Quilt shows in Reno, Nevada, have the added benefit of warm and a gorgeous setting of mountains and desert. After taking the time to make a beautifully crafted quilt, many quilters attend shows to take their craft to the next level. Whether you're interested in selling your quilts, shopping for designer fabrics or entering a quilting competition, quilt shows offer several days of fun learning activities and provide useful insight and information for quilters of all levels.
Presented by QSC Expos, The Quilting Sewing & Craft Expo is held in June at Reno's Nevada Conference and Exhibition Center. This four-day quilting show offers free on-going demonstrations and quilting contests with cash prizes. With daily door prizes and a programming line-up of renown quilting teachers, experts and television personalities, attendees interested in developing their craft have plenty of opportunities to do so regardless of skill level. At the Vendor Mall, vendors offer an array of quilting supplies from embellishments and quilting machines, to fabrics and quilt frames.
The Quilting Sewing & Craft Expo
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For more than 20 years PCM Expo has presented The Original Creative Festival for quilters, sewers and crafters. The annual Festival in Reno, Nevada, occurs over three days and features an extensive program of on-going demonstrations, seminars, "Make-it, Take-it" projects and quilt displays. Exhibitors and designers from across the United States and Canada attend for the festival's active buyers market. The Original Creative Festival is open to the public and offers discounts for early registration.
The Original Creative Festival
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The Nevada Quilt Guild presented the first Fallon Outdoor Festival of Quilts in 2009 and plans to do so annually to offer guild members the opportunity to develop their craft and to socialize with the quilting community. Held in May, the festival is located in Fallon, Nevada, a one-hour drive east of Reno. This quilt show offers five days of lectures and workshops and seven days of vendors so all attendees have time to shop, learn and participate in contests. The Faculty includes award-winning quilters, needle work authors and quilting teachers. Events include banquets and lectures, trunk shows and 'Afternoon Tea & Sympathy,' but the main event is the judged quilt show. The festival concludes with the outdoor festival where, in addition to a display of classic cars and local vendors, quilters sell their quilts to the public.
Fallon Outdoor Festival of Quilts
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