Seminar Brochure - American Quilt Study Group

American Quilt Study Group
Thirty-Seventh Annual Seminar
Tempe, Arizona
September 14-18, 2016
Welcome
The Arizona Quilt Study Group welcomes you to Tempe, Arizona and Seminar 2016! We promise you an exciting Seminar filled with
the flavor and spice of the Southwest. The Tempe Mission Palms Hotel provides you a resort setting as you immerse yourself in the
rich history of Arizona quilters. In addition to all that you have come to expect from Seminar, this year’s presentations will feature
presentations on and quilts from Arizona quilt treasures like Emma Andres and Laurene Sinema. Historian and writer Carolyn O’Bagy
Davis will be our Keynote Speaker, sharing the life and quilts of “Angel to the Papagos,” Goldie Tracy Richmond. Tours about the state
will give you a further chance to explore Arizona quilts, as well as the beauty of our state. The hotel is easily accessible from the airport
and sits in the heart of the Mill Avenue Arts District. Shops, restaurants, and theatres are just a block away. Additionally, the nearby
Metro Line will take you directly into Phoenix and the art museums. Although Arizona is a large state, it is easy to travel. We hope you
will take advantage of our beautiful desert setting. Just a reminder: it is hot and dry here, so drink plenty of water and wear your sun
screen! Welcome to Seminar 2016 and beautiful Arizona!
General Events
Welcome Event
Get ready for a taste of Arizona with
spicy Southwestern fare at the Opening
Event on Thursday evening from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. in the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel.
Traditional snacks, fresh fruits, and veggies
will be served accompanied by a no-host
bar. Eight members of the AZ Quilt Study
Group will delight you with selections
from their collections in a round of quilt
turnings. You can also enjoy the 2016
19th Century Basket Study Quilts exhibit.
Feeling political? A special display of 44
small Presidential Quilts will be provided
by Sue Reich. Celebrating Arizona’s quilt
legacy AZQS presents a tribute exhibit to
the godmother of Arizona quiltmakers,
Laurene Sinema. This is just the start
of a fabulous weekend. Please enjoy
dinner on your own before or after the
Welcome Event.
Show & Tell
Make this Friday evening event
special by sharing your quilts, antique
or contemporary quilt related items
and stories.
Area Representatives Meeting
Area Representatives, and those interested
in becoming ARs, are invited to meet
Friday, September 16 at 4:30 p.m.. Learn
successful strategies for attracting new
members, and share your ideas and
questions with fellow reps.
Pack & Ship Service
Too much to carry yourself? No worries!
A pack and ship service will be at the hotel
early Sunday morning.
Cover Photo: Goldie Tracy Richmond’s Prospector Quilt
From the collection of the Arizona History Museum
Photo Credit: Carolyn O’Bagy Davis
Silent & Live Auctions
Join in the friendly competition for
treasures during the ever-popular Silent
Auction on Friday and Saturday afternoons.
Auctioneer Julie Silber will preside over
the Live Auction on Saturday evening. All
proceeds support the programs of AQSG.
Donations of quality items from members
and merchants are the key to a successful
auction. Sending items before Seminar
allows paperwork to be handled ahead of
time and attractive displays to be planned.
Last minute items tucked securely in your
suitcase can be processed fast if your
inventory sheet with donor estimated value
is attached. Please send your items and
completed auction donation form after
August 1 to:
Shirley Weagant
10952 E. Vecino St.
Chandler, AZ 85248
(480) 299-1815
[email protected]
Book Sale & Signing
Take the opportunity to fill the gaps in
your library. Purchase additional copies
of Uncoverings and member authors’
publications. Uncoverings 2016 authors
and other authors will sign their books
during the weekend. A portion of the book
sale proceeds benefits AQSG.
Member authors wishing to participate in the
book sale may find guidelines and agreement
forms at www.americanquiltstudygroup.
org or request them from the AQSG
office. Phone: (402) 477-1181 or e-mail:
[email protected].
Completed forms must be returned to the
AQSG office by August 19.
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Vendors’ Sale of Antique,
Vintage, & Reproduction
Quilt-Related Items
The vendors’ sale offers members an
opportunity to shop for high-quality
items while benefiting AQSG. Members
wishing to sell quilt-related products
at Seminar should request guidelines,
agreement forms, and Arizona sales
tax information from the AQSG office,
phone: (402) 477-1181 or e-mail:
[email protected]
Completed forms must be returned
to the AQSG office by July 1.
Deadline is firm.
M&M
AQSG has a mentoring program, “M&M.”
The purpose of M&M is to informally meet
people in AQSG, and to share the wonderful
things AQSG has to offer. Mentors (more
established members) connect with newer
AQSG members and first time Seminar
attendees (Mentees) to have coffee or a
meal during the Seminar. If you would like
to participate in M&M, check the box on
your registration form that you would like
to participate as a Mentor or Mentee.
Notice of Annual Meeting
The American Quilt Study Group
Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday,
September 18, 2016.
Renew Your Membership
Membership renewals for 2016-2017 will
be accepted during Seminar.
Notice
Please! Do Not Photograph or Record
Presentations.
Friday Evening Keynote Address
Goldie Tracy Richmond
Indian Trader and Quiltmaker
Carolyn O’Bagy Davis
When Goldie Tracy Richmond came to Arizona in 1927, she lived in a canvas lean-to in the
Sonoran Desert. To survive, she prospected, trapped, and eventually operated a trading post
on the Tohono O’odham (formerly Papago) Indian Reservation. At 6’4”, and weighing over
300 pounds, Goldie was a large woman. She could easily lift 100-pound bags of grain, and
she once strangled a bobcat with her bare hands when it attacked her husband. She spoke the
Tohono O’odham language, and was considered to be one of the Desert People.
Goldie sewed her clothes (of necessity) all her life, and she was also a quilter. In addition to
stitching traditional patchwork and appliqué quilts, she designed pictorial appliqué quilts with
images of the desert landscape and daily activities such as the saguaro harvest, Indian rodeo,
and winter gambling games. Her Papago Activitys quilt was named one of the 100 best quilts
of the 20th Century.
