|
Quilt Expo - Madison, Wisconsin
Entrance to Madison Quilt Expo
Great Wisconsin Quilt Show - Madison, Wisconsin
For several years I've attended the Wisconsin Quilt Expo. This is an annual event held in Madison, Wisconsin the second weekend in September. The Expo is produced by Wisonsin Public Television and Nancy Zieman Productions.
In 2022 the event was renamed The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show (info at the bottom of the page)
During the 3 day event, there are lectures, sit & sew workshops, hands on workshops, stage presentations, judged quilt contest, vendor mall and nationally known celebrity presentations.
At the 2008 Expo Show a friend and I attended a great hands on workshop learning how to dye fabric. We both had high praise for the "12-Step Color Wheel class with Sheri Wood of www.whiterobindesigns.com
In the 2011 show I was honored to have one of my quilts accepted in the competition. It is an heirloom quilt of sorts because the dresden plate blocks were found among my Mom's things after her passing. The blocks date back to the 1930s because they were made on 1934-36 sugar sacks. In my trips to Paducah Quilt Shows I searched for and found some antique fabrics I thought would work with the quilt design I had in mind to tie the blocks together into a finished quilt. After 70 plus years the quilt is now finished. Wish Mom could have seen it. Here's me with my quilt at the 2011 madison quilt show (click on picture for a larger image).
Here's a close-up of the old dresden plate blocks made on sugar sacks - click for larger picture. > > >
Oh, I should mention that another plus of the Quilt Expo is the fact that is held 30 minutes from our home. 
The 2014 Madison Quilt Expo was held at Madison's Alliant Energy Center. Go to our Traveling Quilter Blog for reports and pictures on the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 shows as well as other quilting events and scenic travel. Search on Quilt Expo to see a list of our past reports on the Madison Wisconsin Quilt Expo.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |
Scenes from earlier Madison Quilt Expo Shows |
A friend of Jo's quilt that has inspired her to take up hand applique.
< < < Another friend's quilt, by Eileen Daniels.
< < < Notice the little quilt hanging on the line (it's an actual little quilt)
|
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |
Some collages of some of our favorites from the 2008 show
|
< < < Quilt Gazing
Quilt Inspecting and learning
< < < Mall Walking and Shopping
|
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |
2011 Madison Wisconsin Quilt Expo
Enjoying a lunch break at the show in the Alliant Center Exhibition Hall.
Lots of quilting vendors & exhibitors, more each year. |
 Where are you from?
Madison's Wisconsin Quilt Expo is a major regional quilt show, getting bigger every year. This map at the 2011 quilt show invited attendees to place a pin identifying their home. Pins were placed from as far away as Alaska, Hawaii, and the Bahamas.
|
Here's a neat landscape quilt from the 2011 show I liked. It is entitled "Fenceline" by Sherri Cyra of Madison, Wisconsin. |
"Hugs & Kisses" by Gail Smith of Barrington, Illinois won 2nd place at the 2011 show n the Machine Quilted Bed Sized-Appliqued category. |
I liked "Summer Flowers" by Kathy Munkelwitz of Isle, Minnesota who won 3rd place in the category Wall Quilts, Machine and/or Hand Quilted at the 2011 show. |
|
More Information on the Madison, Wisconsin Quilt Expo |
 More pictures and reports from previous Quilt Expos
See our traveling quilter blog report for more pictures and comments from the
|
2022 Madison Quilt Expo, now called The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, will be held Sept. 8 - 10 , 2022
One of the featured exhibits at this year's show is "Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection," featuring 26 historic quilts from the private collection of the documentary filmmaker.
Wisconsin Quilt Show Website
|
Quilt Show Links
|
|
|
©QuiltingPathways.com 2006 - 2022 |
|
Quilt Shops
& Scenic Travel
around Lake Superior
Quilting Books,
Patterns & Supplies
Quilt Shops
& Scenic Travel
Great River Road
|
Center
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
