This just came through my email….
Quilter’s Heritage has been in Lancaster for years. Rita Barber announced her retirement after the show last April.
Subject: AQS Announces 4th Quilt Show
Press Release
Contact: Bonnie Browning, 270-898-7903, ext. 146
bonniebrowning@AQSquilt.com
Paducah, Kentucky – August 19, 2009: Today AQS President Meredith Schroeder announced plans for the American Quilter’s Society (AQS) to hold a fourth quilt show in 2010.
AQS will produce a new show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 24 – 27, 2010, at the new Lancaster County Convention Center. The AQS Quilt Show & Contest – Lancaster will feature a quilt contest with $44,000 in cash awards. A special category in the contest is Grand Geometrics – Created the Amish Way. “We are pleased to bring an AQS Quilt Show to Lancaster and the southeastern Pennsylvania area, and to provide another opportunity for quilters to enter our contests and be recognized for their artistry,” stated Schroeder. AQS has signed a three-year agreement to hold this event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
“We’re thrilled at the prospect of welcoming the American Quilter’s Society (AQS) and one of this country’s top quilting shows to the new Lancaster County Convention Center (LCCC),” remarked Josh Nowak, director of sales & marketing with the LCCC.
“We can’t think of a better setting for the AQS Quilt Show & Contest than Lancaster County – home to a rich quilting heritage within our Amish community, and where this art form continues to thrive today,” said Christopher Barrett, president and CEO of the PA Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau. “The 2010 AQS Quilt Show presents an undeniably alluring opportunity for local and national quilters alike to share their creative process and outcomes, in a setting recognized worldwide for its beautifully manicured quilt of farms and fields.”
AQS also holds events in Paducah, Kentucky (pending for 2010); Knoxville, Tennessee (July 14 – 17, 2010); and Des Moines, Iowa (October 6 – 9, 2010).
Contest rules are available on the AQS Web site, www.AmericanQuilter.com. Registration guides for each show will be available online as soon as they are completed. To order a printed registration guide, send $2.00 for each guide to: AQS, Attn: (name of show) Registration Guide, PO Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290.
In addition to the AQS Web site and the AQS Blogs (AQS Quilt News, AQS Publishing, and American Quilter magazine), quilters can now become a fan of AQS on Facebook, and follow AQS on Twitter. The AQS quilting community grows again!
For lodging and general information on American Quilter’s Society shows, go to www.AmericanQuilter.com, or call 270-898-7903.
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jeannie Flynn
/ November 28, 2009We are planning our guild’s quilt show for March 2011.Do you have dates for your show in Lancaster in March of 2011? Please let me know. We don’t want to conflict. We are about 90 miles from Lancaster in PA. Thanks
Jeannie Flynn
woodhavenstudio
/ November 28, 2009The AQS show dates are March 24 – 27th.
Janet Hare
/ February 25, 2010I always go to the quilt show in Lancaster Pa. the first weelend in April. Since that is Easter weekend can you tell me when it will be held.?
Thanks,
Janet
woodhavenstudio
/ February 26, 2010Hi Janet,
The Heritage Quilt Show that has been in Lancaster for a number of years is no longer.
The show that has that spot is now the American Quilters Society Show. The dates this year are the end of March. Check the AQS website for the exact dates. Google American Quilter’s Society.
Samuel Lloyd
/ March 23, 2010Interested in both native american and contemporary quilts for purchase