Kudos to our Lancaster Volunteer Quilters

Congratulations to Beth Bigler, Vicki Bowman and Jeanne Riley of the Red Rose Quilters Guild, who coordinated the volunteers who assisted with the AQS Quilt Show held in March at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, PA. It takes many hands to produce a show as large as the AQS Quilt Show, and the quilters in the area provided more than 1,000 hours during this 2010 event. This was the largest event ever held in the city of Lancaster and these quilters helped blaze the way to holding other large events in this new convention center.

Recently the Lancaster New Era newspaper recognized the quilters with the Red Rose Award. Congratulations quilters! This is a well-deserved honor.

More Photos from Lancaster

If you missed the first AQS Quilt Show in Lancaster, PA, here is a pictorial review of the show.

Women's Journey in Fiber special exhibit - this exhibit included many differentl kinds of fiber and techniques.

Pat Delaney, winner of the Best Machine Workmanship Award

Checking out the techniques

Viewing the quilts

Studying the workmanship in Filigree - the Best of Show winner - by Marilyn Badger, St. George, UT

New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Burgoyne Surrounded special exhibit,

a contest held each year by The National Quilt Museum in Paducah.

AQS President Meredith Schroeder presents a check to Beth Bigler, Volunteer Co-coordinator, of the Red Rose Quilters Guild. Thank you to all of the guild members for helping with the show.

Did you find a new tool or fabric at the show? The AQS Quilt Shows are an excellent place for you to find the latest and greatest tools and products for quiltmaking.

There were more than 200 contest quilts on exhibit and another 200 quilts in special exhibits.

Before the show opened, the AQS staff readied the show souvenirs and books in the AQS booth.

The show pins and tote bags were so popular that we ran out of both.

We are already working on next year's show - March 16 - 19, 2011.  You can make your hotel reservations now by calling 1-800 PA Dutch. The PA Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau coordinates the housing using the Passkey system. Please remember that the shuttle schedules are set based on the reservations on Passkey - that's how we can count how many buses we need on any specific route.