ReisingStarQuilts Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Hi all! I am going to let the cat out of the bag... I contacted my friends in Paducah this week about the yurt project. Spoke with Bonnie Browning, director of AQS shows, she is interested in info, possibly Des Moines show has auditorium big enough. Spoke with Judy Schwender, curator of National Quilt Museum, tonite. She would like to exhibit yurt in museum also. We need to help Linzi figure out how to get yurt here. A sponsor is needed. How about APQS?? what do you all think??? do you think they would go for this, wouldnt this be great advertising for them??? Would an email campaign do or what?? Linzi, jump in here with your thoughts and keep us posted!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Irene, I love the idea... maybe a couple of sponsors? Thread companies, fabric companies, rulers, etc.... products that were actually used in the making of the Yurt. You go girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I can't tell you all how exciting this whole project has become!! I'm glad Irene was able to spill the beans... I just heard yesterday so I made a list: 1) Get a certificate to prove that the wooden frame has made from been pest treated timber 2) Write a lengthy explanation about the project - DONE 3) Drive to local quarry and get car weighed empty then fill it up with yurt and weighed again 4) Figure out making a packing case from plywood 5) Get a shipping quote based on weight and volume 6) Get sponsorship to pay for shipping - try woollen mill, tourist board, fabric company wanted to give me fabric instead of cash - I asked for that at the start of the project but didn't get it then! 7) Come to MQX for 2 weeks 8) Clean out hens, feed children, other general chores, be the UK rep for APQS etc! 9) Get the yurt FINISHED!! 10) Write a book that somehow includes all of these: Stunt Quilters, recipes, funny stories about pig keeping, quilting designs, pattern instructions, photos, cartoons 11) Figure out new tape recorder and produce UK's first quilting podcast Any other bright ideas will be much appreciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerstin Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Linzi, your yurt project is so great!! I don't know how I could help, but I keep my fingers crossed for you and your project. It's so fantastic!! And I hope you will really write a book about all that, exactly with the listed contents I will be your first book buyer ... Wish you all the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thanks, Kerstin! I spoke to Yurtman... if it is too costly to ship the frame he has offered to fly to the USA, make another one and run workshops if anyone is interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blair8904 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Linzi, I'm new around here and hate to sound dumb, but what is a Yurt? Sounds like an exciting project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Ok Linzi, how exciting!!! Maybe we need to have a raffle quilt to help with the costs. I like the idea of APQS sponsorship, I'm sure a lot of us also used Superior threads and QD batting. I used the IQ, don't know if anyone else did (another possible sponsorship). Just imagine living in a "quilted yurt". Dory, maybe Linzi could put a pic of your "yurt studio" in her book!!! I really gotta get to work before I get fired, but this is sooooo interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Barbara, a Yurt is a wood framed, round building often with canvas covering the walls and roof, I understand some have wood siding too, and Linzi's is going to have the quilted walls and roof. I think it can be looked up by searching for a Yurt. We slept in one that was made of canvas, by Yosemite Park, CA one night. Yurt was fine, neighbors dog, bawling kid at 2 a.m., couple in a nearby yurt argueing.. we won't do it again.. could have been so nice and peaceful. On own property, would be so much fun, and just right for a quilting studio. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Linzi how very exciting! I have a feeling this is all going to work out! You could do a series of books, Yurt goes on Tour!!!!! LOL Sponsorship sounds like the best route to take. A raffle quilt would be another good thing but then that would take more quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlhdesigns Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Linzi........ We have friends that build homes and a brother that builds, if we have a blueprint of the frame it could be assembled here in the states, then taken to the shows. ........... I think this is such a great idea! I'm willing to help out anyway I can. I would like a book also!!! Signed!!! P.S. we have a trailer, plus I go to the shows & he golfs. Let me know.......Rebecca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Linzi, Dory has a yurt too. Maybe the company she used would be willing to help. Congratulations...how exciting for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlhdesigns Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Here is a simple Yurt frame . http://redskyshelters.com/index.php?page=setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy G Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Lords, Ladies, gentlemen, fellow quilters and hopefully sponsors. This is such an opportunity for not only those that contributed to the panels but to those companies that were indirectly involved, ie APQS, whose machines the panels were quilted on, to all the thread companies whose thread that was used, the fabric companies whose fabrics were used to make the panels and so on. What an an amazing opportunity to be associated with something that takes quilting totally out of the box! This project is already a huge talking point in the most prestigous of quilting circles. What is amazing, is no-one has seen it other than the pictures of the quilts that have appeared on this forum and of course on Linzi's blog. I have seen the Yurt and also some of the panels in the various stages of construction, and hopefully will be one of the first to see the yurt in all its quilted glory. Linzi, you go girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Linzi...I bought my yurt from Pacific Yurts in Oregon. My thought is that if you're going to have sponsors listed in some fashion, they might pony up some $$. I'd be willing to ask; I know they were thrilled when they found out what I was using mine for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Everyone is welcome to ask whoever they can think of who may be interested... I used QD Puff and Filtec as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Hey contact QD to see if they would sponsor it! Filtec too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Originally posted by Tracy G Lords, Ladies, gentlemen, fellow quilters and hopefully sponsors. This is such an opportunity for not only those that contributed to the panels but to those companies that were indirectly involved, ie APQS, whose machines the panels were quilted on, to all the thread companies whose thread that was used, the fabric companies whose fabrics were used to make the panels and so on. What an an amazing opportunity to be associated with something that takes quilting totally out of the box! This project is already a huge talking point in the most prestigous of quilting circles. What is amazing, is no-one has seen it other than the pictures of the quilts that have appeared on this forum and of course on Linzi's blog. I have seen the Yurt and also some of the panels in the various stages of construction, and hopefully will be one of the first to see the yurt in all its quilted glory. Linzi, you go girl. Very Well said Tracy !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWBowser Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 That is great news, Linzi. How exciting for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Do you know anyone in the military who flies over to a base? Maybe they would just bring it in. How about someone who works for Federal Express. Anyone have a pilot in the family?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebFigved Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I used Superior Threads exclusively. I'll send a note to Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 It's amazing when you put an idea out there - great thoughts conjure up great things! This WILL happen, I just know it! Go Team Linzi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 This is so exciting and fantastic and awesome and creative and......I'm so glad to be a small part of this, too. I quilted my panel on An APQS Liberty, used Quilter's Dream Puff batting and used a lot of Superior threads, but also Fil-Tec Glide and Isacord.... and Swarovski crystals....about 400 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njquiltergirl Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Dory, the Yurt maker you got yours from might see this as a great advertising opportunity. If they would be willing to set one up temporarily at the show...or where ever, then Linzi, you can put your panels up and invite the media. Linzi, your part would be to bring the panels. Much easier than moving and re-building a yurt over the pond!! This could be a very cool longarm quiltng show exhibit...where you walk into it, and are surrounded by quilts! Great fun! Good luck! Lisa APQS Liberty NW NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 It only takes a couple of hours and people to put up an 18ft yurt - like IKEA, it is flatpack with a 5000 year old design! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 This is so exciting. I know that a new quilt musem is opening in 2011 in LaGrange, TX. I just wonder if they would be interested. Hey Linzi, if we get the yurt over here we may never send it back to Scotland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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