Club Sponsors : Sponsors

Our Sponsors

QCA Admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:00:00 GMT

We love our sponsors, and we think you will too!

What follows is a list of our sponsors and a little about them - including a description of their company, how they participate in Quilters Club of America and a link to their Web site if applicable.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of Quilters Club of America, please click here to e-mail Cristy Adamski, Advertising Manager.

APQS

QCA Admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

The "Home of the World's Finest Quilting Machines."

APQS' longarm quilting machines combine aircraft aluminum with state-of-the-art electronics to provide ultra light construction & effortless operation. They were the 1st to introduce motorized fabric advancement, automatic needle positioner, automatic bobbin thread cutter, a working stitch-regulator which we now call PerfectStitch and much more.

APQS has been a QCA sponsor since 2007.

How APQS sponsors Quilters Club of America:

Premium Members receive a $500 cash rebate on the Millennium Complete Quilting machine.

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APQS Links and Resources:

Visit the APQS website

Ask questions in the APQS forum

Baby Lock

QCA Admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:00:00 GMT

No matter why you love to sew, Baby Lock understands. Everything that we do – from discovering breakthrough technology to improving upon the simplest features – is to make your time sewing at your machine as enjoyable as possible. Baby Lock's main goal has been to enhance the love of sewing since our very beginning, over 40 years ago.

Baby Lock has been a QCA sponsor since 2007.

Click here to go to the current Baby Lock Promotion.

How Baby Lock sponsors Quilters Club of America:

Free patterns for Premium Members here!

Baby Lock Links and Resources:

Baby Lock Website

Get the latest news on their new products

Coats & Clark

QCA Admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT

America's #1 name in sewing and needlecraft products.

For nearly two centuries, generations of needlecrafters around the world have looked to Coats for our signature quality and inspiration. Today the tradition continues. Whether your passion is sewing or quilting, crochet, knitting, needlework or crafts, creativity starts here!

Coats & Clark has been a QCA sponsor since 2008.

Coats & Clark Links and Resources:

Coats & Clark Website

Coats & Clark Blog

Fabri-Quilt

QCA Admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Fabri-Quilt Inc. has been a sponsor since December, 2008

It all began in 1962 with a modest facility for custom and contract quilting manufacturing. Since then, in response to customer demands and the changing market place, we've grown to become the preferred source for converted nylons, poplins, cotton solids and cotton prints.

How Fabri-Quilt Sponsors Quilters Club of America

Free Pattern Downloads!

Fabri-Quilt Links and Resources:

Fabri-Quilt Website

Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

QCA Admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting is a Founding Sponsor of Quilters Club of America

America's Favorite Quilting Magazine. Our goal is for you to enjoy making quilts as much as we do.

Visit the Fons & Porter Website

Stay up-to-date with with the Fons & Porter Blog

Havel's Sewing

QCA Admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Sensational fabric scissors are what Havel's Sewing is all about!

Make your fabric dreams come true with our innovative scissors and shears designed to make your sewing, embroidery, quilting, applique and dressmaking projects easier and more manageable.

Havel's Sewing Links and Resources:

Havel's Sewing Website

Read the Sew Creative Blog

Hoffman Fabrics

QCA Admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Hoffman Fabrics has been a sponsor since June, 2009

In 1924, Rube Hoffman, a New York textile jobber, founded Hoffman California Fabrics, selling wool flannels to California department stores and clothing manufacturers. Soon, he was buying greige goods (undyed fabric) to imprint his own designs. Transitioning from a jobber to a converter, Rube played an important role in the growth of California's textile industry.

His sons, Philip and Walter, both championship surfers, joined the company in the 1950s and combined their passion for traveling to their favorite surfing spots with discovering unusual printing processes and different types of fabrics. Soon, Hoffman Fabrics abounded with their original designs of surfing scenes, beach life, and underwater settings.

The 1970s found the Hoffman Fabrics enjoying great success in the apparel industry. Then, the Whitney Museum held a groundbreaking quilt exhibition that elevated quilt making to an art form. Around the same time, the American Bicentennial and the TV program "Roots" piqued the country's interest in its history. Everyone began searching for their own roots. Anything homemade and connected to our individual past was greatly sought after, and quilts headed our lists because of its storytelling tradition. The quilt world exploded, and Hoffman Fabrics answered demand by making quilting fabrics.

Today, three generations of Hoffmans are actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the company. More than eighty employees are involved with filling orders and shipping fabric to retail fabric stores, craft shops, quilt stores, apparel makers, wholesale distributors, and manufacturers throughout the world. Our Design Department creates more than 800 designs of colorful screenprints and luscious Bali batiks each year. Our fabrics are sold by independent sales reps that call on customers throughout the U.S.

How Hoffman Fabrics Sponsors Quilters Club of America:

Free Downloadable Patterns!

Hoffman Fabrics Links and Resources:

Hoffman Fabrics Website

Watch this great music video from Taylor Swift, she is wearing pajamas made with Hoffman Fabrics' Woodlands fabric collection. This adorable pillow can also be made with the Woodlands collection, it is available to QCA premium members.

International Quilt Study Center & Museum

QCA Admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:00:00 GMT

International Quilt Study Center & Museum has been a sponsor since June, 2008

The International Quilt Study Center & Museum is located on the University of Nebraska - Lincoln East Campus, 33^rd and Holdrege Streets. Find your inspiration in first-class exhibitions (drawn from quilts dating from the early 1700s to present, representing more than 25 countries), audio tours, a virtual gallery, hands-on Discovery Cart, multilingual exhibition, and experiences for all ages. Hours Tues.-Sat.10 – 4:00, Sun.1 – 4:00. Free guided tours every Tuesday - Saturday at 11am. and also at 1pm on Saturday. Fully accessible. Admission, Adults $6, Children 5-18 $3, 2 Adults with children $12. Free Parking.

