You never know where displays and festivals will lead.  You never know who will see your work and want to contact you.  You never know what sales will result.

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So don’t be reluctant to display your work and get it into shows.  By working with a group, none of the Fiber Divas had to do the entire show on their own…set up, grand opening (whenever there is one), meeting the public.  However, their collective endeavors have begun to be recognized.  From there each can branch out on her own, if desired.  They already have another local display planned for January.  Also, they’ve been asked to extend the display at the library another month!

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Quilt Art Display Leads to Newspaper Story

Quilter and blogger, Jean Murray, visited the International Quilt Festival/Chicago and was in awe of the numbers of quilters, displays, and quilting supply booths.  She reports about this adventure, Baby Boomer Women are HOT for Quilting!, at her b5media blog, Small Business Boomers, she co-authors with Jim Gordon. 

Unbelievable. The traffic getting there was backed up for miles, with many buses from all over the Midwest, and groups of women in cars, Jean said.

Jean continues, Anyone who says quilting isn’t a huge industry (and I do mean “industry”) needs to see one of these quilt shows.

If you haven’t been to one of these shows, or the upcoming ones Jean mentions, check out her post at Small Business Boomers and learn more.  You’ll be in awe, too.

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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Overawed by the International Quilt Festival/Chicago!