Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival

From Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival Website:

What's Happening with the Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival 2017?

After many years of spectacular Quilt & Fiber Arts Festivals, we're doing something very special in 2017 celebrating our 20th Anniversary. (QuiltFest will return next year!) The weekend of October 6-8, 2017 is our 20th Anniversary Festival, packed with unique curated exhibits, a variety of classes, and a Gala fundraising event to mark this Museum milestone!

On display at the Museum will be extraordinary quilts from our permanent collection in the "Pieces of the Past: 20 Years of Collecting" exhibit. Many of the items in this exhibit have never been on display before. During the celebration weekend only, we'll also present a traveling exhibit, 'Pieces From the Prairie,' from the Poos Collection, one of the largest privately held pre-1860 quilt collections in the world.

The culmination of the festive weekend will be a 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner & Art Auction on Saturday evening, October 7. This dress up, catered affair will have great food and live and silent auctions. World-renowned quilters and fiber artists who have exhibited their work at the Museum over the past 20 years are donating some of their finest work for this fundraising event.

More Pieces of the Past: 20 Years of Exhibiting contains the remarkable quilts and fiber art auction pieces donated by prior exhibitors. This exhibit will be on view to the public all day on Friday, October 6, and half the day on Saturday, October 7. An online auction, beginning on September 17, is planned for those who cannot attend the Gala.

Round out the weekend by learning a new fiber art skill! Choose from a wide variety of full- and half-day classes such as: Painting on Fabric, Nuno Felting, Beginner Traditional Sashiko, Photograph Techniques for Quilters, and more!