{"id":9255,"date":"2025-10-01T11:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/?page_id=9255"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:48:01","slug":"2026-mancuso-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/member-information\/2026-mancuso-east-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Mancuso Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Theme: <\/strong><strong>Secret Garden:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Art Quilt Association members explore what creates their perfect secret garden. Is it the hidden entrance? A secret urban oasis or one that requires a hike to a favorite wild meadow?&nbsp; &nbsp;Is it the special peace of a reflecting pool or trickle of water that soothes us and the birds, wildlife, faeries, and ogres alike who sneak in? is it nature&#8217;s unexpected display secluded from the chatter of the outside world? Or is it the promise of summer beauty in the depths f winter? Or perhaps just the joy of digging into the soil that supports these flower and plant strewn places? So many secrets for AQuA to share.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza (Oaks Pennsylvania)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Show dates are September 17-20, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Turn-in: July 16, 2015.<\/strong>&nbsp; No exceptions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;The entry form <a href=\"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SecretGardenCFE_form.pdf\">SecretGardenCFE_form<\/a> MUST be completed&nbsp;<b>in its entirety<\/b> and accompanied by the quilt(s) to make a submission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DESIGN RULES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All pieces must be the ORIGINAL work of AQuA members. No quilt may be constructed using a commercial pattern.&nbsp; No commercial machine quilting patterns may be used.<\/li>\n<li>If the quilt was begun in a workshop, the workshop teacher\u2019s name and technique must be credited on the back. A workshop teacher\u2019s pattern is not acceptable, only the technique.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>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\u201d for shipping purpose.<\/li>\n<li>Diptychs and triptychs are acceptable providing their size, including space between the pieces, remains within the size restrictions.<\/li>\n<li>The sleeve requirements are at the top of the list under Member Info: Lots of How To Instructions: <a href=\"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/member-information\/click-here-for-how-tos\/\">How to Construct a Quilt Sleeve&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme: Secret Garden: The Art Quilt Association members explore what creates their perfect secret garden. Is it the hidden entrance? A secret urban oasis or one that requires a hike to a favorite wild meadow?&nbsp; &nbsp;Is it the special peace of a reflecting pool or trickle of water that soothes us and the birds, wildlife, faeries, and ogres alike who sneak in? is it nature&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":363,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9255","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6hCP0-2ph","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9255"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11098,"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9255\/revisions\/11098"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theartquiltassociation.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}