Over the years, Goldie’s quilts were gifted and sold to friends and trading post visitors, or sold at the Arizona State Fair—where she
routinely won blue ribbons for her quilted entries. Some of her pictorial appliqué quilts have been found, and several are now in museum
collections. Locations of other quilts, known only through a vintage black-and-white photograph, or a mention in a letter, are unknown,
although it is hoped that they are being cared for and recognized as unique, original documents of desert and Tohono O’odham life.
Goldie’s stitched creations are priceless quilts for their artistic originality, and are even more remarkable given Goldie’s life in a remote
corner of Arizona.
Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, a 4th generation descendant of Utah pioneers, has written 14 books on the history of archaeology, quilting, and
the American Southwest. Her book Hopi Summer was named One Book Arizona 2011, and Desert Trader: The Life and Quilts of Goldie
Tracy Richmond was honored as one of the Best of the Southwest Books 2012. Carolyn lectures extensively, is an Arizona Humanities
speaker, has curated museum exhibits related to quilting and southwestern history, and has worked with Hopi quilters for 20 years.
Carolyn was the founding president of the Tucson Quilter’s Guild (1976) and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center (1994). She has served on
the boards of the American Quilt Study Group, Treasure Hill Foundation, Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, and the Smoki
Museum of Native American Arts and Culture. Davis has appeared on HGTV’s Simply Quilts, Lifetime’s American Quilter, and Hopi
Quilting on PBS. She is an inducted member of the International Society of Women Geographers and the Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame.
Exhibits
The Quilt Legacy of
Laurene Sinema
The legacy of Laurene Sinema, a true
pioneer of quilts and quiltmaking in
Arizona, is an important part of our state’s
quilt history. Laurene accomplished many
“firsts” in the world of quilting: she cofounded the Quilted Apple, Arizona’s first
quilt shop, was Charter President of the
Arizona Quilters Guild, and guided the
Arizona Quilt (Documentation) Project
as its president. A collector and historian
of quilts, she and Janet Carruth presented
a paper on another Arizona quilt legend,
Emma Andres, at the 1990 AQSG Seminar.
Laurene had a passion for redwork and
appliqué, and designed over 50 original
quilt patterns, three lines of quilting fabric,
and numerous books on quiltmaking. Our
exhibit pays homage to this extraordinary
woman who significantly impacted
quiltmaking in Arizona and beyond.
The Presidential Medallion
Quilt Project
Directed by Sue Reich
Members of the American Quilt Study
Group employed their creativity and
interpretative skills, talents, and historical
knowledge in the participation of the
Presidential Medallion Quilt Project.
The quilts in this exhibit represent our
44 presidents with accuracy in quilting
styles and textiles; antique, vintage
and reproduction, contemporary to the
presidential terms in office. The exhibit is
scheduled to tour for at least two years to
raise monies to benefit AQSG.
Quilt Study Exhibit
The interesting journey in the study of
quilts and quilt history by participants
in the 2016 Quilt Study project,
19th Century Basket Quilts, will be on
display during Seminar.
During the exhibit, a committee will
choose a select number of quilts to travel
around the country for four years. Past
Quilt Study traveling exhibits have served
as ambassadors for AQSG in a wide variety
of prestigious museums and quilt exhibits
across the country.
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Research Paper Presentations
Saturday September 17, 2016
Why Ernest Haight Made Quilts
Jonathan Gregory
Ernest B. Haight (1899-1992) was reared in rural Butler County, Nebraska, a community where
his grandparents and parents homesteaded in the early years of Euro-American settlement in
the state. Educated at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln as an agricultural engineer, Haight
returned in 1924 to his parents’ 240 acres, called Eldorado, where he farmed for the rest of his
working life, and together with Isabelle, his wife, reared two daughters and three sons.
Beginning in 1934, following a decade of personal losses and financial reversal, Haight began
quiltmaking, which he continued for the remainder of his productive years. As one who by
nature and training focused on the process of making as well as the aesthetics of what he
made, Haight developed sew-then-cut and machine quilting approaches that increased the
accuracy and efficiency of his quiltmaking. Quiltmaking fed his soul by providing a creative
and practical activity that also satisfied his need for intellectual challenge, helped him cope
with difficult circumstances and losses, and offered opportunities to serve others through acts
of generosity and shared quiltmaking practices. Quiltmakers recognized Haight’s quiltmaking
accomplishments during the 1970s quilt revival; however the importance of quiltmaking
to himself out-paced his influence on the direction of quiltmaking during the early years of
the revival.
Jonathan Gregory earned his MA in textile history with an emphasis in quilt studies from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007 and his PhD in Human Sciences with a specialization in Textiles, also from UNL, in 2015.
He also holds a BS in Human Resources from Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. In 2010, Gregory became Assistant Curator of
Exhibitions at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he leads development and production of
exhibitions. He has curated IQSC&M exhibitions including Covering the War: American Quilts in Times of Conflict (2015) and The
Engineer Who Could: Ernest Haight’s Half Century of Quiltmaking (2013). Gregory is co-editor of the IQSC&M’s website, World
Quilts: The American Story, and is a contributing author to various IQSC&M publications including American Quilts in the Industrial
Age, 1790-1870 (University of Nebraska Press, 2017), What’s In A Name (IQSC&M, 2012), American Quilts in the Modern Age, 18701940 (University of Nebraska Press, 2009), and Pojagi: Patchwork from Korea (IQSC&M, 2008).
Protofeminist Thought
in Mid-twentieth-Century Magazine Articles
Colleen Hall-Patton
Like other art forms, quilting is a microcosm of its surrounding society. Thus, quilting is
a possible place to find seeds of the 1960s women’s movement and active resistance to
consumption. From the 1940s to the early 1970s, quilts slowly underwent a change in status
in magazine articles from being understood as antiques and functional bedcoverings to being
recognized as art forms worthy of exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York City.
Using content analysis of 200+ popular magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical
Literature and the Art Index, the paper questions whether changes in views of quilting
preceded and paralleled the 1960s women’s movement. Though the gender component was
not clearly linked to quilting until the early 1970s, quilting made the personal political by
questioning cultural norms that stressed mass production of goods and the strict delineation
between art, craft, and home production. The magazine articles helped women see themselves
as innovative and able to claim personal authority to follow their own artistic path.
