For the first time ever, Quilts are making their debut in Time Square! New York’s quilting haven, The City Quilter, worked a deal with Panasonic to provide free time on the 28 ft X 38 ft Astrovision screen, high above Times Square. It’s all in effort to promote The City Quilter’s new exhibition “MADE IN NEW YORK: City Quilting“. The quilts are being projected daily now through November 14th, when the exhibition ends. The free public show takes place at the Williams Club on East 39th Street.
The best part is, one of the quilts being displayed was created by C&T author, Ellen Highsmith Silver. Ellen is the author of Floorquilts! Pictured below is Ellen’s quilt “Wildlife”. 
I want to give a special thanks to The City Quilter for bringing quilts to the thousands of people who visit Time Square every day. You never know who may be inspired by the beautiful images.
UPDATE! Not pictured in Times Square, but in the City Quilter exhibition, “Made In New York” is the “Key West Beauty” quilt by another City Quilter teacher, C&T’s Anita Grossman Solomon. The quilt appeared in Make It Simpler Paper Piecing and will be seen again in Anita’s forthcoming book from C&T Publishing where it was the inspiration for yet another new technique by Anita.
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This is so cool! Love it.
Anything to spread the awareness of quilts is good…and this venue is fantastic!
nice!
Wow! About time!! Wonder if we will see some info on the morning shows?
How wonderful!! I hope lots of people see it and even more people go to see the actual quilts!
Well now I'll just have to make a trip in to the city to see that. Very cool!
Megan,
Thanks for the mention. I dare say that this brings quilts into a whole new dimension (28′ X 38′ – to be exact)
I haven’t been into New York to see the real thing yet. I expect I’ll make a fool of myself when I do.
The City Quilter knows how to make things happen – hard work and more hard work. Incidentally, the show is a great way for non-quilters to get a taste of quilting’s artistic range.
Unbelievably COOL!!!
It's about time that screen was used for something beautiful.
Watching the NY Thanksgiving Day Parade today and hoping to see a quilt in the background!