Please enjoy this walk through of the Sacred Threads 2025 Exhibit that was on display from October 30, 2025 through November 9, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. "Sacred Threads is an exhibition of art quilts exploring themes of joy, inspiration, spirituality, healing, grief and peace/brotherhood. This biennial exhibition was established for quilters who see their work as a connection to the sacred and/or as an expression of their spiritual journey."

From Ricky Tims: "Success! Thank you for making The Visitation Quilt Mural a reality. I am overwhelmed with gratitude and joy! Thanks to the generosity of donors from all over the world, the GoFundMe campaign for the Quilt Mural Project and my quilt, The Visitation, reached its goal of $25,000. Your support has made this incredible dream a reality, and we cannot thank you enough."

Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks to Betty Busby​ about her quilt, Vertex​, which has won many awards including the Quilt Japan prize at Visions 2020 and Best Art Quilt Festival of Quilts - Birmingham UK 2019. Learn how Betty created her quilt in another enthralling installment of Quilt Stories.

From the Fashion and Textile Museum: "This exhibition is a celebration of sixty years of Cosprop’s creativity and a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of this celebrated costume house. Through stunning costumes, accessories and sketches, the visitor will learn the design and making process from script-to screen. Leading costume designers and actors will share their thoughts on favourite costumes, showing how Cosprop brought these magical moments to life."

Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone, co-owners of Okan Arts, invite you to join them on their 2026 Blue Japan Indigo Tour to give you, "a more in-depth understanding of indigo, as well as memories for a lifetime." What does that include? Well, here's just a small sampling of the adventures you'll go on: "You venture into the mountains to dye indigo at a 13th-generation family business that makes huge koinobori. You go behind the scenes at a banner factory to dye a koi wall hanging. You tour an indigo farm in Tokushima Prefecture. You make paper embellished with indigo at a famous washi factory. You wander Kojima Jeans Street, the heart of Japanese denim. And more!"

As has been mentioned once or twice around here, our very own Ricky Tims won Best of Show at this year's Houston International Quilt Festival for his quilt, The Visitation. The quilt is quite the sight to see on its own, but knowing the story behind it gives it a personal connection that will help you to appreciate it on a deeper level. Our friends at BERNINA interviewed Ricky on the floor of Houston to get that story, take a look at his career in quilting, and more.

That's right, not one, but TWO brand new exhibitions are now open at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY. The first, Quilts of Valor: Countdown to America250, "celebrates the semiquincentennial and features quilts that showcase custom QOV patriotic quilt panels commemorating this historic American milestone." While the second, Charles Cameron: A Curious Modern Quilter, shows how Cameron "employs curiosity to explore modern elements, color and value using a mix of precision and semi-improv techniques."

We are thrilled to share some exciting news—and invite you to be part of it! Ricky Tims’ quilt The Visitation has been selected by the committee of The Quilt Mural Project in Paducah, KY to become one of the larger-than-life murals on the city’s iconic floodwall. These extraordinary quilt murals are typically funded by a single benefactor or corporate sponsor. But this time, the honor has been given to all of us—the worldwide quilting community! Learn more about this amazing project and how you can contribute today!

You've now seen Ricky's Houston International Quilt Festival 2025 Best of Show winner, The Visitation. Now, learn the full story behind this outstanding quilt from Ricky himself as he takes you on the journey he went on to make it, from inspiration to creation.

On Monday, Alex Anderson and Bob Ruggiero of Quilts, Inc. announced the winners of the 2025 Houston International Quilt Festival, including The Quilt Show's Ricky Tims winning Best of Show. During the video presentation, there was error when announcing Pat Durbin's First Place win in the Naturescape category. While the winner was correct, Pat's quilt Glimpse Into the Forest, the wrong quilt was shown. This has been amended and we'd to again present the winners of the 2025 Houston International Quilt Festival (for those who haven't seen it, or would like to watch it again).

Julie Silber is a celebrated quilt historian, curator, and quilt broker, who has been a guest of The Quilt Show many times. Recently, she sat down with another guest of The Quilt Show, Patricia Belyea of Okan Arts, to discuss her life in quilting. Read about Julie's fascinating life in quilts, and see some lovely photos taken along the way.

