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| Triple Anniversary Quilt Click HERE for more information. |
| CELEBRATION 2008 JULY 17-20th |
| Induction of 38th Honoree into The Quilters Hall of Fame Marion, Indiana July 17-20, 2008 The Quilters Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the selection of Helen Kelley of Minneapolis, MN as the 38th Honoree to be inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame, July 2008. Kelley has made her home in Minnesota since 1962. Familiar with a sewing machine since her youth, Kelley taught herself to quilt as an about-to-be bride. In 1972 a story about a family quilt she had made from quilt blocks garnered from friends around the world for her daughter’s wedding was featured in the Minneapolis Tribune. The unexpected news coverage opened opportunities to teach quilting in the Minneapolis community. In 1978 Kelley was a founding member of the Minnesota Quilters and served as its founding president, a guild that today numbers over 1500 members. An international teaching career was born. Crisscrossing American, Europe and New Zealand, Kelley soon spread the gospel of quilting wherever she went. Today she is the author of seven books and has been a columnist since 1983 with Quilters Newsletter Magazine, the oldest continuously published magazine dedicated to quilt-making and quilt history. Her book, Every Quilt Tells a Story, is a compilation of her column Loose Threads and has been such a success that a second book, Joy of Quilting, followed on its heels. Among the many honors that Kelley has received throughout her career in quilting and service to her community are: 1995 – Artist of Distinction, Fiber/Metal Arts of Minnesota; 1998 – Minnesota Quilter of the Year; 1999 – Renaissance Quilt was selected by a prestigious national committee of quilt-makers and quilt historians organized by the International Quilt Association as one of the 100 best quilts of the 20th century; 2000 – Minnesota Textile Center’s Spun Gold Award. Kelley continues to lecture, teach, ad exhibit her work. A 30-year retrospective of her work will be on exhibit in Marion, Indiana, at The Quilters Hall of Fame during Celebration 2008. |
| 2008 Celebration Schedule & Registration HERE This file is in a .pdf format. You must have a .pdf viewer to open it. If you don't already have one installed, you can get a free one here. NOTICE OF ERROR If you received a printed version of the schedule there is an error on the page titled Class Descriptions. Georgia Bonesteel's all-day workshop is actually on Thursday - NOT Saturday, however, it is correct on the schedule and registration form though. |