events they organise - events such as...
...Quilters Take Manhattan is an annual fundraising event, now in its 6th year in the Big Apple. Three days of events featuring a full-day main event at the Fashion Institute of Technology and evening pizza party on Saturday as well as Friday and Sunday tours of the Garment District, area museums, workshops, a Broadway outing and more.
You don't have to attend all the weekend's events - even if you're not around for Saturday's main event you can still sign up for one of the add-on events. This year I'm tour leader for Friday's Behind The Scenes Tour of the Metropolitan Museum's Renowned Textile Centre. I hear it's excellent so I'm looking forward to it and to meeting you if you're joining me there :D
QTM 2016 will be held 23-25 September with Main Event speakers Kaffe Fassett and Dr Carolyn L Mazloomi and emcee Mary Fons. The Main Event at FIT includes a full day of lectures, interviews, vendors, an exhibition of quilts, trunk shows and Quilt Match Manhattan.
What's Quilt Match Manhattan? You can read more about this year's Quilt Match in this post, it's a live quilt design challenge involving 3 contenders and this year I'm one of them - wish me luck!!!
What's Quilt Match Manhattan? You can read more about this year's Quilt Match in this post, it's a live quilt design challenge involving 3 contenders and this year I'm one of them - wish me luck!!!
This weekend, as a volunteer, I received my Quilters Take Manhattan fabric to make something to wear at the event. The fabric is printed by Spoonflower and it's gorgeous. I designed this vendors apron to hold my phone, pens, paper and anything else I might need to hand as I move around the main event at FIT. Though I say it myself, I'm really pleased with how it turned out and can't wait to put it to use on the day.
QTM Goody Bag
I can't share a pic of this year's goody bag contents yet as goodies don't arrive from the sponsors until it's time for the event but I do have pics of what I got in last year's goody bag and also in my goody bag in 2012
I can't share a pic of this year's goody bag contents yet as goodies don't arrive from the sponsors until it's time for the event but I do have pics of what I got in last year's goody bag and also in my goody bag in 2012
I attended QTM in 2012 with the NYC Metro MOD Quilt Guild, pic below, and here's a post I wrote about the day
and I was there again in 2015 but I missed out in 2013 + 2014 as I was working the shop floor at The City Quilter, though I did get to host Amy Butler's talk at CQ during QTM 2014 (this post), and it was a super special day for me also as my grandson was born that evening (this post).
and I was there again in 2015 but I missed out in 2013 + 2014 as I was working the shop floor at The City Quilter, though I did get to host Amy Butler's talk at CQ during QTM 2014 (this post), and it was a super special day for me also as my grandson was born that evening (this post).
2016 QTM Goody Bag ready to be filled,
featuring this year’s Handi Quilter Grand Prize winning QA contest quilt
by my NYC Metro MOD Quilt Guild friend, Margaret Cibulsky.
AND THE WINNER IS!!!
The winner of the Quilters Take Manhattan Moda Home Ticket & Goody Bag is comment #40 by Lauren Gaub.
The best part about this giveaway for me has been reading everyone's favourite quilt stories - worthy of a blog post of their own (there's an idea!). When I'm doing a giveaway I can't reply to the comments as it will affect the prize draw numbering and on this occasion that has particularly saddened me - I really have loved reading them.
Below is Lauren's favourite quilt story about participating in the Row By Row Experience with her mum. How wonderful Lauren, I love to fabric shop and quilt with my daughter, Flicky, so I can totally relate to the fun time the two of you must have had. Even more great is that you documented your trip with photo memories, something the Quilt Alliance would really appreciate you doing, don't forget to label your finished Row By Row Quilts!!! :D.
