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Mancuso Show Management, World Quilt Florida

Frieda Anderson’s Naturally Inspired Workshops

 World Quilt Show Florida
January 18-20, 2018
Orange County Convention Center – Orlando, Florida

The World Quilt Show Florida at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, January 18-20, 2018 features well-known instructors including the very talented and informative Frieda Anderson.

FriedaAnderson_2Frieda made her first quilt when she was in high school. She has always made things, and loves the process of creating. In college she majored in Art History and minored in ceramics, but returned to fiber because it was more satisfying. She can’t remember when she didn’t sew

She finds each step of quilt making, from the beginning to the end, a real challenge. Frieda says, “It is hard to say what part I like best. I love the pure creativity involved in conceiving and designing a new quilt. I love to piece and I love to fuse. I have found that by fusing smaller pieces, I can work out design issues. Then I like to make a bigger, bolder statement and piece the same quilt in a large format. Most of my work is machine quilted and nature inspired.”

Frieda’s original quilts are inspired by the everyday scenery that surrounds her and the colors of the mid-west landscape she lives in. She works with her own hand dyed cotton and silk fabrics. The dyeing process is always an adventure. The ways the dyed fabric look influence the rhythm of her work and the way she uses color in her pieces and often affects how she quilts her quilts. Trees and leaves are a big part of what influences her designs. Frieda has been making quilts for over 40 years.

Naturally Inspired Workshops:

DragonFly Garden, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm – Thursday, January 18

Seaside Village, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm – Friday, January 19

Under the Sea, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm – Saturday, January 20

Dragonfly Garden
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For detailed information about Frieda’s workshops, please visit www.quiltfest.com.

World Quilt Florida is generously sponsored by Major Annual Sponsor Brother/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore; Major Vendor Sponsors BERNINA/Wandering Stitches, Juki – Baby Lock/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore, Innova Longarm Quilting Systems/Florida Quilting Center; and Silver Sponsor Handi Quilter/Heart of Florida Sewing Machine Co.

World Quilt Florida

Finalists Selected for Florida Quilt Competition

Finalists Selected for the Florida Quilt Competition
at the World Quilt Show Florida
January 18-20, 2018
Orange County Convention Center – Orlando, Florida

The quilters whose works were accepted as finalists in the 2018 Florida Quilt Competition at the World Quilt Show Florida were notified the week of December 11, 2017. Produced by Mancuso Show Management, the World Quilt Show will take place at Hall WE2 – West Concourse, Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL from January 18-20, 2018.

WQFL_Competition-Image for Accepted QuiltsThe talented quilters whose entries were selected by the jury as finalists will have their quilts on display at the show, competing for the competition’s prizes. Winners will be selected at the show and announced on the World Quilt Florida website, www.quiltfest.com, on Thursday, January 18, 2018. Quilt and textile art enthusiasts will have an opportunity to view these outstanding works of textile art among all the other magnificent displays at the event, January 18-20, 2018.

President of Mancuso Show Management David Mancuso says, “Quilting is truly art. Every quilt that is displayed at the World Quilt Show takes great skill and talent to make it come to life. This quilt competition incorporates pieces from the best quilters in Florida that will be judged, and on display to be enjoyed by quilt enthusiasts and other quilt artists.”

Besides the competition quilts on display, the Quilt Festival will feature workshops and lectures taught by a renowned faculty, a Merchant’s Mall and a beautiful collection of special exhibits including the international entries of the 2017 World Quilt Competition and exhibits by many Florida quilt guilds.

The Florida Quilt Competition is generously sponsored by Major Annual Sponsor Brother/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore; Major Vendor Sponsors BERNINA/Wandering Stitches, Juki – Baby Lock/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore, Innova Longarm Quilting Systems/Florida Quilting Center; and Silver Sponsor Handi Quilter/Heart of Florida Sewing Machine Co.

Mancuso Show Management has several long running shows annually, each with its own quilt competition. Besides World Quilt Florida, MSM hosts, the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA; The Quilt & Sewing Fest of New Jersey, Edison, NJ; World Quilt New England, Manchester, NH; the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks (Philadelphia area), PA; and the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara (Bay area), CA.

For more information, visit www.quiltfest.com.

