CRAFTED Preps for Inaugural Quilt Show This Weekend

The Los Angeles Quilt Show and Fiber Art Festival at CRAFTED is expected to draw 250 to 500 guests this weekend.

From newbies to experts, dozens of quilt design enthusiasts will converge at the first annual Los Angeles Quilt Show and Fiber Art Festival when it begins Friday (Aug. 1) at CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles. Designers will showcase their quilts and also compete for awards and prizes on the last day of the event.

The quilt show is expected to draw 250 to 500 guests this weekend and currently has more than 50 official entries from quilters who will participate, said Rachel Sindelar Waugh, executive director of CRAFTED.

The show will include a free workshop with renowned quilt artist Luke Haynes, whose quilts have been displayed throughout the U.S. The quilt show will officially kick off Saturday (Aug. 2), the same day voting starts for the “People’s Choice” awards, with an assortment of quilts that will be on display. Guests will also be able to visit Yarn Bomb Station to learn how they can join CRAFTED’s upcoming Yarn Bomb project, which will be a high-profile landmark with yarn decorated by CRAFTED. The event is curated by Patsy Johnson, a CRAFTED artist and quilter.

CRAFTED hopes for a strong start since there are no longer any large quilt events in the Los Angeles area, said Waugh. The support the event has received from its four major sponsors is encouraging considering the Aug. 1 show is an inaugural event, said Waugh.

“This is the first year, but we hope it will grow into something that is large,” said Waugh.

For more information about the event, visit www.laquiltshow.com or call (310) 732-1270.