New Membership Pricing & Thank You Gifts

by | Feb 14, 2025 | Member Resources

Beginning April 1, 2025, Quilt Alliance membership fees went up $5/level/year. This modest increase will allow us to keep up with rising operating costs. Begin or renew your membership here. We have some fabulous new thank-you gifts to offer all new members and members who renew at a higher level. And all members will benefit from new downloadable versions of the Quilt Journal and the 14 Ways to Label a Quilt Fat Quarter now available in your member portal under Guides & Documents. You can also purchase the fat quarter directly from Spoonflower. New thank-you gifts were selected to support your quilt documentation routine. 
Individual Membership Levels and Thank-you gifts* Student ($25): Quilt Label Fat Quarter, Quilt Journal (digital version) Friend ($35): Quilt Label Fat Quarter, Quilt Journal (digital version) Album ($65): add Quilt Journal printed version to all items above Sunburst ($95): add Documentation Kit (zippered pouch with 120″ measuring tape and Micron pen) to all items above Signature ($155): add QA bandana to all items above   Affiliate Discount ($35 off): a discount program for QA Group/Guild members. A coupon code is supplied to groups/guilds when they join to share with members who want to register for their own individual QA membership at a free/discounted rate.  *Thank you gifts apply to new members. Members who renew at the same level can opt to receive a QA Label Fat Quarter. Members who renew at a higher level receive the benefits for that new level. Affiliate discounts used for the Friendship level are virtual only. Thank you for helping us make the most of your support!
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Tips for Displaying Your Quilts

by | Sep 13, 2024 | Member Resources

From Adele Swanson: I have been using the Velcro picture hangers for some of my quilts. Depending on the size of the quilt I will use as many as I think will work. I typically buy the 16 lb. size. I recently bought some Atomic Grip tape and may try that, too
From Anne Mullis: I have been hanging several of my quilts for some time, using 3M’s Command strips (I use the ones which look similar to hook & loop tape). The adhesive is extremely kind to fabric, removes quite easily from both the quilt and the wall, and has not left any residue or marks on my quilts! I have even used this method to hang a couple of quilts when my guild had our biennial show back in March, and received several comments about it – guests wanted to know how the quilts were hung, did the strips do any damage, etc. The only down side I can think of is having to wait for an hour to actually put the quilt on the wall, per the package directions. 
From Dr. Laura Guertin: Excerpt from Laura’s blog post about this challenge: I’m focusing this blog post on what I do when I need to hang my quilts, and how I have used varying hardware over time. I feel that it is still a learning process, figuring out how best to hang my quilts in various locations for different displays.  …The stand you see in the final image of the slideshow is actually a stand for paper rolls or a fabric background I purchased online through B&H Photo. It was so hard to find something I could use to display hanging quilts, something that could be easily moved and transported. This stand isn’t bulky and is easy to set up and break down. I purchased several which allows me to display more than one quilt at once. 
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Tips for Labeling Your Quilts

by | Aug 16, 2024 | Member Resources

From Dee Winter: I belong to a small group that are making some charity items. One of our member’s mother was a prolific piecer. Not so good on the finishing. So we are finishing them, mostly tying, some long armed by friends, and we are going to donate them to the emergency family shelter. The label we are using has Pieced by (her name) and finished by the Sew and Sews. Gives her credit for her part, some for us. None of her chidren wanted any of them until her daughter offered them to us. They are now doing their own finishing.
From Dr. Laura Guertin: Excerpt from Laura’s blog post about this challenge: For this July Challenge, I’m reflecting upon these prior challenges and how I’d like some of my quilts to be remember in the future. I decided to generate fabric labels (printed by Spoonflower.com) for each of the 19 quilts in myStories from the South Atlantic Oceanquilt collection. These quilts mean alot to me as a scientist and a science communicator, so I want to go back and add more to the back of each one. I’ve ordered the labels to be printed on swatches and am waiting for them to arrive. Here is what they will look like, which will supplement my hand-signed/dated/numbered information that already exists on the back.  
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