Colleen Hall-Patton teaches Women’s Studies at the College of Southern Nevada and
Sociology at University of Nevada Las Vegas. She graduated with a PhD in Sociology from
UNLV in 2004. Her dissertation (Quilters Between the Revivals: The Cultural Context of
Quilting 1945-1970) used quilting to look at changes in women’s roles, the relation of gender
and art, and the impact of commercialization in the 25 years after World War II. It combined interviews, content analysis of magazine
articles, and material culture analysis of 500+ quilts in the Nevada Heritage Quilt Project. This paper is partially derived from that
research. Her B.A. and Master’s are in Anthropology from UCLA, where she researched contemporary quilters. Her areas of interest
are in the arts, history, gender, globalization, cultural studies, celebrity studies, and cultural change. Besides researching quilting, she
also collects quilts and quilt related materials, and began her first quilt at age 16, which was finished 22 years later. When not doing
school or quilt activities, she sings with the local Sweet Adelines barbershop chorus, and gets out of Las Vegas and into nature as often
as possible. This is her third paper published in Uncoverings; the previous ones were in 1987 and 2005.
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Research Paper Presentations
Saturday September 17, 2016
Memorials of Satin:
Funeral-Ribbon Quilts in Context
Diana Bell-Kite
Gathering satin acetate florist ribbons from the gravesides of deceased loved ones and stitching
them into quilts was widespread among working-class southerners—black and white—from the
mid-1940s through the early 1970s. Scholars have noted this unique form of commemorative
quilting in passing, but have yet to examine the tradition’s regionalism, its limited lifespan,
and its relationship to wider trends in mid-20th century American society. Analyzing 26 such
quilts from seven states, alongside professional florist literature, public documents, and oral
interviews, exposes a distinctive regional culture in the midst of rapid transformation. This
contextual study of funeral-ribbon quilting reveals how changing memorial practices, growing
consumerism, deep-seated frugality, and rapid technological innovation converged in the
20th-century South.
Diana Bell-Kite is an associate curator at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh,
and an adjunct lecturer in the graduate program in museum studies at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. She holds a master of arts in American history from the College of
William & Mary. At the museum, Bell-Kite has curated or co-curated multiple exhibitions including Everyday Artistry (2008) which
spotlighted Tar Heel quilting, The Story of North Carolina (2011), the museum’s 20,000 square foot centerpiece chronological history
exhibit, and Made Especially for You by Willie Kay (2016) which chronicles the extraordinary career of North Carolina’s preeminent
formalwear designer of the 20th Century.
AQSG proudly recognizes these Sponsors of Seminar 2016
Each year significant contributions by corporate and individual sponsors underwrite Seminar.
This year, our sincere appreciation goes to:
Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame
Pete & Linda Claussen
Marianne Fons in honor and recognition of Quilter Vonda Davis
Friends of Mary Catherine Lamb
The Robert & Ardis James Foundation
Lone Star Quilt Study Group
Midwest Fabric Study Group in honor of Jean Odom
The Presidential Medallion Quilt Study Project and the Connecticut Quilt Study Days
Professional Association of Appraisers - Quilted Textiles (PAAQT)
Elizabeth Jill Wilson
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Research Paper Presentations
Sunday September 18, 2016
What the Eye Doesn’t See, Doesn’t Move the
Heart: Migrant Quilts of Southern Arizona
Peggy Hazard
Immigration is a divisive and much-debated issue in the United States, but one important fact
often is left out of the conversation. Since 2000, after the implementation of new immigration
and border policies, the remains of nearly 3,000 undocumented migrants, many of them
unidentifiable, have been recovered in the borderlands of Southern Arizona. This paper tells
the story of the Migrant Quilt Project, a grassroots effort in Tucson, which raises awareness
of the border tragedy by creating quilts from clothing that migrants leave behind in the desert.
Each quilt documents the names of the hundreds of migrants who died in a given year, to
memorialize them, emphasize the severity of the crisis, and inspire people to support humane
immigration policy change. Based on interviews with the project’s founder, the quilts’
creators, and the writer’s personal experience sewing a Migrant Quilt, the paper describes
the effects of the quilts on those who have made and viewed them. The Migrant Quilts are
invaluable documents of a particular time and place in history, and the author discusses them
within the contexts of art made from migrant clothing, border-themed quilts, and the heritage
of socially-conscious quiltmaking.
Peggy Hazard is an art exhibit curator and quiltmaker in Tucson, Arizona, whose art history M.A. thesis surveyed local African American
quiltmakers. Over a 19 year career at Tohono Chul Park, she curated nearly 100 exhibits portraying the diverse cultures and artists of
the Southwestern United States, including exhibits of historic and contemporary quilts and needlework. She served on the planning
committees for the Patterns of the Past quilt history conferences (1996, 1998, and 2001) in Tucson and presented From Cactus Needles
to Quilting Needles, examining botanical-themed quilts in Arizona. Currently, Peggy is an independent curator, a member of the Arizona
Quilt Study Group, and an active volunteer with the Tucson Quilt Documentation team. She helped organize the 100 Years/100 Quilts
exhibit celebrating Arizona’s centennial and Quilts Making a Difference, an exhibit she curated for the 2012 Tucson Meet Yourself folk
life festival, featuring quilts created for fundraising and consciousness-raising purposes.
The Godey Quilt:
One Woman’s Dream Becomes a Reality
Sandy Staebell
Named for the resemblance its appliqués bore to the fashion plate engravings featured in
Godey’s Ladies Book, a popular 19th century ladies’ magazine, the Godey Quilt is a 1930s
quilt composed of 15 fabric portraits of men and women clothed in fashionable mid 19th
century attire. An analysis of historical trends reveals that this textile is atypical of the
majority of Depression-era quilts.
Although its maker, Mildred Potter Lissauer, considered the Godey Quilt to be an original
design, she drew inspiration for her appliqués from numerous sources. This paper reviews
several of the widely known examples of pictorial and figural quilts from this period as
well as analyzes the cache of newspaper and magazine illustrations, greeting and playing
cards, and other printed materials that influenced her pencil sketches, several of which
she transformed into 21 appliqués. A study of these materials illustrates how the Godey
Quilt reflects popular Colonial Revival concepts and imagery that was also found in other
spheres, including fashion and interior decoration.
