Quilters Take a Moment 2022 – a Quilt Alliance event

QTM 2022:
Sustainability Stories!

September 13-18, 2022

Event recordings now available!

3-Day Pass includes 9 hours of recorded interviews and panel discussions:

$70/Quilt Alliance members and $105/non-members.
Not a member yet? Join today!

Quilters Take a Moment is a virtual fundraiser for the nonprofit Quilt Alliance, and an online event for every quilter. This year, we enjoyed six sessions of live content over three days, plus optional workshops and lectures. Buy an event pass for conversation, laughter, inspiring stories, beautiful quilts, and lots of fun!

The live event has concluded, so you can view the recordings on your own time.

Event Recording Pass includes:

More than nine hours of live content, including Quilters’ Save Our Stories interviews, panel conversations, literature and poetry readings, and interactive audience Q&A
Recordings of the entire event to watch (or re-watch!) any time that works for you.
A chance to win fabric, thread, quilting gear, and more than 40 other door prizes from our amazing sponsors (live event attendees only).

Scholarships are available for the cost of the 3-day Pass. Find more information and apply here.

Group Passes are also available for guilds and quilt shops. Read more about the QTM Group Pass.

Spotlight QSOS interviews

In-depth oral history interviews with fascinating people from across the quilt world.

Carla Hemlock, textile and mixed-media artist interviewed by Gwen Westerman

Tula Pink, illustrator, fabric designer and quilter interviewed by Angela Walters

Jennifer Sampou, fabric designer, author, and co-founder of Create and Sustain interviewed by Patty Murphy

Panel discussions

Topical conversations about the intersections of quiltmaking and sustainability

How can we lessen the impact of our quiltmaking on the environment? This panel will be a conversation about what sustainability can mean throughout the creative process.

Moderated by Zak Foster. Panelists: Eliu Hernandez, Natalya Khorover, Amanda Nadig, Bridget O’Flaherty, and Kim Smith Soper

Today’s artists and makers are giving old quilts new lives. We’ll talk about re-using quilts made by others and how we can honor and sustain these textiles.

Moderated by Marin Hanson and Meg Cox. Panelists: Sandra Chandler, Marjorie Childress, Coulter Fussell, Roderick Kiracofe and Kim Martucci

What does it take to sustain your business when it’s also your passion? Hear from creative businesspeople about how they support both their creativity and their career.

Moderated by Michele Muska. Panelists: Lisa Bongean, Karla Overland, Andrea Tsang Jackson, Latifah Saafir and Pat Sloan

Add-on workshops and lectures:

Sustainable Stashing:
Creating an eco-friendly quilting life with Carole Lyles Shaw

Wednesday, September 14 – 4:00 – 6:00 pm Eastern or watch the recording

Sustainable living has become more important to many of us…so how can we use those ideas to create a sustainable stashing process to support an eco-friendly quilting life? This interactive lecture focuses on creating practical and realistic steps to managing our stash—without going on extreme ‘buying diets’. We will support and coach each other to create a plan we can really commit to without feeling overwhelmed along the way.

$50 QA members / $60 non-members

Creative Strength Training
with Jane Dunnewold

Sunday, September 18 – 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern or watch the recording

Establishing a satisfying creative practice benefits from developing strategies to cope with decision-making, mental blocks, outside criticism, and self-doubt. Through a combination of hands-on exercises, play, (which I think of as “research”) and discussion, we will explore strategies to make the most of creative time and resources. Join me, and take away a few new ideas that will help make what you do not only more fun, but also more meaningful!

$50 QA members / $60 non-members

Sustaining Creativity through Drawing and Documentation with Susan Shie

Wednesday, September 14 – 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern or watch the recording

In the first half of this two-hour demonstration and workshop, Susan will show you her process from sketches to finished pieces and how she documents her work as it emerges. In the last hour, Susan will lead the class in one of the freehand drawing on paper exercises in her Lucky Drawing classes. Students should bring drawing paper, markers and a wide-open mind.“Drawing freehand, letting it flow out of you, is what I teach best, and what most people are terrified to think of doing. But everyone can draw freehand, and their personal style is wonderful, when it’s allowed to flow out naturally! You, as a small child, did it, and now you can do it, but you’ve forgotten how!”

$50 QA members / $60 non-members

Yoga and Self-Care for Quilters with Heidi Parkes, Carolyn Friedlander and Becky Goldsmith

Tuesday, September 13 – 4:00 – 6:00 pm Eastern or watch the recording

Making quilts can be hard on your body. It can require repetitive motion, challenging physical actions, and many hours of sitting or standing. In this workshop, we’ll talk about tips and routines to help sustain our bodies throughout the quiltmaking process. We’ll hear from three presenters about their favorite recommendations and routines, and then enjoy a panel conversation with time for audience Q&A.

$50 QA members / $60 non-members

Sponsors Meet-and-Greet

Wednesday, September 14th at 7 pm Eastern
Join this free! add-on event to get to know the people behind your favorite quilt-world companies. Hear about how they make decisions about the products they sell, plus a chance to ask your burning questions about fabric and thread manufacturing, design, sales and more! Join us for this free QTM Kickoff Event on Wednesday, September 14 at 7pm EDT. Enter the Zoom Webinar.