2025 Mancuso Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
Theme: Fences
Visible and functional or internal and metaphorical? Decorative or plain, made of wood, iron, or wire, the ranchers and homesteaders of the west valued a strong fence.. However, a blizzard, flood, or drifting sand blur the function of boundaries or the efficacy of keeping critters in or out. Fences delineate political and social jurisdictions. As a noun, a fence can be an obstacle in an equestrian event, or as a verb, to fence. Fences may support a flower box, have blooms poking thru, or be the star in the idyllic picket fence home. Perhaps it becomes a key lyric for a song, “Don’t Fence Me In” or a metaphor as in “sitting on the fence” or “side of the fence.” Members of The Art Quilt Association explore their connection to Fences.
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza (Oaks Pennsylvania)
- Show dates are September 11-14, 2025
- Turn-in: May 15, 2025 meeting. No exceptions.
The entry form will be available here and MUST be completed in its entirety to make a submission.
Lisa Flowers Ross is slated to be our juror and will do so IN PERSON in Grand Junction while here for a May workshop.
DESIGN RULES:
- All pieces must be the ORIGINAL work of AQuA members. No quilt may be constructed using a commercial pattern. No commercial machine quilting patterns may be used.
- If the quilt was begun in a workshop, the workshop teacher’s name and technique must be credited on the back. A workshop teacher’s pattern is not acceptable, only the technique.
- No more than two (2) AQuA members may collaborate on the construction of a quilt, and both members must be listed on the entry form.
- Entries cannot be smaller than 96 inches minimum perimeter or larger than 252 inches maximum perimeter. Entries cannot exceed a maximum length of 72 inches. Entries cannot exceed a depth of 5” for shipping purpose.
- Diptychs and triptychs are acceptable providing their size, including space between the pieces, remains within the size restrictions.
- The sleeve requirements are at the top of the list under Member Info: Lots of How To Instructions: How to Construct a Quilt Sleeve