A review of correspondence between Lissauer and individuals who helped design and execute this quilt, as well as manuscript materials
housed in Library Special Collections, Western Kentucky University (WKU), helps establish a timeline of its completion and also
provides insight into the quiltmaker’s background and unique personality. Finally, this study utilizes newspaper and magazine accounts
and historic photographs to document the story of this quilt following its completion in 1934 through its donation to the Kentucky
Museum, WKU in 1990. An uncommon quilt created by an uncommon woman in an uncommon time, the Godey Quilt provides a
significant opportunity for an in-depth study of a remarkable textile made during an important era in American quiltmaking.
Sandy Staebell received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Northern Iowa in 1980 and a Masters in Museum Science
from Texas Tech University three years later. She was the Registrar/Curator at the John E. Connor Museum, Texas A&I University
(1984-88) and has served as the Registrar/Collections Curator of the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University since 1988. She
currently holds the rank of Associate Professor in Library Special Collections. Her research interests include quilts, historic costuming,
political memorabilia, and decorative arts.
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Research Paper Presentations
Sunday September 18, 2016
Mary Catherine Lamb:
Lady of Perpetual Garage Sales
Susan A.D. Stanley
Mary Catherine Lamb (1949−2009) was a Portland, OR based textile artist whose quilts
reframed traditional Roman Catholic iconography. Recycling textiles from the mid-20th
century, she both honored and affectionately skewered her devoutly Catholic upbringing.
Stanley’s presentation will include images of each of Lamb’s 19 completed quilts, viewed
chronologically. Seen in close-up detail, the use of fancifully-embellished vintage fabrics
enhances the emotional and historic ties between what the artist called “whispering”
materials, and the earnest schoolgirl who “believed and found comfort in the myths and
symbols of the Catholic pantheon.” Glittery cocktail dresses, souvenir scarves, barkcloth,
beads, buttons, seashells, coins, subway tokens, and more culled from garage sales and
thrift stores – all found their way into her vibrant, oddly-fractured quilts. Viewed closely,
the result is startling and fascinating.
During her two productive decades, Lamb was largely rebuffed by the upper echelons of
studio art quiltmaking. Seven years after her death, however, her reputation as an important
and original quilt artist has been secured, and she is now widely recognized in national quilt communities. Eleven of her 19 quilts are
in the collection of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. The whimsically menacing Cootie Quilt,
an early work, is in Washington, D.C., part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery. Our Lady of Perpetual
Garage Sales resides in Portland’s Museum of Contemporary Craft. The Archangel Michael Bids You Aloha is in the collection of
the Portland Art Museum. Saint Anthony’s Torment belongs to Lamb’s longtime friend and mentor, Christopher Rauschenberg. Close
examination of many of the artist’s quilts, interviews with her family, friends and quilt scholars, and reading numerous books, magazine
and newspaper articles have resulted in this appreciation of Mary Catherine Lamb’s unique contributions to the richly-textured world of
studio art quilting.
Susan A.D. Stanley holds a BA in English from The University of Nebraska (1964). In 2015, she was awarded a master’s degree in the
history of textiles with an emphasis on quilt studies from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a teenager, her fascination with quilts
was ignited in a Lincoln Goodwill store while excavating a tied quilt made of cotton feedsack. Picking out the yarn ties revealed its secret
batting: an intact late 19th century Ohio Star quilt with long-faded indigo blue prints. Decades later, Susan made her first quilt, an Ohio
Star incorporating 98 different calicoes snipped from her own clothing, and from her young daughters’ homemade dresses. It took three
years to complete. Researching and writing about quilts, she concluded, beats making them.
An award-winning journalist, Susan has been a newspaper arts and entertainment editor, reporter and humor columnist. She has written
for publications in the US and abroad, including The Lincoln Journal Star, The Los Angeles Times, The Kansas City Star, The Washington
Post, The Chicago Tribune, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Historic Preservation, The Melbourne Herald Sun, British
Cosmopolitan and London’s Time Out. She is the author of Maternity Ward (1992, William Morrow), and lives in Portland, Oregon.
2016 Seminar Committee
Seminar Co-Chairs
Study Centers
Welcome Event
Jan Hackett
Lenna DeMarco
Anne Hodgkins
Roberta Bowen
Sue Franklin
Auctions
Mary Lucille
Shirley Weagant
Vendor Sale
Joy Swartz
Gail Van Horsen
Amy Korn
Book Sale
Tours
Lenna DeMarco
Show and Tell
Roberta Bowen
Special Quilt Exhibit
Peggy Hazard
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Registration Desk
Carol Rich
Laura Stone
Volunteers
Donna Wisnoski
Welcome Gift
Roberta Bowen
Table Decorations
Roberta Bowen
Mary Lucille
Saturday Lunch Speaker
Saturday September 17, 2016
Emma Andres:
Little Sister to America’s Quiltmakers
Janet Carruth
Prescott, Arizona quiltmaker Emma Andres is a familiar name not just to Arizona quilters but
to quilters worldwide. Famous for her quilts which celebrated Arizona and her 1933 Century
of Progress “Spinning Wheel” quilt, Emma corresponded with numerous quilters throughout
the mid-20th century. She compiled numerous scrapbooks and notebooks which now reside
in museums and are available for research. Beginning in 1941 Emma organized quilt events
around Prescott and in her later years turned her family store into a “Happiness Museum”
where she displayed her quilts and educated visitors about quiltmaking. In 1984, Emma was
presented with the first, and only, Arizona Quilt Artisan Award. Several of Emma’s quilts will
be displayed.
Native Arizonan Janet Carruth is an author, historian, teacher, designer, and driving force in
the Arizona quilt community. Along with partner Laurene Sinema she opened the Quilted
Apple in 1978. She is a founding member of the AZ Quilt Guild, as well as the AZ Quilt
Documentation Project. In 2009 she was inducted into the AZ Quilters Hall of Fame. Her
research on Emma Andres was presented to AQSG and published in Uncoverings 1990.
Saturday Poster Session
The poster session is a venue for presenting members’ ongoing research projects to fellow Seminar participants. View displays of
research questions, methods, and preliminary results that invite dialogue with colleagues. Poster presenters will be available to discuss
and field questions about their research for the entire session. Make time in your schedule to attend this engaging event on Saturday
afternoon. Included in your seminar registration fee.