Many congratulations Lauren, I've sent you an email asking for your snail mail address so be sure to check your junk folder if it isn't in your inbox. Maybe you'll get your mum around to watch the QTM video links together and do enjoy your goody bag when it arrives :D
For those who didn't win, don't forget if you live in the US or Canada you can still purchase your own Moda Home Ticket for the event here on the Quilt Alliance website :D
Quilters Take Manhattan Blog Hop schedule - 5-9 September 2016:
Day 2 - Tuesday, 6 September
Victoria Findlay Wolfe @VFW Quilts
Erin Sampson - Aurifil @Auribuzz
Day 3 - Wednesday, 7 September
Moda Fabrics @Moda Cutting Table
Day 4 - Thursday, 8 September
Jacquie Gering @tallgrass prairie studio
Jessica Skultety @Quilty Habit
Day 5 - Friday, 9 September
Kim Niedzwiecki @my go-go life
John Kubiniec @Big Rig Quilting
Clicking on an image will take you to a new page of crafty goodness :)
Disclosure/Disclaimer:
Chris Dodsley of made by ChrissieD is a member of the Quilt Alliance. Quilters Take Manhattan Home ticket and goody bag giveaway are supplied by the Quilt Alliance and their sponsors for the purposes of the blog hop and at no cost to mbCD. In all other respects, this post is for informational purposes only and no payment or commission is received on click-throughs to links shared.
Chris Dodsley of made by ChrissieD is a member of the Quilt Alliance. Quilters Take Manhattan Home ticket and goody bag giveaway are supplied by the Quilt Alliance and their sponsors for the purposes of the blog hop and at no cost to mbCD. In all other respects, this post is for informational purposes only and no payment or commission is received on click-throughs to links shared.
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Your apron is cute. I love that fabric- taxis going circles for sure!
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ReplyDeleteMy first quilt was made for my mother for Christmas. It's the one that has the most meaning for me. Although she didn't quilt she did sew all of our clothes growing up. Wish I had some of her scraps. Thanks for the giveaway. grinnie1961 at gmail dot com
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ReplyDeleteI took a beginner's quilting class because no one in my family knew about quilting. I learned the basics and decided to make a cat quilt. I started the project in 1990 and it took me 2 years to make this quilt. I had run out of the gray background fabric and I was told that she would find this fabric for me. She did and I finished the quilted. This quilt was sent to a longarm quilter in Oakdale, CA. I live in Sonora, CA. She called me to tell me the quilt was ready and she was putting in in the mail. Would I please do her a favor and enter this quilt in the Fair at our Mother Lode Fairgrounds for her. I did and I won lst prize. I cried like a baby. Thank you for the chance to try and win that goodie bag. Sure would be doing a happy dance going to the mail box.
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Favorite Quilting Story: Participating in Row By Row with my mom this year. We traveled Arizona and documented each stop with a photo.
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Hmmmm i tried quilting in my early 20's but did not have the patience for it then, i just this year decidex to try again. I found one of my old quilt mgzines....guess what, 20 year old magazine! So 20 years later and more patience and i did it, i made a beautiful dresden quilt and earlier in the year 2 rag quilts, which gve me the confidnce to try quilting again.
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I went to a quilty garage sale and the lady asked was I a quilter. I told her my husband says I am a topper as I don't quilt my tops. That's my little quilt story. Would love to win a goody bag.
ReplyDeleteas a child i received a tied quilt from my great-grandmother. one day i got sent to my room as punishment...started pulling the little ties and sure enough, most of them came out. my mother, clueless about quilts and their care, washed it and the heavy cotton batting balled up, so she threw it away....we are both sick over this today...my great-grandmother is long gone, but she inspires me still
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ReplyDeleteMy grandmother was an excellent seamstress, and according to my mother, had always wanted to make a quilt, but never found the time. As a result, I was under the impression that I was the only quilter on my mother's side of the family. Imagine my surprise two Christmases later when I opened a gift from my mother that contained two Sunbonnet Sue quilts. One was twin bed size, the other lap and somewhat in tatters. It turns out that her grandmother made the quilts. One for my mother when she was a little girl and one for herself. I was delighted to have the pieces of our family's quilting legacy, and even more pleased to know that I come from a line of quilters!
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I remember making a simple lil' quilt for new nephew, was just knotted..not quilting. They live out of state..and when I first "met" him,,,hes was almost 8 yrs old!! He had brought it with him...to snuggle on their trip! Was very wel loved then...and he still has it!! He is out of College now!! Love to give gifts that have a real life of lotsa Love!! :)
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There are so many wonderful stories related to quilting that picking a favorite would be impossible. So I'll just tell a recent one. I made 7 quilted seasonal table runners (in a week!) for a bridal shower gift. At the shower the bride-to-be held each one up excitedly. After the last one was shown her mother said "I feel like we should clap". That made me feel super happy that I had made them, even though I had to juggle some other things to get them done in time.
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