From the International Quilt Festival: "Join Alex Anderson of TheQuiltShow.com and Bob Ruggiero of Quilts, Inc. as they reveal all the winners of the 2025 International Quilt Festival Judged Show! This Monday, September 15, 10 am PT/1 pm ET. Stream it on the Facebook & YouTube Channels of TheQuiltShow.com & International Quilt Festival! It will also be available for viewing afterwards. Good luck to all our finalists!" Can't wait for Monday? Relive the excitement of seeing Alex and Ricky Tims announce last year's winners for Houston International Quilt Festival 2024. Alex had a ball doing it last year, and is so excited to announce this year's too.

From the International Quilt Museum: "On Sept. 10, join us for a gallery talk of the exhibition “30 Variations and 2 Arias: A Tribute to JS Bach” with French quilt artist Anne Bellas! Learn about these incredible quilts from the artist and enjoy free access to the exhibition as well as refreshments. In this exhibition, Bellas reimagines Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” through a collection of 32 textile paintings, each corresponding to a single variation of the celebrated score. Using fabrics inherited from her great-grandmother—transformed through her own processes of dyeing and printing—Bellas creates works that merge personal memory with the universal language of music. The gallery talk will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 in the IQM’s Pumphrey Gallery."

From Ricky Tims: "The Colorado Quilting Council has their Quilt-a-Fair in September. I'm happy to announce that I have curated an exhibit of quilts from my personal collection for that show. Quilts by Yvonne Porcella, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Libby Lehman, David Taylor, Kestrel Michaud, Susan Cleveland, Pam Holland, Helen Godden, and many more. Most are miniature quilts, but several are larger. The event is September 25th, 26th, 27th at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Rd, in Longmont, CO."

A new exhibit entitled Light and Movement, focusing on the works of Marianne R. Williamson, is now open at the New England Quilt Museum. "Light and movement have been recurring themes in Williamson’s work for nearly 45 years since she embraced textiles as her artistic medium. Williamson’s work reflects a life dedicated to art and a mastery of diverse fiber art techniques." See these stunning quilts while you can, because the exhibit closes in less than a month.

Every year the Houston Quilt Festival puts up amazing exhibits highlighting different types and genres of quilts amongst the award winners. This year is no different, and Bob Ruggiero of Quilts, Inc. wanted to give you a sneak peek of one of the ones coming. He says, "One of the more interesting and thought-provoking exhibits will surely be “Soul Stories.” Curated by noted and innovative art quilters and instructors Luana Rubin and An Marshall, it features works by visionary art quilters who intertwine the narratives of human existence with a meaningful blend of myths, legends, archetypes, stories, spiritual influences, and science.​" Click through to learn more about the exhibit, and to see some of the quilts that will be featured as part of it.

From the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts​: "Rosemary Ollison: Know My heart features the complex textile oeuvre of Milwaukee-based artist Rosemary Ollison. In her eighties, Ollison has been making art in her home environment for thirty years. This exhibition will be Ollison’s first-ever solo museum exhibition."

From the National Quilt Museum: "Learn how Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s approach to designing eye-popping quilts with bold colors, shapes, and patterns is often inspired by flying 30,000 feet in the air! All this and more can be seen on the video of her artist talk for her exhibition, Option Expedition, which runs through September 9, 2025."

From the National Quilt Museum: "A testament to the survival of ancestral knowledge systems, the exhibition, Whiles I Yet Live: Matriarchy and Generational Exchange in Gee’s Bend presents a selection of over twenty quilts, spanning nearly a century of artistic practice within the community. This exhibition borrows its title from the 1955 song “Give Me My Flowers” by The Consolers, which inspired the later Christian Gospel performed by Reverend James Cleveland. The hymn was re-recorded by Boykin-based quilters Mary Ann Pettway, China Pettway, Lorene Pettway, and Nancy Pettway in 2016." Click through to find out more about the National Quilt Museum's stunning new exhibit.

The Frist Art Museum​ in Nashville, TN​ is currently showing the Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston​ exhibit, which showcases "nearly 50 remarkable examples of quilts and coverlets made from the 18th century up to 2021​." As part of that exhibit, you can see Virginia Jacobs’ Krakow Kabuki Waltz, "a monumental 7‑foot‑diameter quilted sphere."