‘Des Moines Show’ Archives
Call for Entries – AQS QuiltWeek™ Des Moines
Now is the time to enter your quilt(s) in the AQS Quilt Contest for AQS QuiltWeek in Des Moines, Iowa. The deadline for entries is June 10, 2013! Win a share of $44,250 in cash awards for this year’s contest. Best of Show is $10,000! You can NOW register online [Read More]
Look Here for TWO Fun Challenges to Enter
Sometimes it is fun to make a small quilt for a challenge – AQS just announced two fun challenges for 2013: Compete in the GO! Have Fun Quilt Challenge, sponsored by AccuQuilt®, with more than $6,000 in cash and prizes. Use a GO!, GO Baby, or Studio AccuQuilt [Read More]
Getting the Word Out
Is your guild holding a quilt show and you’re looking for ways to get the word out? Are you a quilt instructor who wants to get your teaching information to local and regional quilt guilds? Or, do you have a product that you’d like to promote to thousands of [Read More]
Bed Turning at the AQS Quilt Show and Contest in Des Moines – 2012
Chris Moline takes you on a bed turning tour of beautiful antique quilts from the private collection of Jean S. Lyle. [Read More]
Meet Jean Clark – Third Place Winner – Bed Quilts – Handquilted
Jean Clark was the third place winner in the handquilted bed quilts category at the 2012 AQS Quilt Show & Contest in Des Moines. Her techniques include needle turn appliqué and a technique that she likes to call “echo stippling.” Jean spent over 2,000 [Read More]
Best Quilt Show Experience Ever– It’s All in the Planning
Plans are being finalized all over the country for the 2013 quilt shows. And that means you could be thinking about the shows you want to attend and what you will do there. Where do you start with making your plans? Decide which shows you want to attend. We hope you are [Read More]
Winners of Janome Sewing Machines
Congratulations to these three lucky winners of the Janome 3160 sewing machines at the AQS Quilt Show in Des Moines, Iowa. Brenda Ohnemus – Fowler, Illinois Mary Ann Holcomb – Perry, Iowa Nancy Thomas – Cedar Falls, Iowa Thank you to Janome for [Read More]
WINNERS OF THE 2012 DES MOINES AQS QUILT SHOW & CONTEST
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and sit back for a slide presentation of the all the winning quilts in the 2012 AQS Quilt Show & Contest in Des Moines, Iowa. This year’s contestants were all fabulous and the exhibit is inspiring. Congratulations everyone! [Read More]
Learning Center Demo Schedule in Des Moines
The AQS Learning Center, located in the exhibit hall, will have demonstrations throughout the week by our vendors – it’s free with your show admission. Wednesday, October 3, 2012 11 am – What are RagSpuns…Come Learn About Them!, RagSpin, Booth [Read More]
