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Learn much more about MAQS by visiting our website at www.quiltmuseum.org

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MAQS Offers Modern View of Old Tradition

The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society is a must-see for all ages! From contemporary art to antique and traditional quilting, more than 150 quilts in three to five exhibits are always on display.

The largest quilt museum in the world, MAQS presents a wide selection to visitors. Traveling exhibits from around the world frequently change, making each visit a new and exciting experience!

**The National Quilt Museum (Museum of the American Quilter's Society) will no longer be open on Sundays; in addition, the Museum will be closed on Mondays in February 2009. The museum will open
by advance appointment only on Sundays (and Mondays in February 2009) to serve large group tours.

In the current economic situation, the adjustment is a way to continue the high-quality exhibits and quantity of community activities the Museum hosts throughout the year. Year-round hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is charged with senior and group rates available. Guided tours are free to groups scheduled in advance. These tours range from a 15 minute introduction to an in-depth 40 minute tour of all exhibits with additional time for questions and answers. A variety of hands-on activities are also available for prescheduled groups

Current and Upcoming Exhibtions

The Machine Age of Quilting: Treadle to Computer
On exhibit September 1 - December 6, 2010

From the treadle to the computerized wonders of today, sewing machines forever changed the face of quiltmaking. This exhibit of quilts from the collection of Pat Holly and Sue Nickels shows how quilters have utilized sewing machines from the 1840s to the present with stunning results.

A Horse's Tale
August 13 - November 16

Kentucky will host the World Equestrian Games in 2010, the first time the games have been held outside of Europe. In keeping with this event the National Quilt Museum is holding a juried exhibit of quilts about and/or depicting horses in early fall of 2010. Special guest artist for this exhibit will be Shirley P. Kelly of Colden, NY

Events

2nd Saturdays at The National Quilt Museum

Each second Saturday the museum offers a guided tour at 1 p.m. free with admission in addition to a fun, free activity 2-4 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). For a complete list of activities, visit the Special Events page.

These 2nd Saturday activities are held to correspond with special monthly events and late hours of the studios and art galleries in Paducah's Lowertown Art District. For more information on their programs, visit the Lowertown Events Calendar.

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United States Representative Ed Whitfield announced May 17, 2008, at the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society that a congressional designation has been passed naming the Museum as The National Quilt Museum of the United States.

“We are very enthusiastic about receiving this designation,” said May Louise Zumwalt, Executive Director of the Museum. “Though it does not mean we will receive national funding, it does recognize that we are a quilt museum with national significance.”

Designation of the facility as The National Museum will bring additional attention and help increase the number of visitors. The Museum averages 40,000 visitors per year from across the country and at least 25 foreign countries. These tourists spend money in Paducah and the surrounding areas, and in this way the Museum helps bring economic benefits to the community.

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2010 Workshops at The National Quilt Museum

Embellishing, exquisite machine quilting and strategic appliqué are just a few skills that can be learned during the 2010 Workshop Series at The National Quilt Museum.

Noted over the years for exceptional workshop facilities and the highest quality instructors in the quilting industry, the museum offers a workshop for every type of quilter at any level of experience. While taking a class at the museum, students are able to explore the galleries for inspiration and relaxation.

Dye Painting and Quilting will be taught by Hollis Chatelain on April 26 - 30. In this workshop, students will first learn how to paint images with Procion dyes on cotton. Learning to control the dyes will be emphasized. Among other things, Chatelain will cover blending, layering, special effects and painting without bleeding. All of these techniques can be used to create images as complex as portraits or as simple as a line on a scarf.

Registration Fee: $450/$420 Friends of the Museum; due date 01/22/10

Carol Taylor will teach Improvisational Scrap Quilt on May 12 - 15. In this class, Carol will teach 15-20 simple piecing techniques and really free ways of creating patchwork designs. Students will learn to play with color and design without anxiety, and use all of those leftover scraps! Taylor will cover piecing without templates or pinning, couching and fusing as well as several other methods. All are fast and easy! Students will go home with all of the components done to finish the quilt and ideas galore to make more quilts using these methods.

