September 26-28, 2024
Iowa State Fairgrounds
4-H Building
Come see our beautiful quilts in Iowa’s Largest Quilt Show. Demonstrations, special exhibits and vendors, as well as a Little Quilts Silent Auction complement the event.
Beth Freeman and Karen Macon (Quilt Show Co-chairs)
Tickets $10/day at the door
Advance Tickets $8/day or $20 for all 3-days
This beautiful applique quilt was made by Linda Ybarra and donated by her family. Linda based the quilt on Lori Smith’s pattern “Floral Delight.” It was quilted by Helen Nielsen.
Special Events for 2024 will be announced later.
We have an exciting list of special exhibits for our 2024 DMAQG Quilt Show. If you are interested in entering a quilt in one of these exhibits, please contact the person(s) listed as the contact.
Special exhibit quilts do not have to be made by a member, but they do need to be registered by a member – for example, if you have your grandmother’s beautiful hand quilted quilt that you would like to enter in the Treasured Quilts display, that is great, but you will need to register it.
Martha Henrichs mjhenrichs@aol.com
Slow stitching is the creative practice of stitching by hand in a meditative and relaxed way. The term Slow Stitching is relatively recent but quilters have always embraced stitching which focuses on the moment. Examples of Slow Stitching can include crazy quilting, embroidery, sashiko, or kawandi, among others.
Janet Pittman
The members of Central Iowa Textile Arts are all are award-winning artists whose works have hung in galleries and/or shows and private collections all over the country. Each artist uses her own mix of quilting and art techniques that can vary for every piece of art she produces. These techniques may include piecing, painting, dye painting, dyeing, collage, silk screen, and embellishing with hand and machine decorative stitching, couching and beading.
Beth Freeman/Karen Macon befree1954@hotmail.com kquilts1@gmail.com
Please enter at least 2 quilts that show your progress as a quilter, or your family’s progress as quilters. For example: your grandmother’s quilt, your mother’s quilt, and your quilt in today’s style & fabric; or, your first quilt and your current quilting.
Donita Fredricks larryfredricks@gmail.com
In conjunction with the theme of the 2024 quilt show “Our Quilting Legacy – Honoring our Past and inspiring our future”, the theme of this year’s president’s challenge is “My Quilting Journey”. The design of the quilt should represent some part of your quilting journey and feature the fabric provided by Riley Blake Designs prominently in the quilt.
Susan Callison susancallison7@gmail.com
Our annual show of quilts with a story!
Mary Franck franckleemary@yahoo.com
Renew, Recycle, Reuse are important not only to our environment but central to the historic practices of quilt making. The exhibit will show how contemporary quilters can incorporate sustainability into our quilts by reusing materials, recycling discarded materials and renewing old material. This exhibit will consist of quilts of all sizes, apparel, home decor, stuffed animals, headwear. Use your imagination!
Janelle Erwin jeredbird@netscape.net
Our special exhibit of treasured quilts will highlight hand quilted quilts. The piecing can be either by hand or by machine, but the quilting needs to be done by hand. These can be new quilts, old quilts, a traditional pattern or a modern design.
Try your foot at grandma’s old sewing machine, as well as a display of other older sewing machines.
Off the Rails Quilting
WoodsideQuilting /Bernina
Leo 9 Textiles
Creekside Quilting
University Vaccuum & Sewing
Nolting Longarms
The Iowa Quilt Block
Riley Blake Fabrics
The Woolen Needle
Piece Works Quilt Shop