October Meetings

October is the time for conferences, symposia and trade shows.

Here are your options for travel, education, and getting in touch with the quilting and textile community. I've focused on programs that include antique quilts. For contemporary quilts you can find many more by doing an internet search for the words Quilt Conference October.

Lincoln, Nebraska October 6-9

Recent Pakistani quilt from the IQSC Collection

The 2010 Textile Society of America Symposium Textiles and Settlement: From Plains Space to Cyber Space. The International Quilt Study Center and Museum will host four of the 18 textile-related exhibitions organized in Lincoln in conjunction with the TSA. The TSA Biennial Symposium is open to the public. Click here: http://www.textilesociety.org/symposia_2010.htm

East Lansing, Michigan October 8-10

Michigan State University Museum will host  "Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry and a Symposium on Using Quilt History Collections" to explore the connections between using collections in making or studying quilts. Click here: http://museum.msu.edu/Events/cbsymposium/

Minneapolis, Minnesota October 14-17

The American Quilt Study Group annual seminar is in Bloomington, Minnesota, with the theme "Follow the Stars," hosted by the Minnesota Quilt Project. Click here: http://www.americanquiltstudygroup.org/seminar.asp

Houston, Texas October 30-November 1

Carpenter's Square from the Quilts Inc. Corporate Collection

International Quilt Market, the quilt shop trade show is followed by the International Quilt Festival, which is open to the public. November 4-7. Click here: http://www.quilts.com/newHome/index.php  The Houston show always has a good exhibit or two about antique quilts.