Yes, this really is a quilt!
WQFL2017_8065From the 2017 Florida Quilt Competition,
Spring by Karen Waechter of Lutz, Florida

Mancuso Show Management, World Quilt Florida

Learn Longarm Quilting this Winter

 World Quilt Show Florida
January 18-20, 2018
Orange County Convention Center – Orlando, Florida

Learn something new and exciting this January at the World Quilt Show Florida held at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center, January 18-20, 2018. With only two quilters per Innova machine, this is your chance to learn new, or master already acquired longarm skills. Taught by Gina Perkes, these workshops are a great opportunity to train on an Innova with its exclusive Lightning Stitch – the ultimate in stitch regulation!

Gina PerkesGina, an internationally award-winning quilter, has been quilting for nearly two decades and has developed many tools for machine quilters and a thread line with Superior Threads. She has appeared on several quilting shows and is the author of: Mastering the Art of Longarm Quilting published by C & T. She operates her shop, The Copper Needle, an Innova dealership, and training center in Payson, Arizona. Gina loves working with other quilters, sharing her techniques and helping them find inspiration and gain confidence. She teaches both domestic and longarm techniques and, believing that quilting is therapeutic, strives to create a stress-free, fun learning environment for her students.

Gina Perkes’ Longarm Workshops – each limited to just 12 students!
Thursday, January 18:
The Fundamentals of Longarm Quilting, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Beauteous Blocks and Borders, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Friday, January 19:
Make Mine Modern, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Glorious Grids with Fillers, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Saturday, January 20:
Quiltside Tools, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Free Motion Edge to Edge Designs, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Fundamentals of Longarm Quilting

For detailed information about Gina’s workshops, please visit www.quiltfest.com.

World Quilt Florida is generously sponsored by Major Annual Sponsor Brother/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore; Major Vendor Sponsors BERNINA/Wandering Stitches, Juki – Baby Lock/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore, Innova Longarm Quilting Systems/Florida Quilting Center; and Silver Sponsor Handi Quilter/Heart of Florida Sewing Machine Co.

 

World Quilt Florida

Do You Know Uncle Dave?

World Quilt Show Florida
January 18-20, 2018
Orange County Convention Center – Orlando, Florida

Do You Know Uncle Dave? If not, get to know him while learning something new this January at the World Quilt Show Florida. Held at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center, January 18-20, 2018, this is your opportunity to learn David Sirota’s No More Tears Method© of paper piecing. Do you have a love/hate relationship with paper piecing?  Do you love the accuracy you achieve, but hate the process of getting there?  Well, these workshops will change that to a LOVE relationship.

DavidSirota_3After David’s friend Amy taught him the basics of quilt making, he learned just about everything he knows from watching Simply Quilts. He’s spent the past 14 years looking for the quickest and easiest way to complete a quilt, short of just buying one! And as a result, he has developed the No More Tears© method of paper piecing. David has taught this workshop for several years now and it has changed the way his students paper piece … forever! He can’t imagine going back to the old way.

Uncle Dave’s No More Tears© Workshops
Thursday, January 18:
Storm at Sea – No More Tears Method©, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Pictured: Calm Before the Storm at Sea)
Calm Before the Storm Storm at Sea
Friday, January 19:
Chevron Star – Using the Sirota No More Tears Paper Piecing Method©, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Saturday, January 20:
Sew Many Triangles, Sew Little Time – No More Tears Foundation Piecing Method©, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Here’s what quilters who have taken Uncle Dave’s workshops at  Mancuso shows say:
“Best class I’ve ever taken!”
“Wonderful class. I never thought I’d love paper piecing!”
“Thanks for making paper piecing so much fun!”
“Are you coming back next year?”

PLUS – Join David for a fun-filled, eye-opening look at quilters and the little quirks we all share.  We’ll see what our friends and family see when they look at us.  Maybe it will help explain why they look at us the way they do! Join Uncle Dave for What Makes a Quilter Tick? – A Humorous Look in the Mirror  at 4:30 on Thursday, January 18.

For detailed information about David Sirota’s workshops, please visit www.quiltfest.com.