Hawaiian Monarchy Quilt Designs: Expressions of Love and Loss
Joyce Hammond
Crafting Health, Wellness, and Identity: Lessons from American Male Quiltmakers
Linda M. Leimbach
New Event - Saturday Paper Presentation Panels
What’s in a Flower?
The Creation and Use of an Illustrated, Taxonomically Accurate Database for Floral Chintz Motifs
Deborah Kraak, Independent Museum Professional
Source and Evolution of a Cactus Motif on Chintz: 1775 to 1850
Terry Terrell and Deborah Kraak, Independent Museum Professionals
The Block-Style Quilt in the United States
Janice Frisch, Indiana University
Quilting in the Polynesian Island of Niue
Phyllis Herda, University of Auckland, New Zealand
In Theory, My Stash is for Using: British Quilters Weigh in on Contemporary Quilting Practices
Marybeth C. Stalp (University of Northern Iowa), and Ann Rippin (University of Bristol, UK)
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Thursday
Optional Events
T
he hallmark of AQSG is learning from one another. Seminar Study Centers provide casual, interactive sessions
featuring lectures, discussion, multi-media presentations, and hands-on experiences. Tours provide opportunities to
explore the quilts, textiles, and heritage of the Seminar region.
* Please indicate your 1st, 2nd, & 3rd choice for concurrent events on your registration form.
Thursday Morning
Study Centers
Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and
Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island
Dana E. Jones
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
From Samplers to Lacing Boards:
The Evolution of Children’s
Sewing Cards
Sharon Pinka
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Children’s sewing cards have evolved
from their beginnings as 18th century
embroidered samplers through perforated
paper needlework to the pre-punched
lace-up cards of today. Join us for an
in-depth exploration of card and textile
samples, boxed kit graphics and trends,
and instructions on “making your own
sewing cards.” Learn how the mid-1800s
Kindergarten movement led to this “handson” activity. Participants are encouraged
to bring items from their own collection
of schoolgirl samplers, perforated paper
needlework items, and lace-up sewing
cards to share.
The Ladies Art Company
of St. Louis, MO
Connie Chunn
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
Established in 1889, the Ladies Art
Company of St. Louis, MO was set up as a
mail-order retail business. Advertisements
were placed in women’s magazines and
other monthly publications. By 1897
the Ladies Art Company was offering
a catalog of 400 quilt patterns for sale,
which revolutionized the standard naming
of quilt blocks. This study center will take
you through my 15 years of research of the
Ladies Art Company with a power-point
presentation as well as a large display of
ephemera and quilts.
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Kay L. Lee
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
Max: 40
Thursday Afternoon
Study Centers
When Junko Yoshikawa, former executive
director of Hearts and Hands Patchwork
School in Tokyo, introduced quiltmaking
to Caohagan Island in the late 1990s,
she had no idea that the women and men
of the island would develop a style, look
and techniques unique in the quilt world.
During this study center, you’ll join the
Caohagan Island quiltmakers as they stitch
their lives and loves into brilliant colors and
designs. You’ll stand on a white-sand beach
beneath coconut palms as quilts float in
the turquoise sea before you. You’ll travel
with the quiltmakers by boat, tricycle taxi
and ferry to Cebu City to shop for fabric.
You’ll learn how individual quiltmakers
come up with their designs. And you’ll get
to know about life on an island that’s home
to 600 women, men, youth, and children
that is thriving because of quiltmaking. It
is a story that exemplifies the meaning of
pagtinabangay, a Visaya word that means
working together for the good of all.
Arpilleras, the Cloth of Change
To a tourist shopping in the craft markets
in South America, an arpillera is a happy
little wall hanging depicting everyday life:
weddings (bodas), markets (mercados),
homes and farms. Investigation into the
origins of arpilleras shows a far different
story. It is the evolution of Chilean women
from traditional homemakers to political
and human rights activists, ultimately
changing the political course of their nation.
The making of arpilleras has traveled to
other nations and is continuing to send
political messages that change lives.
This study center will explore the origins of
arpilleras and the impacts on their makers
and their respective countries.
Optional Events
Thursday, Friday
* Please indicate your 1st, 2nd, & 3rd choice for concurrent events on your registration form.
Quilts in Transition, 1866-1875
Virginia Gunn
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
This study center will focus on studying
quilts made in the 10 year period between
the end of the Civil War and the Centennial
Celebration, 1866-1875. Emphasis will be
on recognizing these quilts and learning
about the changes in fabrics, fashion,
furnishings, and technology that shaped
changes in quilt styles and preferences.
A power point presentation will set the
background and actual quilts and tops will
be available for analysis. Participants are
welcome to share items from this period
for identification and discussion.
Thursday Tours
Mission San Xavier Del Bac
and Arizona Historical
Society Museum
7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $80
Min: 25
Max: 45
The tour begins with a visit to one of the
oldest missions in the country and the oldest
intact European structure in Arizona. The
church’s interior is filled with marvelous
original statuary and mural paintings. It is
a place where visitors can truly step back
in time and enter an authentic 18th century
space. After returning to Tucson the group
will have 75 minutes for lunch and then
walk back to the AZ Historical Society
Museum. Collections manager Laraine
Daly Jones will present a quilt turning
featuring selections from the museum’s
collection of over 300 quilts. Although AZ
is the youngest of the continental states the
collection features stunning quilts dating
from the early 19th to mid-20th century,
many playing an important part in AZ
history. Touring the museum, visitors will
get a chance to explore AZ history and to
view the masterful AZ Centennial Quilt
created in 2012 by quilters from around
the state. Be sure to bring sunglasses and
possibly a hat as we will be out of doors for
part of the time at the mission.
Tempe History Museum
11:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $55
Min: 25
Max: 54
The tour showcases a special exhibit of
Territorial era quilts organized especially
for the AQSG Seminar. Curated by Arizona
Quilt Study Group member Peggy Hazard,
the exhibit features Arizona quilts made
from 1870 to the entrance of AZ as the 48th
state on February 14, 1912. The quilts have
been collected from AZ museums and local
collectors and represent a range of styles
and fabrics. Author and historian, Dr. Mary
Melcher will offer a special presentation on
Women of Territorial Arizona. Dr. Melcher
is a renown authority on the history of
women in Arizona and currently serves
as Education Programs Manager for the
Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, AZ. After
the lecture, participants will have a chance
to explore the museum on their own.
