" Quilted Jewels" - A 30th Celebration
June 26 - 28, 2008

Mayo Civic Center
Rochester, Minnesota

Classes begin June 25, 2008

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General

• Registration Information
• Class Descriptions
• Class Supplies
• Lectures
• Faculty
• Special Events
• Bus Tour Groups
• Parking and Shuttle Bus
• Quilt Documentation Day

Schedule of Events

• Daily Schedule
• Event Schedule

• Quilter of the Year
• Show Sponsors

• Scholarship for Beginning Quilters
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Door Prize Donation
• Small Quilt Auction Donations

• Photo
• Ticket Information

• Category Definitions
• Rules and Awards
• Entry Information and Form
• Hanging Sleeve Instructions

• Entry Information and Form
• Drop-off Sites
• Hanging Sleeve Instructions

• Share Your Quilts
• Exhibits

• Vendor Policy
• Vendor Application
• List of Vendors
• Show Book Ads

• Rochester Visitors Bureau
• Hotel Reservations

Registration Book

2008 Show Main Page

Minnesota Quilters Website

Quilter of the Year

Darlene Zimmerman

Darlene took up quilting as a hobby, after the birth of her four children. The hobby quickly grew into a business of making quilts, lecturing and teaching nationally, designing quilting tools, designing fabrics and patterns, and writing books.

The first quilting tool she designed was the Companion Angle, which was introduced 15 years ago. Since then she has added: Easy Dresden; Tri-Recs; Easy Scallop; Easy Square; Flip 'n Set; three, 60 degree tools (diamond, triangle and hexagon); two, 45 degree tools (diamond and petal shape).

Darlene, who is also a textile historian with a large collection of vintage fabrics and quilts, gets her inspiration for quilts and fabrics from vintage textiles. For seven years she designed fabric for Chanteclaire, and is currently designing fabric lines with Robert Kaufman Co.

Darlene’s first book, Companions: Quilts and Miniatures, was published in 1992. Many more have followed, as well as articles and patterns published regularly in leading quilting magazines. Please stop by the Quilter of the Year exhibit to meet Darlene and experience her work. She has done much to bring the joy of quilting to others, and especially to those of us here in Minnesota.