by Amy Milne | May 11, 2017 | Events, Go Tell It at the Quilt Show!, Not Fade Away 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The 2015 Not Fade Away conference was held in Herndon, Virginia. The event was co-hosted by the Quilt Alliance and the Sacred Threads Exhibit. Marin Hanson, curator at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, gave the keynote address, and invited several quilters, including eQuilter.com co-founder and president Luana Rubin to share their stories about making 100 Good Wishes quilts for their daughters. Watch Marin’s lecture on our Youtube channel here. Quilt Alliance member Frances Dowell did a great segment about the 2015 conference on her podcast, the Off Kilter Quilt. Find out about the 2017 Not Fade Away event here….
by Quilt Alliance | Jun 19, 2015 | Not Fade Away 2015
If you are still pondering a quilt getaway weekend for this July–look no more! The Quilt Alliance’s biennial educational and inspiration conference, Not Fade Away: Sharing Stories in the Digital Age will be held on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18, 2015 at the Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia. Come to this fun and inspirational conference to: • Hear 2015 Keynote Speaker: Marin Hanson–“One Hundred Good Wishes Quilts: Commemorating and Documenting Adoptions from China” • Learn how to self-publish a book about your own quilts • Listen to curators and historians discuss how family trees can provide clues to quilt history • Make creative quilt labels with quilt artists Leslie Tucker Jenison & Michele Muska • Meet the people doing cutting-edge oral history projects on today’s quilters • Hear about the history and future of the Quilt Barn Trails project • Learn how to use the unique and deep resources of the Quilt Alliance to inspire your own work • See the 2015 Sacred Threads Exhibition – one-day admission is included in conference registration • Join Quilt Alliance board members, conference presenters and other attendees for an optional Fundraising Dinner on Saturday night to honor outgoing Alliance president Meg Cox. Full details on Not Fade Away can be found on the Quilt Alliance website here. Tickets are available for the full conference, Friday only, Saturday only (full day or morning only) and even a Home Ticket option that gives you access to most conference sessions via videos distributed after the event. Quilt Alliance members receive a discount on tickets. Not Fade Away attendees can also take advantage of this great Sacred Threads sponsored bus trips: Museum Bus Tour on Friday, July 17 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm). Tickets: $75/person Click here to register for these tours separately on the Sacred Threads ticket site. Ticket Giveaway Details: Three winners will be chosen at random to receive a pair of tickets* to attend Not Fade Away. Tickets do not include the Saturday night Fundraising Dinner. Deadline to enter: Sunday, July 5 at 12:00 Midnight EDT. Names will be drawn on Monday, July 6, and the winners will be announced on the Quilt Alliance Facebook page by 5:00 pm EDT on that day. Click here to enter the Not Fade Away Ticket Giveaway! …