How International Quilt Study Center & Museum Sponsors Quilters Club of America

EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS Buy one admission to the International Quilt Study Center & Museum and get one free! If you are a premium member, please log into your account and click here for your coupon information.

International Quilt Study Center & Museum Links & Resources:

International Quilt Study Center & Museum Website

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores

QCA Admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores is a Founding Sponsor of Quilters Club of America

From one 1400-square-foot store in 1943 to almost 1,000 United States locations today-employing more than 20,000 people-Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores, Inc., has not only witnessed a creative explosion in sewing and crafts, it has helped inspire it.

How Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores Sponsors Quilters Club of America

EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS for club members only at Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores and Joann.com. There are two easy ways to get your Jo-Ann's card, click here for more information.

Jo-Ann's Website

Other Jo-Ann Social Network Opportunities:

Blogger

Art Fire

Keepsake Quilting

QCA Admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Keepsake Quilting is a Founding Sponsor of Quilters Club of America

Keepsake Quilting has come a long way since 1986 when Judy and Russ Sabanek turned their vision of a quilting catalog into reality. The first catalog, which mailed in the spring of 1987, met with such great enthusiasm that customers started showing up at Russ and Judy’s small office hoping to see the fabrics in person. Thus, in 1988, the retail shop, which quickly became a Mecca for quilters from around the world, was born in Center Harbor, New Hampshire.

How Keepsake Quilting Sponsors Quilters Club of America:

Premium Members receive EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS from KeepsakeQuilting.com: FREE standard shipping on all orders, and $5 off their exclusive Keepsake Shapes collections! Click here for your exclusive free standard shipping code, and here for your Keepsake Shapes promotion code!

Keepsake Quilting Resources and Links:

Keepsake Quilting Website

Quick Kits Shop - Sew Quick, Sew Easy!

Fabric Bargain Bin

Keepsake Shapes

Keepsake Quilting Blog

Koala Studios

QCA Admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Koala Studios has been a sponsor since June, 2009

Koala Cabinets now come with the luxury finish and features you can only find on a custom cabinet. When you order your cabinet, we'll custom-build it to your specifications.

Hand built in the USA.

How Koala Studios Sponsors Quilters Club of America:

5% off orders placed at www.sewingandcraftclub.com! Click here for your coupon code.

Koala Links and Resources:

Koala Website

See Koala's sewing room inspirations at My Koala Studio

Landauer Publishing

QCA Admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Landauer Publishing has been a sponsor since July, 2008

Landauer Corporation is an independently-owned publisher managed by people motivated by the love of bringing quality books to life. Landauer is all about being the best they can be in book content, photography and design, and customer service.

How Landauer Publishing Sponsors Quilters Club of America

30% off all Regular Priced Books! Get your coupon code now.

Landauer Publishing Links and Resources:

Landauer Website

Video Library

Click here to sign-up for Landauer's Free Newsletter

Martingale

QCA Admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:45:00 GMT

Picture it: 1976. While the world is macraméing owls, doing the Hustle, and maneuvering bellbottoms, an entrepreneurial quilter and her husband launch a publishing business in their garage. One author. One book. One mission. To share the joys of a creative life.

That entrepreneurial quilter? Nancy J. Martin. In addition to authoring over 40 books that have sold more than a million copies, she's inspired hundreds of thousands of people to create with confidence. How did she do it? She founded That Patchwork Place (and she hired a staff).

Today, That Patchwork Place is an imprint of Martingale. Through 35 years of dedication to quilting and sewing, Martingale has published over 1,100 books that have sold more than 20 million copies, authored by more than 450 gifted designers. A tight-knit group of dedicated people operate Martingale, and 80% of them quilt, sew, or craft in their spare time. Together, Martingale employees have stitched more than 1,200 quilts alone!

They say you should do what you love. That's exactly what Martingale is doing. They love inspiring others to create beautiful quilts. The results are so satisfying. But more than that, their goal is to inspire a beautiful life--it's an immensely fulfilling side effect of creating with confidence.

Subscribe for free to Martingale's Stitch This! blog to get free patterns, answers to your quilting questions, and special offers. To see the newest must-have quilting books, visit ShopMartingale.com.

How Martingale Supports QCA:

Premium members receive 40% off any online order through ShopMartingale.com! You'll find your coupon here.

Martingale Links & Resources:

ShopMartingale.com

Stitch This! Blog

Michael Miller Fabrics

QCA Admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Michael Miller Fabrics has been a sponsor since May, 2009

Michael Miller was born in the spring of 1999. The brainchild of Michael Steiner and Kathy Miller. Two parents brought together not by love and marriage but solely by professional respect for each others' abilities. By leveraging their lives for an SBA loan, borrowing money from family and living on credit cards, Michael and Kathy were able to give birth to a start-up fabric company called "Michael Miller Fabrics".

The first year in business proved to be just as hard as raising a newborn. There were many long days and many sleepless nights. As a result of limited funds, Michael and Kathy were unable to afford the high rent of a Manahattan office space. Michaels' NewYork City apartment provided them with the initial space they needed. Kathy spent long days in the kitchen which served as a design studio while Michael spearheaded production and sales in the dining room.

As time went on the company grew to a team of around 20 people and moved to a "home" of its own at 118 West 22nd street in New York City.

This dedicated and enthusiastic group are committed to expanding with a product that stands out in the industry, while at the same time closely tending to the needs of the customers we hope to inspire.

How Michael Miller Fabrics Sponsors Quilters Club of America:

Free Downloadable Patterns!

Michael Miller Links & Resources:

Michael Miller Website

Michael Miller Clubhouse

Michael Miller Blog