Registration Fee: $450/$420 Friends of the Museum; due date 03/12/10

On June 3 - 5, Sharon Schamber will teach Crescent Prim Rose. Schamber will teach how to use her appliqué foundation paper to create the lovely look of hand appliqué all while using a machine. This class is designed for the average quilter who wants to move onto a higher level of work. Schamber’s technique will enable quilters to create beautiful appliqué.

Registration Fee: $300/$270 Friends of the Museum; due date 04/02/10

Suzanne Marshall will teach Wacky Birds on July 22 - 24. What could be more fun than hand stitching a “wacky bird”? Students will choose from nine distinctly different wacky bird patterns to create their personal wacky bird. Marshall will give tips for needle-turning and perfecting sharp points, inside curves, rounded corners and smooth edges as well as using take-away appliqué for pattern placement, making the multi-pieced bird fit together with ease. Embroidery will help define the bird from the background as students experiment with different colors of floss to see how it changes the appliquéd bird.

Registration Fee: $300/$270 Friends of the Museum; due date 05/21/10

Tree O’ Life will be taught by Rebecca Goldsmith on August 12 - 14. Goldsmith will help students gain color confidence in this class for all quilters. Students will explore a variety of design options as they learn how to improvise within a pattern. The backgrounds in this quilt are randomly pieced from freely-cut pieces which creates a less structured overall attitude. Gain valuable tips for perfecting your needleturn appliqué technique. Students will perfect their invisible appliqué stitch and learn to sew inner points, outer points, cutaway appliqué, circles and much more.

Registration Fee: $350/$320 Friends of the Museum; due date 06/14/10

Sunflowers, Poinsettias and Much More will be taught by Phil Beaver on August 19 - 21. Students will learn to create their own superior fabrics by brush painting white cottons and then using them to create stunning poinsettias and/or sunflowers. Objectives for this workshop are to learn to build designs with painted fabrics, using supplied paper patterns or from other resources; learn to layer and pin all fabrics and batting, and prepare work for sewing; learn and develop skills for machine free motion quilting; and produce finished quilted work as explained in above objectives.

Registration Fee: $300/$270 Friends of the Museum; due date 06/18/10

Laura Wasilowski will teach Fusing Fun: Fast, Fearless Art Quilts on September 23 - 25. Toss the templates and trash the rulers! Fusing is free-form art making at its best. Working with fusible web on fabric, discover fusing techniques like free cutting, strip fusing, confetti collage, playing blocks and improvisational assemblage. Because fusing is fast and free quilters can quickly invent their own design language to explore. In this class students will create multiple pieces of fun, fast, free, fused fiber art and get loose, really loose. As an added bonus, learn tunes from the Chicago School of Fusing Glee Club and graduate with an advanced degree in Fusology.

Registration Fee: $350/$320 Friends of the Museum; due date 07/23/10

Diane Gaudynski will teach two different classes back-to-back. On October 14 - 16, she will teach A New Tradition in Quilting. This workshop is “techniques oriented” and students are encouraged to make decisions, work at their own pace and bring supplies that will support what they want to learn. It is for free motion machine quilters with some experience, not total beginners.

Registration Fee: $450/$420 Friends of the Museum; due date 08/13/10

Then on October 18 – 20 Gaudynski will teach The Adventure Continues… Quilters who are experienced with free motion machine quilting and have taken Diane’s first workshop at least three months prior are invited to take this next step. More quilting ideas, techniques, problem solving, creativity as well as more challenges and fun await in this adventure with your sewing machine.

Registration Fee: $450/$420 Friends of the Museum; due date 08/16/10

The National Quilt Museum Workshop Series is sponsored by Flynn Quilt Frame Company, Janome and OLFA-North America. To register, contact the museum at 270-442-8856 or info@quiltmuseum.org. On-line registration is available at www.NationalQuiltMuseum.org. A $100 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of registration.