World Quilt Florida is generously sponsored by Major Annual Sponsor Brother/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore; Major Vendor Sponsors BERNINA/Wandering Stitches, Juki – Baby Lock/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore, Innova Longarm Quilting Systems/Florida Quilting Center; and Silver Sponsor Handi Quilter/Heart of Florida Sewing Machine Co.

Mancuso Show Management, World Quilt Florida

World Quilt Florida Returns to Orlando!

Discover the World of Quilting Arts

After an exciting and adventurous 2017 in Central Florida, Mancuso Show Management announces that World Quilt Florida will again return to Orlando, January 18-20, 2018. Mancuso Show Management is thrilled to return World Quilt Florida to such an amazing city! The festival will be held in Hall WE2, West Concourse of the Orange County Convention Center on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. This unique quilt and textile event offers attendees a trip around the world – no passport needed!

View how the other side of the globe creates their quilts! The show will exhibit the international entries as well as selected United States ribbon winning entries from the 2017 World Quilt Competition. An outstanding nine countries are represented in this beautiful collection including Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.

David Mancuso, President of Mancuso Show Management states, “This is the most comprehensive collection of international quilts displayed in the US.”

The quilt show will also include the Florida Quilt Competition, open only to residents of Florida. Like a fine art show, the entries to this competition are an impressive showcase of some of Florida’s most talented quilt and textile artists. It’s a wonderful opportunity for quilters to experience the diversity and creativity of their fellow enthusiasts.

The World Quilt Competition – On Tour, the Florida Quilt Competition and other special exhibitions allow attendees to view over 500 quilts! For those who love anything quilt related, this display of quilt art should not be missed!

The aisles of the World Quilt Merchants Mall will be filled with everything a happy shopper could possible imagine and more:  sewing machines, long arm machines, machine accessories, needles, pins, fabric markers, books, jewelry, thread, more fabric than you’ve ever seen in one place, notions, batting, patterns, stencils, finished ‘art’ clothing and patterns for clothing, shoes, jewelry making supplies, sewing machine carrying bags, scissors, rotary cutters, rotary cutting mats, rulers, magazines, magnification products, yarn and knitting supplies, trims, buttons, beads, stencils and more … much, much more!

FL MerchantsMall

In addition, workshops and lectures are available for those quilters looking to learn new techniques and work with some of the most talented and world-renowned quilt instructors. Quilters wanting inspiration with a large dose of entertainment will not want to miss the opportunity to learn from such a fantastic faculty including Frieda Anderson, Linda Hahn, Mark Sherman, David Sirota, Michele Sanandajian,  the “new for 2018” longarm workshops taught by Gina Perkes and more.

The World Quilt Show Florida is generously sponsored by Major Annual Sponsor Brother/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore; Major Vendor Sponsors BERNINA/Wandering Stitches, Juki – Baby Lock/The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore, Innova Longarm Quilting Systems/Florida Quilting Center; and Silver Sponsor Handi Quilter/Heart of Florida Sewing Machine Co.

Pre-registration and other information is available on the show’s website.

Mancuso Show Management, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival

Virginia Quilt Guilds Exhibit at the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival

The Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival at the Hampton Roads Convention Center, February 22-25, 2018, will have an amazing collection of special exhibitions from around the county, the state and the country. This year, many quilt guilds from Virginia are taking part in M-AQF in the best way they know – by creating quilts. There will be a lot of beauty, talent and fabric in one room. M-AQF is proud to include these special exhibitions.

Included among these hometown exhibits are:

A Year of Mini-Challenges –
Peninsula Modern Quilt Guild
Stacks of Block Blocks by Kelley PazDuring 2017, the PMQG focused on education in the principles of modern quilting as a major goal. To that end, the guild had 3 mini-challenges, each focused on a different aspect of modern quilting. Pictured: Stacks of Block Blocks by Kelley Paz.

 

 


Baskets & Blooms –
The Virginia Quilt Museum
Heralding the arrival of spring in Virginia, the Virginia Quilt Museum shares this selection of floral and basket quilts from its Educational Collection that are representative of the flowers that are telling us that spring has arrived.

 

The World Around Us –
Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Italian Tiles (detail) by Beth FilkoInspiration is all around us. This challenge invites us to make a quilted piece inspired by architecture or an architectural element. Pictured: Italian Tiles by Beth Filko.

