On exhibit May 28 - July 6, 2010

Studio Art Quilt Associates have reached the 20 year milestone. This exhibit features works by Pamela Allen, Noriko Endo, Barbara McKie, Joan Sowada, Laura Wasilowski and 30 other innovative quiltmakers who have grown the world of the art quilt.y of Colden, NY.

On exhibit March 19 - June 15, 2010

Each year this international contest organized by The National Quilt Museum challenges quiltmakers to create an innovative quilt based on a specific traditional pattern. An exhibit of the winners opens at the museum and then travels for one year. The opening exhibit is unique as it combines these contemporary art quilts with antique quilts of the same pattern. Sponsored by Clover, Janome and Moda.

For more information on this contest- past, present and future- as well as 2011 submission guidelines, click here.

April 9 - May 25, 2010

An exhibit on social change featuring the work of Hollis Chatelain. Supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

February 5 - April 6, 2010

Sponsored by Moda Fabrics, School Block Challenge is a yearly contest for children. Participating schools, youth groups and parents are given packets with three fabrics from Moda, and students were required to incorporate all three fabrics in their block.

February 5 - April 6, 2010

The National Quilt Museum invited members of guilds in the region comprised of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi to submit quilts that represent their best work for inclusion in a juried exhibit. Quilts of the Coastal South highlighted the work of quiltmakers who are the mainstream of quiltmaking today.

December 18, 2009 – March 16, 2010

Grandmother to mother, mother to daughter: this exhibit showed how some quilters learn the art. Visitors traveled through this multi-generational quilt exhibit and discovered how a craft is communicated through time.

November 13, 2009 – February 2, 2010

Quilt Artists of Kentucky present their work. Challenge, self-portrait, and other wall quilts showcase the talent and creativity found in Kentucky. For more information on Quilt Artists of Kentucky, visit KHQS.info/QAK.cfm. Sponsored by the AT&T Real Yellow Pages.

October 9 – December 15, 2009
Curated by Sue Reich

Quilts have been created during wartime to express support for the troops, to raise money for the cause, and to memorialize those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Between 1941 – 1945, women were busy working in the defense industries, planting Victory Gardens and keeping the home fires burning. Newspaper articles from the War years report women were quilting in record numbers. These quilts made while their sons, husbands, brothers and loved ones were on the battlefront, have been packed away in attics and trunks for 60 years. As the members of “The Greatest Generation” continue to pass, their children- the Baby Boomers- are bringing these quilts into the market place.

This quilt collection comprised more than 30 WWII quilts and tops with strong provenance and the ephemera to anchor them historically in time. The ephemera included photographs, V mail, ration books, parachute samples, magazines and newspaper quilting patterns.

For more information on Sue Reich, visit SueReichQuilts.com.

August 13 – November 10, 2009
Curated by Martha Sielman

Within the art quilt world there are artists who have soared with the medium, fully realizing their visions and developed bodies of work over the years. These are the recognized masters of the art quilt.

For more information on Martha Seilman and the Studio Art Quilt Associates, visit one of the following sites:

                         MarthaSeilman.com                           SAQA.com

Sponsored by the American Quilter's Society and AT&T Real Yellow Pages.

July 10 – October 6, 2009

Hand-carved wooden quilts by artists Fraser Smith and Fay Jean Hooker combined with antique fabric quilts from the collection of Gerald E. Roy to create an unbelievable exhibit. From the "stitch dents" to the "fabric folds", you could not tell which were fabric and which were wooden!

For more information on these artists, visit one of the following sites:

GoFraser.com            FayJeanHooker.com            PilgrimRoy.com

May 22 - August 10, 2009

Representing the best art quilters from across Europe, this exhibit was meant to initiate discussions on current affairs around the world. The ingredients for these quilts include materials determined by the availability and traditions in the different countries. The artists used different materials to express their feelings on a variety of themes.

Organized by the European Art Quilt Foundation and juried by an international panel, this biannual exhibit was established on private initiative to promote art quilting as a form of modern art. One of the aims of the Foundation is to provide a platform for interesting discussions. The exhibition traveled around the world to museum and gallery venues in Korea, the Netherlands, USA, Denmark and Germany.

April 10 – July 7, 2009

The multi-cultural New Winds from Asia quilt exhibit blew in for its only scheduled exhibit in the United States.

New winds are blowing from four countries: China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Each is equally proud of its deep history, cultures and traditions. Women in each country use thread and fabric to produce quilts expressing their artistic abilities which have been ripened and handed to the 21st century.

“Now Asia is cool. ‘ASIA’. We’d like to spread the quiet, strong and beautiful ‘NEW WINDS’ to the world,” exhibit curator Naomi Ichikawa stated. Ichikawa is also the chief editor of Patchwork Quilt Tsushin, a major quilt publication in the Asian market.

New Winds from Asia features 31 leading quilters in China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Each quilt will bring its own ethnic aesthetic feelings, shape preferences, perfection of needlework and spirituality which have come down since ancient times. Now fresh winds are blowing from Asia.

April 3 –July 6, 2009

The 25th Anniversary of the American Quilter’s Society Show and Contest was celebrated with the exhibit Best of Show: 25 Years of Quilting Excellence. The best of show winners from the past 25 years gave a window to the styles and techniques popular during the past quarter of century.

The best of show is a purchase award, meaning the prize money is awarded when the quilter donates the quilt to The National Quilt Museum. While acceptance of a quilt into the Museum’s Collection is a great honor, some quilters choose to keep their quilt and decline the prize money. The National Quilt Museum is proud to have all 24 past winners included in this exhibit.

March 28- June 12, 2008


Extraordinary finalists from the annual contest challenging quilters for a new spin on a traditional block.  Accompanied by antique sawtooth quilts.  Sponsored by Clover, Fairfield & Janome


Click here for 2008 contest winners and more information.

June 15 – August 15,  2008


Demonstration of the transformation in the world of quilting; carries the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters. From the Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH.

November 8, 2008 – February 3, 2009


Featured the artistry and expertise of two of the best quilters in the world.