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Wisconsin Quilt Expo 2014

Wisconsin Quilt-Expo – Madison, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Quilt Expo
Quilters snapping up some Madison Quilt Expo 2014 merchandise

For the past number of years , 6 to be exact, I’ve attended the Madison Wisconsin Quilt Expo sponsored by Nancy Zieman and Wisconsin Public Television. This year’s show was bigger and better than prior years. In fact I seem to be saying this every year, so each year is topping the previous year. Bigger in terms of number of quilts on display (over 500), bigger in terms of number of vendors, more classes and workshops, and in terms of number of attendees on opening day – also bigger.

I thought this year I’d be able to attend more than one day of the show, but again our various travel plans interfered with this goal. But I find if I go to a show with “game plan” on what I want to see, I can generally pack everything into one day.

One thing I noticed this year was the number of tools and gadgets being offered to make quilting more fun and easier. So I always advise to include trolling the vendor area as part of your quilt show visit. Another reason to visit the vendor section of the show are sometimes you can get some good deals on supplies. For example, this time I happened to be in the need of threads so one of my necessary stops was at the Superior Threads booth. I left stocking up on fabric material to my friend Sue who did some stocking up. We both laughed about wondering if we will ever get to sew up our accumulated “stash” of fabrics in our lifetimes.

As always we enjoyed looking at so many beautiful quilts. Here is a slide show of some of my favorite winning quilts plus some that I thought should have been winners! (PS If you click on any of the slides, you can see a larger image of the quilt)

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See more general information on Quilt Expo and pictures from earlier shows.

What were your favorites from the show? If you send me some photos I can post them below.

Joanne (Joquilt@gmail.com)

3 thoughts on “Wisconsin Quilt Expo 2014

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  • Dona Hendrix

    Hi, I am always looking for quilt retreats that have RV hook ups, haven’t found a single one so far but maybe they don’t post that in their advertisements. I am in Tulsa, OK and would travel to a surrounding state or two to go to one. Have you heard of any?

  • Sue Reese

    It was a great show, I think much better than the last few!!! Enjoyed seeing everything and next year will take a bigger bag for carrying all my new treasures!!!

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