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Quilter’s Dream in Willimantic, Connecticut will feature a selection of Larisa Key’s quilts, including Ticonderoga Star, during the September 12-20 Connecticut Shop Hop.  If you’re in the area, be sure to pop in to see her wonderful quilts.

General Information

The Connecticut Quilt Shop Hop is starting up this weekend!  Join in on the fun of visiting 18 fabulous quilts shops throughout Connecticut between Saturday, September 12, and Sunday, September 20.

Visit all 18 shops and be eligible to win the grand prize of a $250 gift certificate for the shop of your choice or one of 10 $100 gift certificates also for the shop of your choice. Each shop will have a featured item on sale, in addition to a drawing for a raffle basket valued a $150. Registration is just $5 and gets you your passport, a commemorative pin as well as a wonderful tote bag, so stop in and register today.

Participating Shops:

Close to Home (Glastonbury)
Close to Home (Milford)
Close to Home (Unionville)
Coastal Sewing (Old Saybrook)
Colchester Mill Fabrics (Colchester)
Common Threads Quilt Shop (New Preston)
Fabric Tree (Danbury)
Lisa’s Clover Hill Quilts (Berlin)
Newtown Quilts (Sandy Hook)
Quadrille Quilting (North Haven)
Quilter’s Corner (New Milford)
Quilter’s Cove (Durham)
Quilter’s Dream (Willimantic)
Quilting by the Yard (Vernon)
Sew Inspired Quilt Shop and Studio (Simsbury)
The Quilter’s Alley (Ridgefield)
The Yankee Quilter (Oxford)
Thimbles (Woodbury)

JWD Publishing is excited to announce that some of its authors will be featured at the Contemporary Quilt Show exhibit at the Binghamton University Art Museum beginning on September 10th.  This exhibit features quilts by pioneers and contemporary leaders in the field, including Ricky Tims, Paula Nadelstern, Joen Wolfrom, Ruth McDowell, Judy Dales, Hollis Chatelain, Caryl Bryer Fallert, Libby Lehman, Alex Anderson, John Flynn, Sally Collins, Margaret Miller, Kaffe Fasset, Becky Goldsmith, Linda Jenkins, Sharyn Craig, and others.

This show also includes two other exhibits: The Evolution of Natural Fibers; Vibrations: Color Resonance in Antique Quilts, 1860-1940. Movies and demonstrations are available for viewing.  Best of all admission is free!

Here are the details for the show:

Full-Spectrum: Natural Fibers, Quilts & the Textile Arts
Quilt Exhibit  September 10 – December 5, 2009
Full-Spectrum:  Natural Fibers, Quilts and the Textile Arts 

Binghamton University Art Museum
4400 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, New York

Tuesday, Wed, Fri, Sat  12 – 4pm;  Thursday  12 – 7 pm
You may listen to the free quilt audio tour with your cell phone.  Jack Braunstein is the curator. For more information, visit http://artmuseum.binghamton.edu.