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Discover Mid-America —October 2004
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Quilt shows in Mid-America
Year-round quilt shows are planned throughout the country. The following
shows are slated for October in Missouri, Kansas and surrounding states.
(Other craft shows include quilts, but many arenšt included here. Note
state calendars in this issue and throughout the year.)
SEPT. 30 THRU OCT. 10: Safari Shop Hop: Tour of 12 quilt shops
in western Missouri. 816-537-8855
THRU OCT. 10: Kansas City, MO. 28th Annual Heart of America Quilt
Show. Crown Center Atrium and Showplace (816) 274-8444
THRU OCT. 21: Little Rock, AR. Changing Definitions: The Art Quilt.
Juried show at Arkansas Art Center 501-396-0308
THRU OCT. 24: Little Rock, AR. Uncommon Threads (art quilt
exhibit) Historic Arkansas Museum 501-324-9304
THRU OCT. 31: Aurora, IL. Quilts: Layers of Tradition. Aurora
Historical Society. Email: researcher@aurorahistoricalsociety.org
OCT. 1-3: Harrisonville, MO. Quilt Show at Cass County Living
History Festival. 816-380-4396
OCT. 2: Fort Smith, AR. Northwest Arkansas Quilt Congress. Convention
Center 479-883-0254
OCT. 2-3: Cape Girardeau, MO. River Heritage Quilt Guild Show.
Email: nsteffe@sbcglobal.net
OCT. 2-3: Seward, NE. Generations of Quilts quilt show. Fairgrounds
402-643-6451
OCT. 8-10: Mount Ida, AR. 21st Annual Montgomery County EHC Quilt
Show. Fairgrounds 870-326-4442
OCT. 8-10: Altoona, IA. Harvest of Quilts. Email: co4mainco@aol.com
OCT. 8-29: Hot Springs, AR. Think Film – Spotlight on
the Stitch. (Quilts featuring film industry) Fine Arts Center 501-624-0489
OCT. 9: Heavener, OK. Peter Conser Annual Quilt Show. Peter
Conser Home 918-653-2493
OCT. 9: Columbus, KS. Columbus Day Festival. (Arts, crafts, quilts)
620-429-1492
OCT. 9-10: Kansas City, KS. Shawnee Indian Mission Fall Festival 913-262-0867
OCT. 9-10: DeKalb, IL. DeKalb County Harvest of Quilts. Email:
sallyquilts@comcast.net
OCT. 9-10: Decorah, IA. Autumn Glory Quilt Show. E-mail:
mrsc@oneota.net
OCT. 11-30: Canon City, CO. 21st Annual Quilt Exhibit. Daily
Fremont Center 719-276-0359
OCT. 15-16: Davenport, IA. Great River Quilt Show and
Cloth Doll Exhibit. Email: caseyaboo@aol.com
OCT. 16-17: Baldwin City, KS. Maple Leaf Festival. Arts & crafts,
with Kansas’ oldest quilt show 785-594-7564
OCT. 16-17: Ord, NE. Valley County Historical Society Quilt Show
308-728-5727
OCT. 16-17: Chicago, IL. Heritage Quilt Show at Fernwood Park
Fieldhouse, 10438 S. Wallace
OCT. 17-18: Salina, KS. Silver Needles Quilt Show 785-826-7200
OCT. 19: Clinton, AR. 19th Annual Arkansas Heritage Quilt Show.
Eoff’s Furniture Store 501-745-5633
OCT. 29-30: Mountain View, AR. Extension Homemakers Club Quilt
Show. Ozark Folk Center 870-269-3851
Nationally, for more information on quilt making and quilt shows, contact:
American Quilter’s Society, 270-898-7903 or visit www.aqsquilt.com,
or The National Quilting Association, 410-461-5733 or www.nqaquilts.org.
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Have a remembrance or comment about threshing shows or early-day farming? Send it to Publisher, Discover Mid-America, 104 E. 5th St., Suite 201, Kansas City, MO 64106 or email publisher@discoverypub.com.
Discover Mid-America founder and Senior Contributing Editor Ken Weyand files regular reports on notable Midwest destinations. He can be reached at kweyand@gbronline.com.
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