Stitching Together Our History
Celebrating 250 years of America
September 11-13, 2026
NPQG 2026 Quilt Show
Show hours: Sept. 11 & 12 --- 9 am to 5 pm
Sept. 13 --- Noon to 4 pm
Ross Township Community Center
1000 Ross Municipal Drive, Pittsburgh 15237
“Stitching Together Our History – Celebrating 250 years of America” is the title of the 2026 quilt show.
The theme of this show is not patriotic (i.e. red white and blue), but historic. Create quilts which focus on America’s history. However, red, white, and blue quilts will be accepted.
Challenge quilts – The Monogram Challenge – The first two letters of your monogram are colors that must be included. You can use three shades of the two fabrics. (For example, if you are using blue, you can use light, medium and dark blue.) The third letter is the quilt block you must use. For example – CAB – colors are chartreuse and amethyst. Block is Blazing Star.
You can use one background, which can be any color. A total of seven fabrics can be used, but you must use three. If you do not have a middle name, use either letter for a color. The finished quilt will be 18”x 18”. It must be quilted, bound and have a hanging sleeve. You can have one block, or multiple blocks, but all blocks must be the same design. For an 18” quilt, you could use 3-inch blocks, 6-inch blocks, 9-inch blocks or an 18” block. You decide the layout.
Guild members will be voting on the Challenge entries at the April mtg.
Registration information will be available here soon.
The theme of this show is not patriotic (i.e. red white and blue), but historic. Create quilts which focus on America’s history. However, red, white, and blue quilts will be accepted.
Challenge quilts – The Monogram Challenge – The first two letters of your monogram are colors that must be included. You can use three shades of the two fabrics. (For example, if you are using blue, you can use light, medium and dark blue.) The third letter is the quilt block you must use. For example – CAB – colors are chartreuse and amethyst. Block is Blazing Star.
You can use one background, which can be any color. A total of seven fabrics can be used, but you must use three. If you do not have a middle name, use either letter for a color. The finished quilt will be 18”x 18”. It must be quilted, bound and have a hanging sleeve. You can have one block, or multiple blocks, but all blocks must be the same design. For an 18” quilt, you could use 3-inch blocks, 6-inch blocks, 9-inch blocks or an 18” block. You decide the layout.
Guild members will be voting on the Challenge entries at the April mtg.
Registration information will be available here soon.