Events & Quilt Shows

2025 Maine Quilt Shop Hop Come to  Dark Star Fabrics  April 1st – April 30th
Apr
1
to Apr 30

2025 Maine Quilt Shop Hop Come to Dark Star Fabrics April 1st – April 30th

Dark Star Fabrics is among 26 independent fabric shops welcoming friends to the 25th annual Maine Quilt Shop Hop.

As you “hop” to each shop, you will receive a 5-inch charm square. In addition to charm square, Dark Star Fabrics guests will receive a free gift and a chance to enter our drawing for weekly prizes. 

When you visit five or more shops, you are eligible for state-wide prizes and you can vote for your favorite Shop Challenge Quilt.

Highlight of Shop Hop: Maine Designer Ericka O’Rourke designed this year’s exclusive Shop Hop fabrics. Northcott Fabrics made the ten custom prints and two custom panels, along with eight blenders. They will be available only at Maine Quilt Shop Hop shops.

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Quilt Across Connecticut
Apr
4
to Apr 12

Quilt Across Connecticut

Plan Your Next Quilting Adventure Hopping to 5 Great Quilting shops!
Cotton Candy, Colchester Mill, Sew Inspired, Yankee Cloth, Yankee Quilter

  • Pick up your Passport at any of the shops to start your hopping……..

  • Visit the 5 Shops between April 4-12, 2025

  • New Demos - New Trends - Take your Quilting to the next level!

  • Shop Specials, Refreshments and opportunities to enter prizes!!

    #ctquiltshophop

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New England Quilt Expo for Hands on Workshops and Quilt Displays
Apr
9
to Apr 12

New England Quilt Expo for Hands on Workshops and Quilt Displays

  • Double Tree by Hilton Manchester Downtown (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Bits N’ Pieces Quilt Shoppe at the NEOE for hands-on workshops and quilt displays!

Check out their website for details and sign ups.
There is something for everyone to do, whether your a beginner or expert! Lots to explore, learn and enhance your skills.

Event Dates:
April 9 - Classes Begin
April 10-11 - Quilt Show & Marketplace (9-5pm)
April 12 - Quilt Show & Marketplace (9-3pm)

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World of Quilts Show - A Celebration of Traditional, Modern, and Art Quilts
May
3
to May 4

World of Quilts Show - A Celebration of Traditional, Modern, and Art Quilts

Annual show of over 300 quilts displays the many facets of the art and craft of quilting: traditional to modern to improvisational to fiber art and includes well-known speakers, special exhibits, demonstrations, raffles, quilts for sale, and vendors selling fabric, quilting related items, and sewing machines.

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Hands All Around 19 Quilt Show
May
3
to May 4

Hands All Around 19 Quilt Show

Hands Across the Valley Quilters Guild features more than 200 quilts by their talented members, as well as, a Special Exhibit from the New England Quilt Museum on what’s best about Massachusetts.

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Maine Quilts Quilt Show
Jul
24
to Jul 27

Maine Quilts Quilt Show

Pine Tree Quilters Guild presents Maine Quilts annually during the last weekend of July. We are a guild passionate about everything quilting who share and learn more about our art.

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Quilt Show at Kellogg Environmental Center
Jul
24
to Jul 27

Quilt Show at Kellogg Environmental Center

  • Kellogg Environmental Center and Osborne Homestead Museum (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

POP OF COLOR Quilt Show w/SCTMQG being a Co-Sponsor

Quilts Displayed Outside along with Vintage Quilts and more being shown inside the Osborn Homestead Museum!

More details to come as the Event gets organized!!

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All New England Shop Hop 2025!
Sep
1
to Oct 31

All New England Shop Hop 2025!

Sewing Adventures in New England!
*Magazines will be available for purchase at your local quilt shop in July

Shop Hop New England States
- Connecticut - Maine - Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Vermont

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Annual Yuletide Quilt Show – Haddam, CT
Nov
22

Annual Yuletide Quilt Show – Haddam, CT

  • United Congregational Church of Haddam and Higganum (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come enjoy some Holiday fun at the Annual Yuletide Quilt Show

Over 150 quilts and quilted items will be on display at the Annual Yuletide Quilt Show. Quilts range from antique heirlooms to modern-day creations. Several quilts will be for sale.

Come vote for your favorite quilt, enjoy a home-cooked, hearty lunch, enter to win one of many raffle baskets, shop the “Crafty Tag Sale”, or try your luck at winning the quilt raffle.

Over the years, this event has grown to become one of the church’s flagship fundraisers, with all proceeds going towards the church’s diverse outreach and mission-based initiatives.

Handicap accessible. Wheelchair entrance at the south door with elevator access to the Fellowship Hall on the lower level.

Parking: Ample on-site parking on both sides of the church as well as handicap parking near the south entrance.