Friday Morning
Study Centers
What WAS She Thinking?
Lorie Chase
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
From yard sales to university archives, one
can find evidence of the resources available
locally to guide 20th century quiltmakers.
Women who lacked a pervasive
quiltmaking culture, had limited materials
available, or who lived in remote villages,
nevertheless, made quilts. A Mystery
Box for each of a dozen case studies will
include a quilt-related object and research
materials for exploration in small groups.
Participants will develop the community
contexts in which quilts were made.
Examples from a variety of real settings
will include the work of a home economics
teacher, a French Canadian immigrant
factory worker, a logging horse driver’s
wife, farmers, a quilt magazine editor,
seamstresses, rugmakers, church charity,
quilting teacher, Cooperative Extension,
and others. This exercise will help us to
better answer the persistent question, What
WAS She Thinking.
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Early Quiltmakers in UNIQUE
San Juan County, New Mexico
Connie J Nordstrom
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
Home of Riley and Mabel Dallas. Note irrigation ditch in the
foreground. On the mesa, 1938
Using the research data from the book
…And She Made Quilts, this study center
will be about quiltmaking in an isolated and
primitive environment in the Four Corners
area of New Mexico. In addition, this
will be a study of women’s history; of the
determined settling women of the area and
their contributions to the establishment of
a civilized place in which to live and raise
their families. Their stories of incredible
hardship and resolve are inspirational:
… And They Made Quilts!
Friday
Optional Events
* Please indicate your 1st, 2nd, & 3rd choice for concurrent events on your registration form.
Mid-Century Mid-Atlantic
Friendship Quilts
Sandra Starley
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
Learn about regional trends in the early
development of signature (or name
inscribed) quilts as well as differences
and similarities between signature quilts
created by different ethnic and religious
groups. The focus will be on quilts from
1840-60 mainly from Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and New Jersey (New York and
Maryland too), including Pennsylvania
German fraktur quilts and Quaker
quilts. We will also explore methods
of inscribing names including stamps,
stencils, and hand signing. We will also
observe ink drawn, decorative signatures
and drawings and discuss the phenomena
of professionally signed or paid scrivener
quilts. You’ll be able to closely examine
a number of beautiful and historically
significant signature quilts. Participants are
encouraged to bring a name inscribed quilt
for group discussion.
Friday Afternoon
Study Centers
Buckshot, Dog Food, and Car
Parts: 100 Years of Textile Bags
Jean Odom
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
My grandmother made quilts out of feed
sacks! How many times have we heard this
said. Feed sacks are but one small part of
the larger story of textile bags and their
repurposing for use in quilts, household
linens, and clothing. Textile bags held a
wide variety of products: fertilizer, coffee
beans, sugar, ballots, tobacco, money,
and chicken feed. This study center will
look at 100 years of textile bag production
within the context of societal change.
Changes in metallurgy, milling, printing,
demographics, advertising, agricultural
practices, and government policy as
well as two major wars provide clues for
identifying and dating specific bags. Jean
will share bags and ephemera from her
collection and encourages participants to
bring items to share.
Baltimore Album Quilt Designs
Virginia Vis
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
Building upon her research presented at
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Museum seminar Eye Opening: New
Research on Early Quilts of Maryland and
Virginia, Virginia Vis analyzes Baltimore
Album Quilts. Categories of pattern
styles will be identified, similar designs
compared, and regional influences on the
designs discussed. Along with a summation
of previously published scholarship, new
information gleaned from the increased
numbers of Baltimore Albums available for
study will be described.
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20th Century Quilt Kits;
an Overview
Rose Marie Werner
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
Rose Marie Werner will share with you
the results of 10 years of researching
and documenting quilt kits. Explore
with her the role quilt kits played in 20th
century quilting, particularly in a time
when quilting was considered to be dying
out. Participants are encouraged to bring
examples of kits and kit quilts.
Friday Tours
Sharlot Hall Museum and
Smoki Museum
7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $85
Min: 25
Max: 54
Step back in time as you visit the first
territorial capital of Arizona. Still retaining
its 19th century charm, Prescott is a town
steeped in Western history. The first
stop will be the Sharlot Hall Museum,
an open air museum that features seven
historic buildings, compelling exhibits and
beautiful gardens that celebrate the history
of early Arizona. Pioneer Sharlot Hall was
appointed the first Territorial Historian in
1909 and it is her extensive collection of
Western artifacts and documents that form
the basis of the museum’s holdings. The
museum is also home to a large collection
of quilts, many of which will be on display.
AQSG tour leader, Gail Van Horsen
and a resident of Prescott, will discuss
Prescott born quiltmaker Emma Andres.
Several of Emma’s stunning quilts will be
available for viewing including her famous
Arizona State Flag and Out Where The
West Begins. Lunch will be on your own
and will include time for sightseeing and
shopping in the many antique and artisan
shops. Don’t miss the infamous Whiskey
Row! After lunch a quick bus ride will take
participants to the Smoki Museum. This
beautiful museum preserves and promotes
Native American arts and artists. A special
exhibit of Hopi quilts, From Clay to Cloth,
explores the connections between quilts
and the symbolism and spiritual themes of
Hopi pottery. Prescott is a higher elevation
Optional Events
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
* Please indicate your 1st, 2nd, & 3rd choice for concurrent events on your registration form.
than Phoenix so will not be as hot but it’s
still a good idea to wear sunglasses and
sun screen. Comfortable walking shoes are
always a good idea.
Desert Caballeros
Western Museum
8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $70
Min: 25
Portraits of a Past Imagined:
The Influences of the Colonial
Revival on Quilting
Lisa Erlandson
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20
Max: 40
Max: 54
The Desert Caballeros Western Museum
sits in the heart of Wickenburg, an
historic Western town north of Phoenix.
The museum is known for its world class
collection of Western art and hosts Cowgirl
Up!, an annual exhibit of women Western
artists. In addition it also serves as a history
museum with a stunning collection of over
30 quilts and coverlets. On display will be
a portion of those quilts but participants
will be provided with a private turning of
additional selections from the collections
led by AZ Quilt Study Group member,
Anne Hodgkins. After the turning, time
will be provided to explore the museum.
