National Quilting Day - March 18th
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National Quilting Day - National Quilting Association at www.nqaquilts.org
Mark your calendar to celebrate the 15th Annual National Quilting Day – March 18, 2006!
Quilters have our own special holiday – National Quilting Day ! Whether you observe the day alone, with a few friends, or with a large group, we invite you to join with quiltmakers and quilt enthusiasts across the country for this special celebration.
National Quilting Day gives us the opportunity to reflect with pride on the traditions of quiltmaking and the contributions quiltmakers have made to their families and communities for many generations.
NQA began sponsoring National Quilting Day with a resolution passed by members attending the 22nd Annual Show in Lincoln, Nebraska, in June 1991. The third Saturday in March is officially designated as National Quilting Day , but quilters are flexible and we love a celebration - especially when fabric is involved - so over the years, observance of National Quilting Day has unofficially been expanded to the whole month of March!
A bit about the History -
How did we get our own holiday? In 1989, the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society organized a "Quilters' Day Out" on the third Saturday of March to celebrate the rich tradition of quiltmaking in Kentucky. In 1991, the NQA officers were so enthused with the concept and success of "Quilters' Day Out" that they voted to take it to a national level.
The first National Quilting Day was observed in 1992 and since then it has grown to a global celebration for all quiltmakers and quilt lovers. Helen Storbeck, a founder of National Quilting Day , wrote in Quilting Quarterly , "Groups of quilters were encouraged to hold special events, publishers and shop owners were invited to sponsor promotions especially for quilters and it quickly became a grass roots endeavor with quilters in every part of the country participating.
In the first year of National Quilting Day , quilters in other countries asked to participate. They were welcomed with open arms. As our feeling of a community network has evolved to include a world community, it is only appropriate that quilters and quilt lovers everywhere united to give recognition to this special art form."
Ways to Celebrate -
There are countless ways to celebrate National Quilting Day ...
Make it a service day and work on a quilt for your favorite cause – national projects such as ABC Quilts and Project Linus or local projects. If you don't have a local service project, start one!
Check with police and fire departments, children's services, nursing or rehabilitation facilities or local hospitals to see if they have a need for quilts.
Organize an exhibit for your local library or historical society. Exhibit quilts, tools, books, etc.
Organize a quilt history day or a quilt documentation project.
Work on a quilt with a school, 4-H, or scout group, or spend the day passing along your love of quilting to your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or neighbors.
Contact a local senior citizens group or facility and organize a show and tell of their quilts and yours. Or sponsor a sewing day to make lap quilts for seniors. Turn it into an oral history project to gather quilters' stories from your community. You will be amazed at what you learn.
Organize a stitch-in, banquet, workshop, lecture, retreat, bus trip or even a shop hop.
Contact your local hospital and make arrangements to donate a baby quilt to the first baby born on National Quilting Day . Make it a statewide project: As part of Ohio's bicentennial celebration in 2003, a coordinated effort ("Happy Birth Day, Bicentennial Baby!") resulted in a quilt for more than 90 babies born in Ohio hospitals on National Quilting Day !
Celebrate on your own - visit your favorite quilt shops, pass your love of quilting on to a child or friend, or spend a few hours sewing or reading your favorite quilt book.
The possibilities for National Quilting Day are limited only by your time and energy! Even if you just curl up with your favorite quilting book, do something special to celebrate your place in the community of quilters.
Please let us know how you celebrate National Quilting Day , and we can share your ideas with others. After all, sharing a great idea is how National Quilting Day got started!
.. for more information about the NQA's (National Quilting Association's) 2006 National Quilting Day Project click here.
National Quilting Day - National Quilting Association at www.nqaquilts.org
Mark your calendar to celebrate the 15th Annual National Quilting Day – March 18, 2006!
Quilters have our own special holiday – National Quilting Day ! Whether you observe the day alone, with a few friends, or with a large group, we invite you to join with quiltmakers and quilt enthusiasts across the country for this special celebration.
National Quilting Day gives us the opportunity to reflect with pride on the traditions of quiltmaking and the contributions quiltmakers have made to their families and communities for many generations.
NQA began sponsoring National Quilting Day with a resolution passed by members attending the 22nd Annual Show in Lincoln, Nebraska, in June 1991. The third Saturday in March is officially designated as National Quilting Day , but quilters are flexible and we love a celebration - especially when fabric is involved - so over the years, observance of National Quilting Day has unofficially been expanded to the whole month of March!
A bit about the History -
How did we get our own holiday? In 1989, the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society organized a "Quilters' Day Out" on the third Saturday of March to celebrate the rich tradition of quiltmaking in Kentucky. In 1991, the NQA officers were so enthused with the concept and success of "Quilters' Day Out" that they voted to take it to a national level.
The first National Quilting Day was observed in 1992 and since then it has grown to a global celebration for all quiltmakers and quilt lovers. Helen Storbeck, a founder of National Quilting Day , wrote in Quilting Quarterly , "Groups of quilters were encouraged to hold special events, publishers and shop owners were invited to sponsor promotions especially for quilters and it quickly became a grass roots endeavor with quilters in every part of the country participating.
In the first year of National Quilting Day , quilters in other countries asked to participate. They were welcomed with open arms. As our feeling of a community network has evolved to include a world community, it is only appropriate that quilters and quilt lovers everywhere united to give recognition to this special art form."
Ways to Celebrate -
There are countless ways to celebrate National Quilting Day ...
Make it a service day and work on a quilt for your favorite cause – national projects such as ABC Quilts and Project Linus or local projects. If you don't have a local service project, start one!
Check with police and fire departments, children's services, nursing or rehabilitation facilities or local hospitals to see if they have a need for quilts.
Organize an exhibit for your local library or historical society. Exhibit quilts, tools, books, etc.
Organize a quilt history day or a quilt documentation project.
Work on a quilt with a school, 4-H, or scout group, or spend the day passing along your love of quilting to your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or neighbors.
Contact a local senior citizens group or facility and organize a show and tell of their quilts and yours. Or sponsor a sewing day to make lap quilts for seniors. Turn it into an oral history project to gather quilters' stories from your community. You will be amazed at what you learn.
Organize a stitch-in, banquet, workshop, lecture, retreat, bus trip or even a shop hop.
Contact your local hospital and make arrangements to donate a baby quilt to the first baby born on National Quilting Day . Make it a statewide project: As part of Ohio's bicentennial celebration in 2003, a coordinated effort ("Happy Birth Day, Bicentennial Baby!") resulted in a quilt for more than 90 babies born in Ohio hospitals on National Quilting Day !
Celebrate on your own - visit your favorite quilt shops, pass your love of quilting on to a child or friend, or spend a few hours sewing or reading your favorite quilt book.
The possibilities for National Quilting Day are limited only by your time and energy! Even if you just curl up with your favorite quilting book, do something special to celebrate your place in the community of quilters.
Please let us know how you celebrate National Quilting Day , and we can share your ideas with others. After all, sharing a great idea is how National Quilting Day got started!
.. for more information about the NQA's (National Quilting Association's) 2006 National Quilting Day Project click here.
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