Thursday, April 15, 2010

Deadline Extended for 2010 Quilt Contest

Yeah!! It's not too late to enter your 22x22" patriotic quilt to receive a free book and chance at $2500 in corporate prizes. See 280 touring quilt photos, calendar, entry and rental forms on www.HeavenlyPatchwork.com

Bear Creek Quilt Guild Exhibits Patriotic Quilts in Ft.Worth

Had a fabulous time with the Bear Creek Quilt Guild at their beautiful show at the Amon Carter Exhibit Hall in Ft. Worth April 9-11.

The Texans loved the God Bless America Touring Quilt Exhibit and the two “Centennial Stitches” Quilt Trunk Show Programs I gave. See slide show of the exhibit and some of my favorite quilts

http://picasaweb.google.com/BuckboardQuilts/BearCreekQuiltGuildSApril9112010ShowInFtWorthTX?authkey=Gv1sRgCLnegO3qsrvRDw#

Congratulations Quilt Artists

Thanking Our Troops—God Bless America Touring Quilts won 2nd Place Non-fiction Book Award at the Heartland New Day Bookfest April 9th.

Upcoming Patriotic Quilt Exhibits

April 8-10, 10-5, The Amish Country Quilt Show proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts at their 10th annual show at the Buckeye Event Center, 624 Henry St, Dalton, OH. $7, www.amishcountryquiltshow.com, Cheryll Spirer 412-372-8130

April 8-10, April 8 & 9 from 10 am to 5 pm and April 10 from 10 am to 4 pm, Round Bobbin proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts at the Round Bobbin Quilting and Sewing Expo in Springfield MO at the Springfield Exposition Center.. Classes open at www.roundbobbin.com

April 9-11, 10-5 on Friday and Saturday, 12-4 on Sunday. The Bear Creek Quilt Guild of Keller, TX proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts at their Remembering a Simpler TimeQuilt Show at the Amon Carter Exhibit Hall in the West Texas Room, 3400 Burnett Tandy Rd, Ft. Worth, TX, $6. Judy Howard, author of Heavenly Patchwork I & II , Centennial Stitches and Thanking Our Troops—God Bless America Touring Quilts will curate the exhibit, autograph her books and present her historic Centennial Stitches Quilt Trunk Show Program. www.bearcreekquiltguild.org, Donna Hoffmann, Donnamarieh1@aol.com

April 10, 9-3. Judy Howard and quilt artists will sign books and display God Bless America Touring Quilts at Heartland New Day Bookfest at the Edmond First Nazarene Church, 3001 S. Boulevard, Edmond.

April 10, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Stashbuilder Quilt Guild presents the God Bless America Quilt Exhibit at their Quilts of Love Show at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 12663 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA, $1. QuiltRoomNOR@cox.net, 225-673-9847

April 17, 10am-4pm, The Senior Citizen’s Center proudly exhibit the God Bless America Touring Quilts at their Spring Quilt Show, 20257 Daugherty Rd, Long Beach, MS, Jean Tincher, 228-586-0407, $1

April 17-18, 10-5 Saturday, 11-4 Sunday, The Beachplum Quilters of the Jersey Shore presents the God Bless America Touring Quilts in their Plum Crazy Over Quilting Show at the Toms River Elk Lodge #1875, 600 Washington St, Toms River, NJ 08753, $7, children under 12 free. www.BeachPlumQuilters.org, lvSchnitzer @Comcast.net

April 20-21, 10-5 Tuesday, 7:30-1 Wednesday. Judy Howard will exhibit God Bless America Touring Quilts and sign books at the OK Library 12 State Regional Conference at the Cox Convention Center Renaissance Hotel 10 N. Broadway, Oklahoma City, OK

April 23-24, 2010, Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Odessa Quilt Group proudly features Buckboard Quilts’ God Bless America Exhibit at their Odessa Quilt Show held in the Odessa High School Gym at 2nd Street & 4th Avenue, Odessa, WA. 509-982-2825

April 30-May 1, 2-8 pm Friday and 9:00 am-4:00 pm Saturday. The Hugs Project proudly exhibits God Bless America Touring Quilts at the PrimeTime Seniors Expo at the Centennial Building at the State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, OK

May 1, 4:00-5:00 Judy Howard will sign Heavenly Patchwork I & II , Centennial Stitches and Thanking Our Troops—God Bless America Touring Quilts at The OWFI Conference at The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1815 S. Meridian, Oklahoma City

May 6-8, 10-5, The Home Machine Quilters Society proudly exhibits God Bless America Touring Quilts at 869 East 725 South, Centerville, UT, www.hmqs.org $10