Food: We will be serving a lunch of homemade soup, artisan bread, and homemade pies. Take-out is available.

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Quilt Con 2026
Feb
19
to Feb 22

Quilt Con 2026

QuiltCon 2026 in Raleigh
February 19-22, 2026
at the Raleigh Convention Center

featuring Hillary Goodwin

Details to be announced in May 2025

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Quilt Week New England
Apr
8
to Apr 11

Quilt Week New England

The American Quilter's Society is thrilled to announce the launch of AQS QuiltWeek – New England, taking place April 8-11, 2026, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT. Quilters can look forward to a vibrant event featuring a wide array of quilt exhibits, quilting workshops, and vendors. Hotel booking information will be available shortly. Instructor and class announcements are scheduled for Fall 2025, with registration opening in December 2025. In the meantime, please mark your calendars and save the dates!

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Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival
Feb
27
to Mar 2

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival

  • Hampton Roads Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join in the 36th Annual celebration of the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.

The Merchants Mall will feature everything for quilt, fiber, wearable & textile artists, and home sewers. In addition, MAQF will present the finest collection of quilt, garment, and fiber art exhibitions including quilt and wearable art prize money competitions. Rounding out the event will be workshops and lectures presented by leading instructors along with demonstrations throughout the Merchants Mall. 

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Bucc Quilt Show & Sale
Oct
25
to Oct 27

Bucc Quilt Show & Sale

  • Belchertown United Church of Christ (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

It's Back.......by popular demand......and just because I like to have a 'Quilt Party' once a year.  As you can see the theme is Holiday Quilts.  It's gonna be fun.  If you have a quilt or quilt top you'd like us to hang, regardless of whether it fits the theme or not, We'd be honored to have your work in the show.  Just fill out an entry form off the website and email or snail mail it to me.  If you have a quilt you'd like to consign that works, too.  BUCC takes 25% in consignment fee.

Once again the entry fee applies only to the days of the quilt show.  Starting Monday after the show entry to the sewing tag sale is Free. The sewing tag sale will continue all that following week.  Taking donations now for the sewing tag sale.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again and a whole new crop of show quilts.  Let's all be inspired and enjoy ourselves!

Keep cool and keep sewing,

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The Power of Color Lecture and Presentation - w/Kaffee & Brandon Malby
Sep
21

The Power of Color Lecture and Presentation - w/Kaffee & Brandon Malby

This lecture and presentation are designed to empower and inspire you to create and develop your “mind’s eye,” and ready to experiment with color yourself.

Ticket price for the lecture includes a copy of Kaffe’s upcoming book, Kaffe Fassett’s Quilts on an English Farm. Kaffe and Brandon will sign books for lecture attendees after the presentation concludes. Cotton Candy Fabrics will also feature a kaffe-tastic pop-up shop of Kaffe Fassett Collective sample quilts, fabrics, kits, precuts, accessories and more!

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Herring Run Quilt Guild - Quilt Show
Sep
21
to Sep 22

Herring Run Quilt Guild - Quilt Show

17th Biennial Quilt Show

September 21 -22
Be awed and inspired by the talent and creativity on display. Come view the expansive collection of quilts from our members

  • 150+ Quilts

  • Silent Auction

  • Raffle Quilt

  • Demonstrations

  • Raffle Baskets

  • Refreshments

  • Vendors

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Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
Sep
12
to Sep 15

Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza

  • Greater Philadelphia Expo Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA

September 12-15, 2024

"PNQE will be dishing up all the ingredients needed for a successful quilt show including unique and beautiful displays of quilts and works of textile and wearable art. Plus, as past patrons know, the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza features an amazing Merchants Mall filled with vendor booths, offering everything quilters and needle crafters need to quench their creative thirsts. This popular event is the largest and most comprehensive quilt festival in a state known for its rich history of quilting.."

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American Quilter's Society Quilt Week
Sep
11
to Sep 14

American Quilter's Society Quilt Week

  • Spooky Nook Sports Conference Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Quilting in Pennsylvania Dutch Country

Discover the simple pleasures and abundant treasures of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. With a long heritage of quilting and crafting, Lancaster is the perfect place to experience AQS QuiltWeek. See hundreds of quilts, take a class with your favorite quilting star, and shop ‘til you drop at the merchant mall.

Spooky Nook Sports Conference Center
75 Champ Blvd., Manheim, PA 17545
https://www.americanquilter.com/quiltweek/event/landing/eventid/34

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Hudson River Piecemakers Quilt Guild Show
Aug
3
to Aug 4

Hudson River Piecemakers Quilt Guild Show

From Glen Falls TODAY article: The Hudson River Piecemakers Quilt Guild warmly invites you to “Quilting in the Adirondacks,” a quilt show that will inspire with close to 100 quilts on display. Featuring an impressive array of Bonnie Hunter mystery quilts, Barbara Nichols Challenge Quilts, Kids Quilts, and a celebration of the Adirondacks quilters of all ages and skill levels.

