QuiltFest 2022

Fri Sep 23 2022 at 10:00 am

Palmer Events Center | Austin

Austin Area Quilt Guild
Publisher/HostAustin Area Quilt Guild
QuiltFest 2022
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Join us from September 23-25 at Austin Area Quilt Guild's 2022 Quiltfest. Learn more at https://www.aaqg.org/QuiltFest
Tickets are $15 and will be sold at the door. Visit https://www.aaqg.org/QuiltFest for more information!
In addition to the special exhibit, there will be 400 quilts on display, vendors, demonstrations, a silent auction, and a boutique. You can also stop by and stitch on a modern quilt on an antique frame.

SPECIAL EXHIBIT:
Access Delayed - African American Suffragists' Courageous Influence on the 19th Amendment
Curated by Tomasita Louviere-Ligons and Sharon Mooney
This curated collection of quilts created by Quilt Friends Collective, comprised of African American quilters from across Texas, Ohio, and Florida is intended to educate, celebrate and recognize some of the African American suffragists who influenced and contributed greatly to the suffrage efforts to gain the right to vote for ALL women with the ratification of the 19th Amendment though they remained disenfranchised until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

DEMONSTRATIONS
The Demonstration are free venue to show attendees where our talented and innovative Guild members volunteer to share a new or existing technique in 15-30 minutes. The demo area is near the concession area.
Friday, September 23
11:00 – Meghan Gerety – Appliqué with a Domestic Cutting Machine (Cricut, Silhouette)
12:00 – Frances Ledenbach – English Paper Piecing (EPP)
1:00 – Mary Shepard – Embellishment
2:00 – Renita Bankhead – EQ8
3:00 – Carmen Vasquez – Scrap Quilts
Saturday, September 24
11:00 – Katie Winter – Making Embellishments
12:00 – Corinne Sovey – Inset Circles
1:00 – Sherri Lipman McCauley – Painting on Fabric
2:00 – Vickie West – Free Motion Quilting
3:00 – Carmen Vasquez – Quilt Repair
4:00 – Mary Beard – Crazy Quilting
Sunday, September 25
1:00 – Terry Walker – Paper Piecing
2:00 – Marie Welch – 3D Vessels
3:00 – Susan Tennison – Quilt Labels
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd,Austin,TX,United States

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