AREA EVENTS
JANUARY
Mancuso
Quiltfest Virtual Schoolhouse #7
Online
January 24-27, 2024
“Our seventh QuiltFest Virtual Schoolhouse will take place, ONLINE. Mancuso Show Management is no stranger to online quilting and textile arts seminars. We’ve learned that many students enjoy learning new and exciting techniques from the comfort of their homes. The great strength of this platform is that both instructors and students do not have any country borders or cultural barriers to their participation from around the world.”
FEBRUARY
Mancuso
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival
Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton VA
February 29-March 3, 2024
"As we celebrate the 35th annual Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, we reflect on all the positive times we’ve spent together and the joyfulness of all those years of quilts. We consider ourselves fortunate to have been part of this Festival. The Merchants Mall will feature everything for quilt, fiber, wearable & textile artists, and home sewers. In addition, MAQF will present the finest collection of quilt, garment, and fiber art exhibitions including quilt and wearable art prize money competitions. Rounding out the event will be workshops and lectures presented by leading instructors along with demonstrations throughout the Merchants Mall."
APRIL
A Quilter's Desination Quilt Shows
Lancaster Quilt Show at Lebanon Valley
Lebanon Valley Expo Center, 80 Rochery Road, Lebanon PA 17042
April 10-13, 2024
32st annual Lancaster Quilt Show! Featuring over 45+ vendors, 150+ quilts, 30+classes.. Admission and parking are FREE!"
Smithtown Stitchers Quilt Guild
A Spectrum of Quilts
April 13-14, 2024
Setuaket Neighborhood House, 95 Main Street, Setuaket NY 11733
A brand new event for 2024! Three rooms of quilts exhibited by members of our guild. Features the Ombre Challenge, the House Challenge and the Main Event.
MAY
Northern Star Quilter's Guild
A World of Quilts
SUNY Purchase Gymnasium
May 4-5, 2024
"Our show of over 300 quilts displays the many facets of the art and craft of quilting: traditional to modern to improvisational to fiber art and includes well-known speakers, special exhibits, demonstrations, raffles, quilts for sale, and vendors selling fabric, quilting related items, and sewing machines."
Hallockville Museum Farm
Fiber Festival
Hallockville Farm, Riverhead NY
May 18, 2024 (Rain date May 19, 2024)
"Hallockville Museum Farm Fleece & Fiber Festival features fiber artisans sharing handmade and authentic works for sale, shearing demonstrations, exceptional four-legged guests, special fiber-focused tours of the Hallock Homestead, and more!"
AUGUST
Water Mill Museum
38th Annual Quilt Show and Sale
41 Old Mill Road, Water Mill NY
August 17 - September 3, 2024
Quilts of all designs, sizes and ages from local quilters are displayed in the historic 18th century water-powered grist mill.
Eastern Long Island Quilters Guild
ELIQG Exhibit at Hallockville
Hallockville Farm, Riverhead NY
August 24-25, 2024
"Visit our August Quilt Exhibit and Yard Sale. Quilt Display, Vendors, Raffle Baskets & Yard Sale featuring fabrics and notions."
SEPTEMBER
Mancuso
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA
September 12-15, 2024
"PNQE will be dishing up all the ingredients needed for a successful quilt show including unique and beautiful displays of quilts and works of textile and wearable art. Plus, as past patrons know, the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza features an amazing Merchants Mall filled with vendor booths, offering everything quilters and needle crafters need to quench their creative thirsts. This popular event is the largest and most comprehensive quilt festival in a state known for its rich history of quilting.."
Courthouse Quilters Guild
Quilts in the Mills
Prallsville Mills, 33 Risler Rd/Rt 29, Stockton, NJ
September 27-29, 2024
"This popular and anticipated quilt show includes quilting demonstrations, vendors, food, exhibits and an auction of miniature quilts.."
Brooklyn Quilters Guild
The Stories We Tell
Holy Name Church, 245 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn
September 28, 2024 11am-4pm (Rain date October 5, 2024)
"Mark your calendars for our next FREE outdoor quilt show featuring over 40 new quilts interpreting the theme The Stories We Tell: Folklore, Fantasy, and Folly!"
OCTOBER
Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
New York State Sheep and Wool Festival
Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck NY
October 19-20, 2024
"Join us in person at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds to visit and shop with our vendors, attend our Sheep & Goat Shows, shop the Fleece Sale, visit the Breed & Camelid Barns, view a fiber competition or two, and enjoy a variety of author talks.."
November
Schweinfurth Art Center
Quilt=Art=Quilt
Schweinfurth Art Center, 305 Genesee Street, Auburn NY
November 2024
"Quilts=Art=Quilts is an international juried quilt exhibition at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York. The Art Center has been a longstanding proponent of quilts as a visual arts medium and has been presenting quilts in a gallery setting since 1981. Jurors select quilts based on overall quality of design, visual impact and originality.."
Mancuso
Virtual Schoolhouse #9
Online
November 6-9, 204
"Mancuso Show Management is no stranger to online quilting and textile arts seminars. We've learned that many students enjoy learning new and exciting techniques from the comfort of their homes. The great strength of this platform is that both instructors and students do not have any country borders or cultural barriers to their participation from around the world. Put on the tea, get comfortable in your PJs and slippers, and join us for another in the Virtual Schoolhouse series."