Explore a stunning exhibition with both professional and people’s choice judging. Browse our boutique for unique handmade gifts and items. Enhance your skills with our quilting technique demonstrations and discover the heartwarming community service projects spearheaded by the Guild. Quilt appraisals also available. Special quilt raffle, exciting gifts, and much more!

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Mattatuck Museum Quilts
Aug
1
to Aug 25

Mattatuck Museum Quilts

From the website: Stitching the Revolution explores themes of revolution through quilting, a medium traditionally confined to the domestic sphere and often relegated to the lower status of craft or minor art. This exhibition offers a new approach to understanding the practice of quilting as an avenue through which to express potent beliefs and an outlet to create meaningful change. Tracing the long history of quilts as a medium for communicating revolutionary ideas, the exhibition pairs historic and contemporary quilts spanning over 200 years of production. Stitching the Revolution features approximately 30 quilts from the Mattatuck Museum’s collection, and loans from New England institutions and contemporary artists.

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Vermont Quilt Sampler Barn Exhibition - Billings Farm & Museum
Aug
1
to Sep 2

Vermont Quilt Sampler Barn Exhibition - Billings Farm & Museum

The exhibition will be displayed in the Billings Farm Historic Barn gallery from June 29 – September 2, 2024.

To embrace the rich tapestry of quilting talent from across the state, the exhibition curators seek to display approximately 50 quilts that span a spectrum of abilities and techniques, showcasing both traditional and modern styles. Most importantly, Billings Farm & Museum will share the stories that are stitched into each quilt and the connection to community that these represent.

During the exhibition, the public will be invited to try engaging, hands-on activities and crafts relating to quilting throughout the exhibition. On select weekends, local quilting guilds will gather and offer experiences to further educate and inspire guests.

The exhibition is included with admission to Billings Farm & Museum.

www.billingsfarm.org

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Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod Quilt Show; Harwich, Massachusetts
Jul
31
to Aug 2

Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod Quilt Show; Harwich, Massachusetts

  • Cape Cod Regional Tech High School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

“Welcome Aboard” to Bayberry Quilters’ Annual Quilt show July 31 – August 2, 2024 at the Cape Tech High School in Harwich. There will be plenty of quilts on exhibit, vendors for shopping and lots of activities for both beginning and experienced quilters.

The show will be open 10 am – 4 pm on Wednesday and Thursday and 10 am – 3 pm on Friday. Admission is $12; children under 12 are free. A group admission rate is available for guilds and other groups; please contact the show chair at quiltshow@bayberryquiltersofcapecod.com for details.

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Pop of Color Quilt Show
Jul
25
to Jul 28

Pop of Color Quilt Show

Enjoy a weekend outdoor quilt show on the grounds of the Kellogg Estate. For four days the grounds will show off the color, variety and techniques of quilters from a variety of guilds and groups as well as individuals who just love to play with design. It is open to all to enjoy and you are welcome to come and picnic using the tables or spread a quilt of your own on the lawn. The show is a fair weather event and will not be outdoors if raining or if there are high winds. Call to make sure it is on display. This year our featured partner guild is teh Southford Falls Quilt Guild who will be here "Under the Trees" doing hand work and ready to answer questions and share information about quilting. Interested or new quilters are welcome to come and visit. Down the street on Hawthorne Ave. stop into Derby Neck Library where an annex display of quilts will be displayed as well- we have grown so much. Don't miss out.

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Maine Quilts 2024
Jul
25
to Jul 27

Maine Quilts 2024

Pine Tree Quilters Guild presents Maine Quilts 2024! Over 500 Quilts from Antique to Contemporary Judged Division

Workshop and Lectures, Demonstrations, Raffles or just viewing!

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Hang a Quilt Day in CT
Jun
15
to Jun 20

Hang a Quilt Day in CT

Showcase the art & beauty of quilting with this one-air quilt show!

* Hang a quilt outside your home - on your garage, clothesline, fence, ch
* Ask a local business if you can display a quilt for the day
* Post a picture of social media with #CTHangAQuiltDay

No Cost or registration required

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Up Up and Away Quilt Show
May
4
to May 5

Up Up and Away Quilt Show

The Pioneer Valley Quilt Guild biannual quilt show is taking place this weekend with nearly 100 quilts and, believe it or not, an 8′ quilted balloon. These are just a few of the many things you can see at this weekend’s quilt show. Here to tell us more are Elaine Conway, the secretary of the Pioneer Valley Quilt Guild, and John Roy, co-chair of the Quilt Show committee.

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