 

 

 

Over the Years –
54-40 African American Quilt Guild
This exhibit celebreates the 25th Anniversary of 6 women who had a vision to learn and share the art of quilting with other African Americans.

 

Quilts Represent the Threads of Life –
Tidewater Quilters’ Guild
Goose in the Pond detail - Tidewater

We sew together, in groups; almost never alone! Sew and sew, sometimes with strife; Stories and tales, and gifts of love; Created in our “Threads of Life.” Pictured: Goose in the Pond (detail).

 

 

 

To Every Thing There Is a Season –
Cabin Branch/Stonehouse Quilt Guilds
Every season has a food, weather, sport or activity or holiday that makes it special. Share your love of that special part of the year in fabric and thread.

 

 The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
“We Are Somebody” Quilting Program presents “Just 4 U”
Quilt (detail) by L.R. - VA Juvenile JusticeThe Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice’s quilting program, believed to be the only quilting class in the country in a male juvenile corrections setting, teaches not just the hard skills involved in this difficult craft, but also critical life skills such as goal-setting, patience, frustration management, public speaking, and the value of precision.  Pictured Quilt (detail) by L.R.

 

 

In addition, The Golden Thimble Needlework Guild and The Bead Society of Southeastern Virginia will be presenting free Fiber and Needle Arts Demonstrations throughout the four-day event.

Founding Sponsor BERNINA/Nancy’s Calico Patch/Cottonwood; Major Annual Sponsor Brother/Tidewater Sew-Vac; Major Sponsors Baby Lock/All Brands, Elna/The Quilters Studio, Janome/ Tidewater Sew-Vac, and Innova Longarm Systems; and Silver Sponsor Handi Quilter generously sponsor the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.

For complete details, including workshop and lecture information, please visit: www.quiltfest.com.

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival

Fashion is Back at M-AQF!

Rachel D.K. Clark and Karen Boutte Present:
DECADES

Immediately following the Fashion Show is a Quilters Gathering with lite dessert and beverages.

Join us for this fantastic fashion event!

The Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival held at the Hampton Roads MAQF Fashion Show 1Convention Center February 22-25, 2018, explores advances in techniques, cultural diversity and the rise of artistic expression. What better way to express yourself than with a fabulous wardrobe! Not only is there a wonderful collection of garments in the wearable art competition displayed on the floor of the show, but on Thursday, February 22 at 7:00 pm the catwalk will come alive with the return of the M-AQF Fashion Show. Rachel D. K. Clark and Karen Boutte organize and moderate this fashion showcase titled Decades. Let Rachel and the “Quilt Diva” (Karen) entertain you, and the unique and beautiful clothes inspire you.

Nothing short of spectacular, Decades will introduce fresh looks at hear their stories as well. The show is for everyone who enjoys fun, funky and fashionable wearable art. Especially selected just for M-AQF, the fashions are sure to ignite your creativity. You won’t be able to resist saying, “Fabulous!”

Immediately following the fashion show and included in the ticket price is a Quilters Gathering with lite dessert and beverages.

Rachel D. K. Clark is a contemporary folk artist, teacher and lecturer who comes from a long line of sewers. Eclectic fabric mixes, vibrant designs, and a keen sense of humor characterize Rachel’s work. While her garments and quilts can be whimsical, political or a personal statement they always reflect her love of traditional quilt making.

 

 

Quilters from across the country don’t call Karen D. Boutte the “Quilt Diva” for nothing. Karen is a nationally known instructor, lecturer, author and designer. “There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a student having fun discovering their creativity with fabric and thread,” Karen stated. “I love selecting fabric for a project. The color, texture and design possibilities are endless. Nothing makes my heart sing more than visiting a variety of quilt shops looking for just the right fabric for a new project.”

 

Founding Sponsor BERNINA/Nancy’s Calico Patch/Cottonwood; Major Annual Sponsor Brother/Tidewater Sew-Vac; Major Sponsors Baby Lock/All Brands, Elna/The Quilters Studio, Gammill/Threads Run Thru It, Janome/ Tidewater Sew-Vac, and Innova Longarm Systems; and Silver Sponsor Handi Quilter generously sponsor the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.

For complete details, including workshop and lecture information, please visit: www.quiltfest.com.