Making Plans

It is time to start making plans for HMQS

If you haven't received your catalog for the Home Machine and Quilting Show in Salt Lake City, please visit the HMQS website for more information. The variety of teachers, many of which are nationally know is just amazing.

You can listen to an interview with Ann Collet of Home Machine Quilters Quilt Show by going to the HMQS website , look to the right side and click on Listen to Interview about HMQS 2009. You can also look at the winners of last years show by clicking on View Winning Quilts. Our very own Kat Blakley was a 1st place winner.

The theme for this year is "Pump up the color." Every year the show sponsors a charitable group. This year the charity to be serrved is Kwoyo Kochia village in Kenya. This village is in desperate need of a well to provide clean drinking water. Ann Collet wanted to have the theme be relevant to this important charitable contribution.

HMQS is the premier consumer exhibition and educational conference for all machine quilters and embroiderers! Featuring 100 classes taught by national instructors, a judged quilt competition with $23,000 in awards, hundreds of machine-quilted quilts on display, fantastic special exhibits, and a vendor mall with 175 booths.

The deadline for competition entries is April 1, 2009. If you want to hand deliver your items you have until April 18th. You can get your entry form from the catalog which can be mailed to you or online at the HMQS website. Ann Collet will gladly answere any questions you have, really she will, just give her a call.

Some recommended teacher would be: Pam Clark for beginning quilters. She is a wonderful teacher and she will give you more confidence than you could ever imagine. Linda Taylor is a wonderful teacher (her hands on class are a little pricey, however, everyone I know who has taken one just loved it). Karen Mctavish is an internationally know teacher and is very entertaining to say the least. Renae Haddin will really get you thinking if you are an advanced quilter. Please look through the catalog and make comments on teachers you are familiar with.