Participants will also have free time to visit
the many art galleries, antique stores, and
boutiques. Lunch will be on your own.
You may sample from several outstanding
Mexican and Southwest restaurants as well
as more traditional fare. Bring sunglasses,
water, sun screen, and perhaps a hat as
outdoor walking will be part of your day.
Don’t forget to have your picture taken
at the infamous “Jail Tree” where 19th
Century prisoners were chained for want of
a proper jail!
Saturday Research Workshop
Moving Forward
with Your Quilt Research
Publications Committee
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $15
Min: 10
The Publications Committee will present
brief topical discussions of research
methods and paper preparation. Then we
will divide into small groups to discuss
your projects. Participants will come with
a project in mind or underway and leave
with renewed commitment and direction.
Please join us on Saturday afternoon.
Max: 25
Have a great idea and don’t know where
to begin your research? Searched the
genealogy and don’t know what to do with
it? Need some guidance to make sense of
your data?
Sunday Study Centers
Regional Quilt Patterns and Styles
of the 19th Century
Sharon Waddell
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $50
Min: 20 Max: 40
Prior to the Civil War printed information
and travel were more localized. This
resulted in regional pockets where
particular quilt patterns and styles were
common. Baltimore Album blocks are
perhaps the best known of these regional
styles, but others existed. Some, such as
southern Indiana’s “Polk’s Fancy” and New
York’s trees borders have been discussed
before, but there are many others. We will
examine many of the regional patterns and
discuss how a particular pattern, border,
or style may give clues to the origin of the
quilt or its maker. A handout of the patterns
will be provided.
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The early 20th century saw the rise of a
new generation of quilters inspired by the
Colonial Revival movement, a national
expression of early North American culture.
Learn what prompted this movement, how
it wove itself into many facets of American
life and the influence of the movement on
quilting. Participants will see examples
of the Colonial Revival movement in
architecture, design, and the arts as well
as in textiles. Quilts of the early to mid
19th century will be compared to quilts of
the Colonial Revival era with discussion
of how these earlier quilts influenced 20th
century quilters.
Tentative Seminar Schedule*
*Times are subject to change. You will receive more details when you register.
Wednesday
September 14
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Registration
Thursday
September 15
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Registration
7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tour
Mission San Xavier Del
Bac and Arizona Historical
Society Museum
11:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Tour
Tempe History Museum
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Study Center
From Samplers
to Lacing Boards
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Study Center
Pagtinabangay:
The Quilts and Quiltmakers
of Caohagan Island
Lunch on Your Own
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Study Center
The Ladies Art Company
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Study Center
Arpilleras,
the Cloth of Change
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Study Center
Quilts in Transition,
1866-1875
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
President’s Council
Dinner on Your Own
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Event
8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Vendors Open
6:00 p.m.
Opening Banquet
Keynote Address
Show & Tell
Vendors open till 10:00 p.m.
Friday
September 16
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Registration
7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tour
Sharlot Hall Museum and
Smoki Museum
8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tour
Desert Cabarellos
Western Museum
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Study Center
What WAS She Thinking?
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Study Center
Mid-Century Mid-Atlantic
Friendship Quilts
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Study Center
Early Quiltmakers in
UNIQUE San Juan County,
New Mexico
Lunch on Your Own
or with Tour
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Sale Open
Silent Auction Open
Vendor Sale Open
Quilt Exhibits Open
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Study Center
Buckshot,
Dog Food, and Car Parts:
100 Years of Textile Bags
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Study Center
Baltimore Album
Quilt Designs
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Study Center
20th Century Quilt Kits
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Paper Presenters’
Tech Session
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Area Rep Meeting
Saturday
September 17
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Registration
6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
8:00 a.m.
Research Presentations
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch & Presentation
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Silent Auction Open
Book Sale Open
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Vendor Sale Open
Quilt Exhibits Open
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Research Workshop
Moving Forward with
Your Quilt Research
Publications Committee
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Panel Presentations
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Poster Session Set-up
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Poster Session
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Panel Presentations
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Authors’ Book Signing
5:00 p.m.
Cash Bar
6:00 p.m.
Dinner
Live Auction
Auctions Cash Out
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Cash Bar
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Sunday
September 18
6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Shipping Service
6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m.
Research Presentations
Annual Meeting
Invitation to Seminar 2017
12:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Closing Luncheon
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Study Center
Portraits of a Past Imagined
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Study Center
Regional Quilt Patterns and
Styles of the 19th Century
5:00 p.m.
Board of Directors Meeting
Dinner on Your Own
General Information
Seminar Registration
Advance registration holds your place and
guarantees materials. On-site registration
is not available for the AQSG Seminar.
The full Seminar registration fee includes
all program costs, the keynote address, six
paper presentations, show and tell, five
panel presentations, poster session, onsite quilt exhibits, and six meals from the
Friday opening banquet through Sunday
closing luncheon.
Use the enclosed form to register for
Seminar and optional offerings. Partial/
Commuter registration is available for
Friday evening-only, Saturday-only, or
Sunday-only.
Check the AQSG web site (www.
americanquiltstudygroup.org)
regularly
for updates on full, added, and cancelled
events as you fill out your registration form.
Mailed or faxed registrations received
in the office prior to 9 a.m. on Tuesday,
July 5 will be placed in a lottery. On July
5th forms from that group will be chosen at
random to fill Tours, Study Centers, and
other optional events. Subsequent arrivals
will be on a first come first served basis.
Starting July 5, a late registration fee of
$50 will be assessed. No registrations
will be accepted after July 15, 2016.
On-site registration will be available for
open slots in Study Centers only.
Refund Policy
If you register but cannot attend, you may
transfer your registration to a colleague,
or you may request a refund less $50
processing fee by calling (402) 477-1181 no
later than July 15, 2016. Travel insurance
may provide coverage for cancelled
travel reservations.
Weather
Mid-September daytime temperatures in
Phoenix hover around 100-105 degrees
with lows in the mid 70s. It is dry heat but
still hot! When out and about sunscreen,
sun glasses and a hat are advisable. Be sure
to drink plenty of water. A light sweater is
recommended for indoor wear as Arizonans
love their air conditioning.
