MS. Productions, Inc., the company that brings you Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, and most recently Georgia Quilt Show, was founded in 1995. Operating for the first two months out of the Founder’s den, the original two-person staff quickly moved to an office location and expanded to include seven staff members and an office cat named Clara.

With long hours, a little sweat and much laughter, those seven people produced the first event (then Original Sewing and Craft Expo), which opened on Friday, October 13th, 1995 in Reston, Virginia. This fall we’ll return to Virginia, just down the road at the Dulles Expo & Conference Center in Chantilly, marking the 15th annual event in this market. Clara is still the office cat, and the staff has grown to a dozen in the home office and ten others who join us on-site.

From the very beginning, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo has been committed to producing high quality events where participants feel welcomed and comfortable and find inspiration and motivation to enhance the personal fulfillment and self-satisfaction they find in pursuing their sewing interests. In response to quilters who wanted more, the name and composition of the show evolved to Original Sewing & Quilt Expo; as machine embroidery entered the arena, Innovations in Embroidery was added to the events, and in October 2008 in Atlanta, the very first Georgia Quilt Show was held to satisfy the insatiable appetite of quiltmakers in this market. Original Sewing & Quilt Expo arrives in the Atlanta area each March, and Georgia Quilt Show returns in October 2010.

In the Expo's classrooms, seminars and workshops are crafted to provide an atmosphere of exploration and creativity in all areas of sewing, quiltmaking, machine embroidery, embellishment and related arts. More and more hands-on experiences show up in class brochures each year in response to demand by the public. The Exhibit Hall is carefully constructed to offer special exhibits, stage shows and the widest range of supplies, equipment and tools possible sold through retail vendors from the US, Canada and around the world.

By the end of 2009, MS. Productions, Inc. will have produced 114 events, starting with just two in 1995 and growing over the years to annual events in eight different cities by 2000. Just under 5,000 enthusiasts attended in 1995; more than 64,000 will attend this year.

The company's staff has evolved over the years, but still remains a small, closely knit and hard-working team. Each member seems to mirror a significant percentage of those who attend Original Sewing & Quilt Expo – in her sewing, quiltmaking, embellishment and/or machine embroidery interests, age, lifestyle and personality. In other words, we are you, and you are us. We share your passions, your attitudes, your dreams and your frustrations, and build events that help with your ability to reach maximum satisfaction and creative harmony with your sewing.