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KNOXVILLE â More than 200 stunning quilts will be on display July 30-31, 2021. The event takes place in the Knoxville Expo Center at 5441 Clinton Highway, Knoxville.
Hosted by the Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee (SMQ), the 40th Anniversary Ruby Jubilee Quilt Show & Competition will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
âUnfortunately, our anniversary show had to be canceled last year, but we are looking forward to bringing a spectacular show to the Knoxville area again,â said Sally Sante, SMQ Show co-chair.
âQuilts are a comfort, and donât we all need a little bit of that after the many challenging months weâve had,â added SMQ Show co-chair Lynn Sykes. âYou can expect to see some spectacular âisolationâ quilts this year.â
Virginia Quilt Museum welcomes nationally recognized quilt historian Merikay Waldvogel
Published Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, 9:30 am
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Merikay Waldvogel. Photo courtesy Virginia Quilt Museum.
Merikay Waldvogel is coming virtually to the Virginia Quilt Museum to present her talk, “Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression.”
In this talk, set for Saturday, March 20, National Quilting Day, participants will hear the stories of the quilt revival fueled by women’s magazines, newspapers, mail order companies and the Sears National Quilt Contest of 1933. Also included are excerpts from interviews of quiltmakers who recall using feed sack cloth in dresses a