Call Opens: Aug 1st, 2023 Last Date for Entries: May 29th, 2024
Save the Planet!
Be the voice of change. Show your artistic vision that features subjects like climate change, pollution, natural disaster, and drought. Make people aware that we have to make changes for nature to co-exist with humans. All styles of quilts are welcome in this call.
• Limit two (2) entries per person.
• There is an entry fee of $20 (USD).
• Registration closes May 29,2024.
• Each work must measure a minimum of 24” on each side.
• The quilt can be NO LONGER than 94” ON A SIDE
• There is no made by date.
Call Opens: Apr 10th, 2023 Last Date for Entries: May 16th, 2024
50 years of great quilts! 50 years of great classes! 50 years of great shopping! 50 years of great exhibitors!
So, we’ll be celebrating Golden Greatness: 50 Years of International Quilt Festival
The roots of International Quilt Festival began in 1974 when Founder Karey Bresenhan opened an antique store in Houston that soon became a quilt shop (Great Expectations Quilts). The next year, she held a “thank you” show, sale, and event for customers. Since then, over the years and at larger and larger venues, Festival has become the world’s greatest quilt show, sale, and Quiltmaking Academy, with tens of thousands of attendees coming from the U.S. and dozens of countries to Houston each fall to celebrate the artistry, creativity, and love of quilting.
In the past, we’ve marked important anniversaries with impressive red & white quilts and blue & white quilts, hanging dramatically from the ceiling of the George R. Brown Convention Center. For our 50th anniversary celebration in 2024, we’ll have an even more beautiful exhibit featuring. . .what else?. . . red, white, & blue quilts! Whether antique or contemporary or Art, Traditional, or Modern in design, you can submit your quilt to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit!
Limit three (3) entries per person.
Each work must measure a minimum of 36” on each side.
The quilt can be NO LONGER than 110” ON A SIDE.
Quilt must read as red, white and blue. Small areas of other colors may be in the design of a fabric but the colors of the quilt must read as Red, White, and Blue.
Only quilts should be submitted.
There is a nonrefundable $20 submission fee per quilt.
There is no made by date.
Call opens on April 10, 2023
Call closes on May 16, 2024
Call Opens: Oct 2nd, 2023 Last Date for Entries: Apr 24th, 2024
Celebrate Life
Art is an excellent way to express feelings. For this exhibit, artists depicted how they, a family member, or a friend celebrated a loved one’s wedding, birth, birthday, or memorial. Colors, patterns, traditional blocks or abstract drawings can be combined or used alone to convey a variety of emotions from happy to sad. Share the emotional artist with others!
Call Opens: Oct 2nd, 2023 Last Date for Entries: May 8th, 2024
Hands All Around
Artists from all around the world incorporate influences from their own cultures into the design and technique of their quilts. This prestigious, long-running international showcase includes recent quilts by international artists who create works inspired by them.
Call Opens: Oct 2nd, 2023 Last Date for Entries: May 29th, 2024
In Full Bloom
Just as quilters create beautiful pieces of art with fabric, florists and gardeners cultivate works of beauty from the soil. This exhibit showcases floral-inspired quilts from across the spectrum in lush color and splendor.
How to Enter Your Quilt:
Call Opens: Oct 2nd, 2023 Last Date for Entries: May 15th, 2024
In the American Tradition
Contemporary quiltmakers often look to the art form’s rich tradition and history for inspiration in their own works. This exhibit features recently made quilts that incorporate traditional blocks, styles, and/or techniques.
How to Enter Your Quilt:
Call Opens: Oct 2nd, 2023 Last Date for Entries: May 15th, 2024
Landscape Quilts
From valleys and volcanoes to mountains to monuments, landscapes often inspire artists, including many in the quilt world. This expansive exhibit showcases many stunning geographical wonders.
Call Opens: Oct 2nd, 2023 Last Date for Entries: Apr 24th, 2024
Tactile Architecture
Buildings have a long history of inspiring the creative designs of quiltmakers. In the 19th century, American quilters developed classic architectural patterns such as Log Cabin, Schoolhouse, and Brick Wall. This annual juried exhibit challenges quiltmakers to create works based on architectural themes and inspirations. The quilt may be Traditional, Modern, or Art.
Call Opens: Oct 2nd, 2023 Last Date for Entries: May 29th, 2024
Text on Textiles:
Words are a design element in many ways. Show us what you can do with words dyed, painted or pieced on a fabric. This exhibit showcases quilts in which words and fabric come together to form a unique statement. Let your voice be heard!