May 15, 2010, 11 am-4 pm the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 353 proudly exhibits Buckboard Quilt's God Bless America Patriotic Quilt Exhibit at their " Armed Forces Day Celebration" which includes children's face painting, ball tournament, etc, entertainment by local bands, Seniors' Bake Sale and Silent Auction and Taco Dinner $7 or $4 for children. Boy Scouts will fold flags for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to wear near their hearts in their pockets. Mustang Town Center, Banquet Hall, 1201 N. Mustang Road, Mustang, OK, 405-376-5157

May 29- 10-4:15 Saturday, 1-4, Sunday, 9-1 Monday. The 45th Division Infantry Museum at 2145 N. E. 36th Street in Oklahoma City (just east of Martin Luther King Blvd) proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts. Memorial Day Ceremony Monday at 10 am highlights include a helicopter flyover, massing of the colors, patriotic music, and distinguished guest speakers. Quilt Artists will sign Thanking Our Troops books from 9-1 on Memorial Day

June 8-9 10-6, The Red River Quilter’s Showcase proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts at the Global Event Center in the Wind Star World Casino, 1 mi North of the Texas/OK border, exit #1, Thackerville, OK, Jon Selby, 325-388-5225

June 24-26, 9:00 am-7:30 pm and 8:30 am-5:30 pm Saturday,. The Quilting, Stitches and Craft Expos proudly presents the God Bless America Patriotic Quilt Exhibit at their Expo at the Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd St, Reno, NV

June 24-26 The Original Creative Festival proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring quilts at the Creative Festival in Sharonville OH, Sharonville Convention Center. Visit www.cdmshows.com for details and show hours.

June 25-26th 10-5 and 27th 12-4. The Sandy Historical Society proudly displays the God Bless America Touring Quilts at their 12th annual “Quilts in Our Own Backyard” Show featuring Home of the Brave Quilt Project and Michele Byrum at the Sandy High School gymnasium, 17100 Bluff Road, Sandy, OR., $4, Kayetoo@comcast.net

June 25-26, 10-5. Stitching Memories Quilt Guild proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts at the Stephens County Fairgrounds. $3 Nancyroop09@gmail.com

July 2-4 the VFW of Sandy, OR, proudly displays the God Bless America Touring Quilts. Details to be announced, Kayetoo@comcast.net

August 21-25, Judy Howard and The Hugs Project will display God Bless America Touring Quilts and sign books at the VFW Convention in Indianapolis, IN. Details to be announced. VFW.org.

September 9-11, 9:00 a.m.-7:30 pm, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday. The Quilting, Stitches and Craft Expos proudly presents the God Bless America Patriotic Quilt Exhibit at their Expo at the Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Rd, Cincinnati, OH

September 25-26, 2010, 9-5 Saturday and 9-4 Sunday, The Country Patchwork Quilt Guild proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts during their 23rd annual Quilt Show, at YMCA, 740 East Yerby, Marshall, MO. www.CountryPatchworkQuilters.com, Donna@CountryPatchworkQuilters.com

October 2-3, 10-5. The Belknap Mill Quilter’s Guild proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts at it’s Harvest of Quilts Show at the Conference Center at Lake Opechee in Laconia, NH. $5 Linda Sarette 603-524-9996

October 9-10, 10 am-6 pm Saturday, 10 am-5 pm Sunday, The Red River Quilt Guild proudly exhibits the God Bless America Touring Quilts at their “Quilting in the Falls” Show at the MPEC in Wichita Falls, TX,. $5 www.RRQG.net, LesliePenrose@hotmail.com, 740-782-3340

November 11-13, Veterans Day Fort Bragg/Pope AFB Ann Flaherty Fayetteville, NC

November 11 45th Infantry Museum, Oklahoma City

November 12-14, VFW & TiaDaghton Quilt Guild sponsors the gba at Williamsport, PA

Award Winning Book

Thanking Our Troops—God Bless America Touring Quilts won 2nd Place Non-fiction Book Award at the regional Heartland New Day Bookfest April 9th.

Congratulations to all the quilt artists who contributed. We're still taking entries through June 20 for a free book and a chance at $2500 in corporate prizes.

See photos of all 280 quilts now touring, calendar and entry and rental forms on www.HeavenlyPatchwork.com

Bear Creek Quilt Guild Ft Worth Show April 9-11

Had a fabulous time with the Bear Creek Quilt Guild at their beautiful show at the Amon Carter Exhibit Hall in Ft. Worth. The Texans loved the God Bless America Touring Quilt Exhibit and the two “Centennial Stitches” Quilt Trunk Show Programs I gave. See slide show of the exhibit and some of my favorite quilts and Mary and Colby I stayed with on http://picasaweb.google.com/BuckboardQuilts/BearCreekQuiltGuildSApril9112010ShowInFtWorthTX?authkey=Gv1sRgCLnegO3qsrvRDw#