Location
Seminar events will be held at the Tempe
Mission Palms Hotel & Conference Center,
60 E. 5th Street, Tempe, AZ 85281.
Accommodations
Participants are responsible for making their
own arrangements for accommodations
during the Seminar. Hotel rooms are not
included in the conference fee. *A block
of guest rooms has been reserved at our
Seminar site, the Tempe Mission Palms
Hotel. Rates are $129 per night. You
can make a reservation online at www.
missionpalms.com/about-tempe-hotels
using the group code 2TZ31X or you can
call 1 (800) 547-8705. Mention that you
are with the American Quilt Study Group
Seminar when you book your room. If you
are sharing a room, please give the hotel
the name of your roommate and be sure to
let them know at reservation time if you
wish to be billed separately at check-out.
The room block will be held until August
25, 2016.
*It is important for all Seminar attendees
to stay at our designated hotel in order for
AQSG to meet the room block obligation.
Unmet obligations mean significant costs
to AQSG and eventually translate to the
need for increasing registration fees.
Roommate Matching
Interested in attending the AQSG Seminar,
but worried about travel costs? Interested
in meeting new people at AQSG Seminar?
Sign up for Roommate Matching on the
Seminar Registration form and an AQSG
Board member will be in touch.
Disclaimer
For the duration of the Seminar, neither
the American Quilt Study Group, its
board members, staff, or volunteers, nor
the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, assume
any responsibility for loss or damage to
property or personal injury at that time.
Sharing Rooms & Rides
When making your transportation and hotel
arrangements, remember that the AQSG
online Yahoo discussion list or AQSG
Members Facebook group can be useful
for finding roommates and ride partners on
your own. If you are not already a member
of the yahoo list, see your latest Blanket
Statements for instructions on how to join.
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Air Travel & Shuttle
Once you have arrived at Sky Harbor
International Airport, please follow
the directions below to obtain a
complimentary shuttle to the hotel.
Shuttle service is available between
5:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.:
1. Pick up your luggage at the baggage
claim first.
2. Call Tempe Mission Palms Operator at
480-894-1400 using your personal cell
phone or airport pay phone.
3. Tell the operator what terminal you are
located in.
4. Follow the
operator.
directions
from
the
5. Tempe Mission Palms vans are white
and have the hotel logo on them.
6. Shuttle should arrive within a few
minutes. Time to hotel is about 10
minutes.
Departure to the Airport From Tempe
Mission Palms:
Shuttle service is available between
5:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.:
It is still recommended that individuals
arrive at the airport at least 2 hours prior
to departure time. Please take that into
consideration when deciding when to leave
the hotel.
The shuttle leaves on the hour and the half
hour. Please be down in the front lobby
near the Bell desk 10 minutes prior to
shuttle departure. Let a Bellman know you
are taking the next shuttle.
Guests will be taken to the airport on a
space available basis. Reservations are
not taken.
Driving Directions
Once you get to Tempe, follow AZ-202
Loop W to N Scottsdale Road. Take exit
7 from AZ-202 Loop W. Continue on N
Scottsdale Rd. Drive to E 5th Street.
Previous AQSG Seminars
1979-2016
Year
LocationHost Organization
1979 San Francisco, CA
1980 Mill Valley, CA
1981 San Rafael, CA
1982 San Rafael, CA
1983 San Rafael, CA
1984 Gatlinburg, TN
1985 San Rafael, CA
1986 San Rafael, CA
1987 Gatlinburg, TN
1988 San Rafael, CA
1989 Chevy Chase, MD
1990 San Rafael, CA
1991 Cincinnati, OH
1992 Lincoln, NE
1993 Portland, ME
1994 Birmingham, AL
1995 Paducah, KY
1996 Scottsdale, AZ
1997 Lawrence, KS
1998 Charleston, WV
1999 East Lansing, MI
2000 Lincoln, NE
2001 Williamsburg, VA
2002 Rockford, IL
2003 Dallas, TX
2004 Vancouver, WA
2005 Lakewood, CO
2006 Farmington, CT
2007 Lowell, MA
2008 Columbus, OH
2009 San Jose, CA
2010 Bloomington, MN
2011 Cherry Hill, NJ
2012 Lincoln, NE
2013 Charleston, SC
2014 Milwaukee, WI
2015 Indianapolis, IN
2016 Tempe, AZ
The “Gathering” organized by Sally Garoutte and Joyce Gross
that inspired the formation of AQSG
Sally Garoutte, Coordinator & Santa Rosa Quilt Guild
Sally Garoutte, Sponsor & Program Coordinator
Sally Garoutte, Sponsor & Program Coordinator
Sally Garoutte, Sponsor & Program Coordinator
Sally Garoutte, Sponsor & Program Coordinator
Sally Garoutte, Sponsor & Program Coordinator
Sally Garoutte, Sponsor & Program Coordinator
Sally Garoutte, Sponsor & Program Coordinator
AQSG members
AQSG members from Washington D.C. area
AQSG members
Ohio Valley Quilters Guild
Lincoln Quilters Guild
Pine Tree Quilters Guild
Birmingham Museum of Art
American Quilter’s Society & Museum of AQS
South West Fiber Arts
AQSG members from Kansas
WV Heritage Quilt Search, Inc. & WV Quilters, Inc.
Michigan State University Museum
Lincoln Quilters Guild
Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild & Peninsula Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Sinnissippi Quilters Guild
AQSG members from Texas
AQSG members from Washington & Oregon
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
Connecticut Quilt Search Project
The Spindle City Committee
Midwest Fabric Study Group
AQSG members from California
Minnesota Quilt Project and The Land of Lakes Quilt Study Group
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Study Group
AccuQuilt, IQSC&M, and the AQSG Board of Directors
Cobblestone Quilters Guild and The Quilters of South Carolina
The Wisconsin Quilt Study Group & Northern Illinois Quilt Study Group
Midwest Fabric Study Group
Arizona Quilt Study Group Members
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American Quilt Study Group
1610 L Street
Lincoln, NE 68508-2509
Phone/Fax: (402) 477-1181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.AmericanQuiltStudyGroup.org
The American Quilt Study Group
establishes and promotes the highest
standards for interdisciplinary quiltrelated studies, providing opportunities
for study, research, and the publication
of work that advance the knowledge of
quilts and related subjects.