Lisa Ellis Quilts

I am again pleased to be a sponsor of the Alliance for American Quilts Houston intiative.

This year at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas (November 3-6), a team of volunteers lead by the nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts will interview 64 Texas quiltmakers for the Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.) oral history project.

The artists to be interviewed are all included in the forthcoming book by Karey Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, Lone Stars III: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1986-2011. Interviews will take place in a dedicated space on the Festival show floor thanks to the generosity and support of Bresenhan and Puentes (two of the four Alliance co-founders) and the staff of Quilts, Inc., who produce International Quilt Festival and International Quilt Market. To learn more and volunteer, click here.

I am pleased to have been the exhibit sponsor for "If These Quilts Could Talk: Samples fromthe Q.S.O.S. Oral History Collection" at the Houston Internation Quilt Festival. This was a very special exhibit of fourteen quilts made by quiltmakers interviewed for Q.S.O.S. In the special exhibits booth, you could hear the actual interviews with the quiltmakers. To learn more about this wonderful organization, visit www.allianceforamericanquilts.org. Pictured in the photo from left to right is Amy Milne, Sandi Goldman, Meg Cox and me (Lisa Ellis). We are standing in front of mentor and friend, Vikki Pignatelli's piece called "Creation of the Sun and Stars."

Christine Adams (Co-chair) and I are pleased to announce the Sacred Threads 2011 exhibit in the Washington, D.C. area. The exhibition will be June 22 - July 4, 2011 in Northern Virginia. The artist reception will be held on Saturday, June 25. So start making your plans to come to D.C in 2011. For more information go to the Sacred Threads website or contact me at lisa@ellisquilts.com.

I was pleased to be a sponsor of the Connected by Threads event in Washington D.C., for the Alliance for American Quilts. It was a fabulous event.