Get ready for the debut edition of
International Quilt Festival/Long Beach!
Coming July 25-27 (with classes beginning July 24) to the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802, our new summer show! The Long Beach Festival will feature all of the things you know and love about our Houston and Chicago editions, plus plenty of special exhibits, classes, and vendors exclusive to this show!
Hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (July 25 & 26) and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (July 27). Admission is $10 adults/$8 seniors & students. At the show you’ll experience…
Great Quilts and Garments!
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Stepping Out by Sandra Lauterbach. From the special exhibit “The Silver Screen.” |
Dancing Through the Decades by Juli Shulem. From the special exhibit “The Silver Screen.” |
Casey’s Frame Wave by Gwen Goepel. From the special exhibit “Surf’s Up!” |
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Fish Quilt by Heidi Beltz-Sandkuhle. From the special exhibit “Surf’s Up!” |
Sunset on the Beach by Grace J. Errea. From the special exhibit “West Coast Wonders.” |
Leonesse—Village of Dreams: |
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Circle Odyssey by Patricia Hable Zastrow. From the Bernina Fashion Show Diamond Odyssey. |
Great Shopping at 500+ Booths!
Photos taken at previous edition of Houston Festival
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An overview of just a portion of Festival’s exhibit hall. |
Generations come together…over fabric at Festival! |
Even the youngest of artists can participate in activities, like this girl in the Make It University!™ area. |
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Patricia Bolton, editor of Cloth Paper Scissors® and coordinator for Make It University!™ (right, in blue), directs chosen students into one of the show floor classes. |
Bright colors abound on the Festival show floor. |
A Festival attendee ponders a purchase on the show floor. |
Great Classes!
Photos taken at previous edition of Houston Festival
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Many exhibitors demonstrate their goods right in their booths on the show floor. |
Festival features more than 100 classes on fabric arts for all skill levels from beginning stitchers to expert quilters. Smiles were all around in Carol Doak’s (center, leaning) class here. |
Many Festival teachers are well-known artists themselves, like Hollis Chatelain (center), winner of last year’s “Best of Show” award in the Judged Show for the International Quilt Association. |
Still room in the following classes!
Thursday, July 24 |
Friday, July 25
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Saturday, July 26 |
On-Site class enrollment hours
Wednesday, July 23—4 p.m.-7 p.m.
Thursday, July 24—8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Friday, July 25—8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 26—8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sunday, July 27—8 a.m.-10 a.m.
Sign up on the spot!
Pay-at-the-Door Lectures: 50 Minutes to Learn
There are some outstanding lectures being offered, and tickets are $8 per lecture payable at the door. All will be held in Ballroom C of the Convention Center. The topics are:
Thursday, July 24
#220—A Breath of Creativity, Tricia Quirk Spitzmueller, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
#221—Retrospective Trunk Show: A Moo-ving Experience with Quilts & Garments, Cathie I. Hoover, 11:00 a.m.-Noon
#230—Publish or Perish! Judith Baker Montano, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
#231—Charlotte’s Scrapbag, Charlotte Warr Andersen, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
The Flat Doll Sampler: Five Queens & Their Closets(#320), will also have tickets available at the door for $30, up to the capacity of the event (Friday, 9:00 a.m.-Noon).
Great Connection!
Connect with the nonprofit International Quilt Association to help spread a love of quilting around the globe. Festival supports the aims and goals of IQA, and you can find out more at the IQA table in the front of the special exhibits. You can also enjoy two exhibits featuring winners from the recent IQA Judged Shows “Quilts: A World of Beauty” and “Celebrate Spring!”
You can also purchase tickets for the 2008 raffle quilt, Autumn in Indiana by Phil Beaver (pictured below). The drawing will be held on Nov. 2 at the conclusion of the fall Festival, and winner need not be present to win. Tickets are $1 each, 11 for $10, or 25 for $20.
Autumn in Indiana by Phil Beaver.
The 2008 raffle quilt of the International Quilt Association.
Photo by Jim Lincoln.
More Great Quilts from the Show!
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Spinning Out Spinning In 1 by Helen Remick. From the special exhibit “SAQA: The Creative Force 2007.” |
An altered fabric and stitched board book by Kelli Perkins. She will have an Open Studio in the “Make It University!™” section of Festival. |
Susan by Marion Coleman. From the special exhibit “SAQA: The Creative Force 2007.” |
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Oh! The Places You’ll Go: Africa to Allentown by Irene Berry. From the special exhibit “In the American Tradition VI.” |
V838 Monocerotis by Ann Harwell. From the special exhibit “The Sky’s the Limit 2007.” |
Summer Squash Garden by Judith Trager. From the special exhibit “Hands All Around XXIII: International Quilts.” Sponsored by Quilter’s Newsletter. |
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The Supper Quilt by Don Locke with Joy Press and Linda Taylor. |
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For more info on the 2008 International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, visit us at www.quilts.com
