The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds

33 Years and Still Going Strong – The Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza Returns to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center September 17 – 20, 2026Oaks, PA – Mancuso Show Management is proud to present the 33rd annual Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza. The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center will host this spectacular event September 17 - September 20, 2026 featuring over 1000 works of textile art. Additionally, the festival offers vendors, hands on workshops, lectures, a fashion show and product demos. Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza is the center of it all for quilt, wearable and textile art! A highlight of this year’s event is a special exhibition by 7-time Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein. Best known for writing La Cage aux Folles and Kinky Boots and starring as Edna in Hairspray, Harvey has been making quilts for more than 30 years. During the COVID lockdown, his passion for quilting flourished, inspiring a remarkable collection of quilt art that the Extravaganza is thrilled to premiere. In addition, the festival will display over 30 special exhibitions from regional guilds such as the Philadelphia Modern Quilt Guild, PieceMakers Quilters and the Sankofa Artisans, travelling quilt collections and the annual national judged competition. Once again Mancuso Show Management sponsored the juried exhibition, Celebration of Women: A Quilter’s Perspective with a portion of the entry fees going to A Woman’s Place (AWP), the only domestic violence community benefit organization in Bucks County, PA. Shopping is a must at the event Merchant’s Mall with a diverse assortment of vendors selling sewing machines, fabric, wool, clothing, notions and more. Attendees can sit in on, at no additional charge, several midday lectures and product demonstrations. Back by popular demand are Fashion Friday, an attendee-driven fashion show, and Sticker Saturday, where collecting stickers can earn you a prize. New this year, the Brandywine Rug Hooking Guild will offer rug hooking demonstrations throughout the event. Quilters and textile artists can also preregister for workshops taught by a nationally recognized faculty. This year’s event is sponsored by Major Sponsors: BERNINA/Hayes Sewing Machine Company, BERNINA Longarm/Domesticity, Brother/Byrne Sewing, Baby Lock/Hayes Sewing Machine Company, Janome/Pocono Sew &amp; Vac and Husqvarna Viking &amp; Pfaff/Sew ‘n Place. Open to the public, show tickets can be purchased on-site. General admission is $18 and includes re-admission for all days. Sunday only general admission is $16. Accompanied children under the age of 16 are admitted free. Discounted tickets for groups of 20 or more can be arranged by contacting our office at (215) 862-5828. The Extravaganza’s daily hours are Thursday through Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Local Event: Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza

Bucks County

New Hope-Lambertville

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza

33 Years and Still Going Strong – The Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza Returns to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center...

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Alderfer Auction Estate Sale in East Greenville: Estate of Terry Mayer Taxidermy
Presenting over 90 lots of full-body mounts, shoulder mounts, trophy specimens, hides, rugs, skulls, and sporting displays representing North American, African, European, Asian, and Russian species. The catalog includes large-scale bear mounts, African game, deer and elk, antelope species, mountain game, and other wildlife collected across multiple regions.<a href="https://bid.alderferauction.com/ui/auctions/168981?category=All&amp;subCategory=Active" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">View and Bid On This Auction</a>
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Large full-body mounts include a Kamchatka Russian brown bear diorama by Bob’s Wildlife Taxidermy, featuring two bears on a custom base, a European brown bear taken in Romania, an additional brown bear, musk ox, Dall sheep, lion, African Limpopo bushbuck, mountain lion, red duiker, baboon, and badger. Bear material also includes a tagged tanned black bear hide and black bear taxidermy rug.
African game makes up a substantial portion of the auction. Species include Cape buffalo, sable antelope, greater and lesser kudu, gemsbok, Beisa oryx, waterbuck, impala, nyala, roan antelope, gerenuk, Grant’s gazelle, Soemmering’s gazelle, red hartebeest, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, black and blue wildebeest, blesbok, springbok, bushbuck, reedbuck, dik-dik, steenbok, duiker, puku, warthog, zebra, hyena, and lion. The catalog also includes a giraffe skull and a fiberglass rhino shoulder mount.
North American game includes an Alaskan brown bear, American bison, western buffalo, elk, pronghorn antelope, mountain lion, mule deer, and numerous whitetail deer mounts, including 8-, 10-, and 11-point examples. Additional international mountain and game species include Himalayan tahr, chamois, Argali, Siberian ibex, Scandinavian caribou, Mongolian gazelle, red stag, and red deer.
Other sporting material includes mounted antler and skull trophies, a mounted largemouth bass, and an alligator hide rug with mounted head. One African puku shoulder mount is specifically identified in the catalog with Werner Taxidermy.
This auction presents a concentrated collection of taxidermy ranging from large full-body bear and lion displays to African plains game, deer, elk, mountain species, hides, skulls, and trophy mounts.
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Perkiomen Valley

Estate of Terry Mayer Taxidermy | Online...

Alderfer Auction Estate Sale in East Greenville: Estate of Terry Mayer Taxidermy
Presenting over 90 lots of full-body mounts,...

Estate of Terry Mayer Taxidermy | Online Auction in East Greenville 

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Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival 

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Thursday, September 17

Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza

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17

9:00 AM

The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, 100 Station Ave, Oaks, PA

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