Local Quilter Accepted into National Quilt Competition

Quilt Artist Jean Konopacz of Oxford, MD has been accepted in the 2020 Stitch Your Art Out Quilt Competition at the thirty-first annual Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. Produced by Mancuso Show Management, the Festival will take place at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, VA from February 27 – March 1, 2020.

Konopacz’s quilt, Blowin Down Under, will be on display at the show along with many other quilts, all competing for prizemoney. Winners will be selected at the show and announced on the M-AQF website, www.quiltfest.com, on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Quilt and textile art enthusiasts will have an opportunity to view Konopacz's quilt among all the other stunning displays of quilts and textile art at the event, February 27 – March 1, 2020.

Quilting is truly art. Every quilt that is displayed at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival takes great skill and talent to make it come to life. This quilt competition incorporates pieces from the best quilters in the U.S. that will be judged, and on display to be enjoyed by quilt enthusiasts and other quilt artists.

Besides the competition quilts on display, the Quilt Festival will feature workshops and lectures taught by a world-renowned faculty, a Merchant's Mall and magnificent special exhibitions including many presented by local quilt guilds.

Mancuso Show Management has several long running shows annually, each with its own quilt competition. Besides the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, MSM hosts, Quiltfest Greenville, SC; World Quilt New England, Springfield, MA; the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks (Philadelphia area), PA; the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara (Bay area), CA and The Quilt & Sewing Fest of New Jersey, Edison (Greater New York area), NJ.

For more information, visit www.quiltfest.com.