International Quilting Day 2025

Note: Submission of quilts for the Virtual Quilt Show has been extended to February 15, 2025

International Quilting Day 2025 Featured Speakers 

The International Quilting Day Planning Committee is pleased to announce two featured speakers for this year’s IQD celebration on March 15! 

Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry is internationally known for her award-winning fine-art quilts, which are easily recognized by their luminous colors and illusions of light, depth, and motion. Her work has appeared in hundreds of exhibitions and publications throughout the world, and can be found in museum, corporate, public, and private collections in almost every state and eight foreign countries. Honors include: 100 Best Quilts of the Twentieth Century (2000), 30 Most Influential Quiltmakers in the World (2002), Bernina Leadership Award (2003), International Quilt Festival Silver Star (lifetime achievement) Award (2006), All American Quilter (2004) and Best of Show in 16 national and international exhibitions. For thirty years, Caryl shared what she learned with students in her workshops, which took her to eleven countries on five continents. She continues to share her knowledge through her exhibitions, lectures, and free website tutorials. (www.bryerpatch.com).

Katie Pasquini Masopust has produced high quality contemporary art quilts that have been coveted and collected by a broad range of admirers for over 40 years. From her early beginnings as a painter dabbling in traditional quilt making, her work has evolved from structured Mandalas and mind-blowing dimensional pieces to very painterly landscapes executed with the finest fabrics and most creative stitching techniques Katieʼs easy, energetic manner has made her a very popular teacher and lecturer. When not in residence at her studio in California she travels the world presenting her contemporary quilting theories and techniques to classes; not only in North America, but in Europe, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. Awards and accolades have been numerous for Katie, culminating with her 2005 induction into a very select group of art quilt professionals who have earned the Silver Star Award presented by Houston Quilt Festival. 

Reserve your spot now. Registration is open and free for members of our Guild and the other sponsoring guilds. Visitors may join the festivities for $25.

Members of the sponsoring guilds and paying guests are welcome to submit up to two quilts to the Virtual Quilt Show. Virtual Quilt Show submission will open next month. Please start planning your submission now and be prepared to provide the following information about your quilt(s):

  • Quilt name
  • Pattern designer
  • Quilter, if other than yourself
  • An artist’s statement or brief history of the quilt. (Limit of 50 words)
  • Up to five photos for each quilt. We recommend an overall view of the quilt along with several close-ups of interesting details.

Some of the other events you can look forward to this year include:

  • A vendor showcase;
  • Sessions from a variety of presenters; and
  • Door prizes!

Visit https://royalcityquiltersguild.ca/activities/iqd2025/ for more information about IQD and to register for the big day!

See you at the celebration!

IQD 2024 – Organizing Committee