Event Details
The Most Comprehensive Quilt Festival in the Tri-State Area Returns: The Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza celebrates its 32nd Year September 11 – 14, 2025
Oaks, PA – Presented by Mancuso Show Management, Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza is coming back to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center September 11 - September 14, 2025. This long-standing event will feature over 800 works of textile art, vendors, workshops, lectures, a fashion show and product demos. Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza is the center of it all for quilt, wearable and textile art.
The national competition brings together quilts from coast to coast to be judged for Best of Show and other awards. This year’s theme is “The Cutting Edge,” asking quilt entrants to interpret this theme to complete their quilt entry.
In addition to the competition quilts, over 30 special exhibitions from regional guilds and traveling groups will be on display. New this year is a Mancuso Show Management sponsored juried exhibition, Celebration of Women: A Quilter’s Perspective.
The Merchant’s Mall will offer a variety of shopping options for sewing machines, fabrics, notions and more. Festival attendees can attend, at no additional charge, several midday lectures and product demonstrations. New activities include Fashion Friday – a fashion show with participation from our attendees and Sticker Saturday – a chance to win a prize. Those quilters and textile artists interested in learning techniques can preregister and take a workshop from the distinguished faculty.
This year’s event is sponsored by Founding Sponsor: BERNINA/Hayes Sewing Machine Company and BERNINA Longarm/Byrne’s Sewing; Major Annual Sponsors: Brother/Byrne Sewing; Major Sponsors: Baby Lock/Hayes Sewing Machine Company, Janome/Pocono Sew & Vac and Necchi/Stitch Central.
The show is open to the public with a general admission price of $18. This includes re-admission for all days and can be purchased on-site during show hours. Sunday only general admission is $16. Accompanied children under the age of 16 are admitted free. Discounts for groups of 20 or more can be arranged by contacting our office at (215) 862-5828 for details. The Merchants Mall and Quilt Show daily hours will be Thursday through Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.