Article: Annual quilting show focuses on color and charity

Quilts come in all shapes and sizes, all colors and styles. Some are pieced; some are appliqueed; some are tied.

And while beautiful quilts are still being made the old- fashioned way -- by hand -- in recent years, the fastest growing niche in the quilting world has been machine quilting. Spurred by the introduction of long-arm and other quilting machines for home use, the genre has grown rapidly, says Jennifer Pond, spokeswoman for the Sixth Annual Home Machine Quilting Show, which will be held this week at the South Towne Exposition Center.

The event features classes, demonstrations, the latest technologies, a judged quilt competition (with more than $23,000 in cash awards and prizes), ...

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