[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”59848″ img_size=”250 x 250″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]1988 was an Olympic year when Phantom of the Opera was the longest running show on Broadway. In Paducah, Kentucky, it was the year of the 4th Annual AQS Quilt Show and Contest.
This year we invite you to join us as we celebrate 35 years of quilting, 35 years of quilters, and 35 years of AQS inspiring, educating, and nurturing quilters who love quilting. Here’s to the next 35!
In this series, we start in 1985 and work our way to 2019 taking a look at the quilting world through our unique perspective. Enjoy the beautiful quilts and marvel at the amazing heritage quilting is because of you, the quilter.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”10″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”10″ height_on_mob_landscape=”10″ height_on_mob=”10″][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”59647″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][vc_single_image image=”59649″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][vc_single_image image=”59648″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][vc_single_image image=”59650″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]American Quilter Magazine
Volume IV[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show & Contest
GYPSY IN MY SOUL by Jane Blair won Best of Show
[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59646″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]LAVENDER BLUE by Julia Overton Needham won the Gingher Award for Workmanship[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59660″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]DRUNKARD’S PATH won 1st Place in the Traditional Pieced, Amateur category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59661″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]NOT QUITE BLACK AND WHITE won 1st Place in the Traditional Pieced, Professional category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59662″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]IN DEPTH by Bobbie Fuhrmann won 1st Place in the Innovative Pieced, Amateur category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59663″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]CHROMATIC PROGRESSIONS: AUTUMN by Caryl Bryer Fallert won 1st Place in the Innovative Pieced, Professional category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59664″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]JAVANESE JUNGLE by Audree L. Sells won 1st Place in the Applique, Amateur category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59659″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME TO SEW by Faye Anderson won 1st Place in the Applique, Professional category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59665″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]EARTH MOTHER by Jan Lanahan won 1st Place in the Other Techniques, Amateur category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59666″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]A BRIGHT WINTER DAY IN MENDOCINO by Vicki Johnson won 1st Place in the Other Techniques, Professional category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59667″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]BASKETS AND THE CORN by Jan Lanahan won 1st Place in the Theme: Baskets category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59653″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]OVER, UNDER, AROUND AND THRU by Eileen Bahring Sullivan won 1st Place in the Best Wall Quilt category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59669″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]DESERT DUSK by Marguerite Malwitz won 1st Place in the Wall Quilt, Amateur category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59654″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]RIVERS IN THE SKY by Carol H. Gersen won 1st Place in the Wall Quilt, Professional category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59670″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]SPRING FLING by Diane Edgar, Joyce Kassner & Toni Smith won 1st Place in the Group/Team category.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59668″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]PARROTS IN PARADISE by Anne J. Oliver won the Viewer’s Choice Award.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59671″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]CINDERELLA by Eleanor J. Carlson won the First Quilt Award.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”59672″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” onclick=”zoom”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]AQS Publishing put out six books in 1988.[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”59675″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Quilt Art Engagement Calendar and the AQS Wall Calendar (not shown)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”59651″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]American Beauties: Rose & Tulip Quilts
by Gwen Marston & Joe Cunningham[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”59658″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Irish Chain Quilts: A Workbook of Irish Chains & Related Patterns
by Joyce B. Peaden[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Arkansas Quilts
by Arkansas Quilter’s Guild, Inc.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”59652″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”59657″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″ height_on_tabs=”5″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”5″ height_on_mob_landscape=”5″ height_on_mob=”5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]The Grand Finale
by Linda Denner[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What were you quilting in 1988? What changes have you seen in your life? Leave a comment below, email us your photos, or share them in our Facebook group, Project Parade.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
It’s great fun to be reminded of what we liked in the ’80’s. American Southwest was a very popular theme in home interior decorating, Navaho rugs were becoming more popular (and expensive) and Native American pottery was doing the same. I’m not surprised to see it in quilts, too. I went to New Mexico many times that decade and enjoyed it immensely.
I wasn’t quilting then — I was caught up in the cross stitch craze but I really do enjoy this look back because I became a quilter in the late 90’s and am still at it now. Thanks for running this great series.
Finally, after many years of wishing, I took a class in Traditional Quilting , with my friend, at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. I’d been trying various crafts, over time. Nothing stuck like quilting. Both my friend and I were hooked. We bought fabric, we cut, we pieced, we bought more fabric. We made our fabric “sandwiches”, quilted and bound. It was non stop day in and day out. i think we finished 5 bed size quilts apiece, the first year. We read your magazine. We mail ordered. Wow! What fire we had! I lost my quilting friend in 1992. but not the love of the craft. Thank you for this historical look back. It revisits memories of shared joys over the span of these many quilting years.