All you quilters out there, take notice. A new exhibit came to the HUB Gallery Wednesday just for you.

"Expressions In Quilted Fibers: Quilts by Centre Pieces Quilt Guild" will feature traditional and contemporary quilts created by members of the local chapter of the National Quilting Association.

The National Quilting Association is a non-profit organization run by quilters, for quilters and was founded in 1970 by seven women in the Washington, D.C., area. The organization was established to create, maintain and record an interest in all matters pertaining to the making, collecting and preserving of quilts, and to promote educational and philanthropic endeavors through quilts. There are currently more than 5,500 members and over 200 chapters in 33 states.

Nancy Silverman, president of the local chapter, said, "This quilting guild is called Centre Pieces and we now have about 155 members.

"Every year we have a challenge. Someone says, 'This is the criteria. Do a piece following these rules.' This exhibit will feature quilts created to fulfill the annual challenge.

"It's a challenge to members to try to improve their skills, to work in colors and designs that they usually don't work in and to challenge us," Silverman said. "We have a challenge every year, but it's not always displayed at the HUB."

Silverman said there will be some 17 quilts of various designs in this year's show.

"This year we did not issue a size, it varies from year to year, so I think some of them are small and some are much larger," she said.

Many modern quilters continue to employ traditional patterns and construction methods, while an increasing number of artists are approaching fiber art as a medium for self-expression by innovating color, patterns and techniques to produce quilts that are manipu- lated in unexpected ways.

In this particular challenge, quilters were restricted to a limit of only eight fabrics to use.

Central Pennsylvania has more of an interest in craft guilds than one might think. Janice Kennedy is a member of the executive board of Centre Pieces and is also the president of the Centre County sewing guild.

"There's a sewing guild, a knitting guild, an embroidery guild, all in Centre County," she said.

Silverman and Kennedy hope that this exhibit will spark added interest in the State College craft scene.

The quilts went on display Wednesday and will remain until Dec. 2.