Between last weekends 2013 Houston Quilt Market, where hundreds of fabric
companies, batting companies, pattern designers and notion makers come together
to introduce their new products to Quilt Shops and professional Longarmers
across the country, and this weekends 2013 Houston Quilt Festival that is open
to the public to purchase quilting related products, there will be over 50,000
people passing through the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
The Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS was gifted with seven booth
spaces - 70 feet - of display space to share with everyone the purpose of Hopes
& Dreams and the talent and artistry of the many gifted quilters that have
so graciously donated their works of art to raise awareness and funds for ALS
Research.
These ladies have the art of hanging a quilt show down to a science.
They are called the "Piece Corps" and painstakingly document the
condition of each quilt that is sent to be displayed.
To them each quilt is a piece of rare fine art. They
look at the quilt hanging sleeves, the backing...
...each label and then open each quilt to observe the quilt top.
Once each quilt is reviewed and documented, they are placed on sheets on the
floor prior to hanging the exhibit.
Hanging each quilt is just as elaborate because these ladies
care. They know how hard each quilter works on their finished quilt and
they take the extra time to make sure that each quilt is handled with love.
We were unable to stay for the entire setup as we had to
catch our flight back to Virginia Beach, Virginia. If anyone reading this is in Texas and is
planning on a visit to Quilt Festival this weekend – we would love it if you
could snap a quick picture of the final setup and send back to us at Quilters
Dream Batting.
Each quilt on exhibit is for sale. If you see one here in this blog post that
you are interested in purchasing, call us toll-free at (888) 268-8664 and we
will be glad to work out details. 100%
of the purchase of all Hopes & Dreams Quilts goes to ALS Research.
Remember when you are shopping for the holidays that a Hopes
& Dreams Quilt makes the perfect gift.
We are adding quilts to our Hopes & Dreams Storenvy site and if you
purchase a quilt as a gift we will gift wrap the quilt, sign a card from you
with a special message inside, and ship to the recipient!
Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for your time,
talents and treasures in warming the lap and life of an ALS patient and for
helping us find a cure for ALS – one quilt at a time!
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| Your Grateful Hopes & Dreams Coordinator |
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