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"The Blue One" a quilt by Teresa Duryea Wong

Alex loved Teresa Duryea Wong's quilt, The Blue One, from their recent chat so much that we just had to learn more about it and share it with you.

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Making Mariya Waters and Gina Perkes-Tidwell's Quilt, "A Summer Christmas"

Did you see the PIQF 2021 Best of Show, A Summer Christmas, in our Friday Newsletter? If you did, you're probably wondering how Mariya Waters and Gina Perkes-Tidwell put together such an immaculate quilt. Well, Gina has been kind enough to provide us with some up close photos of Mariya's hand appliqué and her machine work on her BERNINA Q20 while they were putting it together. Come take a look and see an award-winning quilt being born.

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Natalya Khorover "Creates" Homes

Natalya Khorover makes amazing quilts based on a customer's input, for example photos of their homes, dogs, etc. You know she has to be good when Victoria Findlay Wolfe (Show 2002) and Pokey Bolton (Show 2711) ask to have one of her creations. See Victoria's home and Pokey's art barn created from repurposed items turned into beautiful quilts. 

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Learn All About Karlee Porter's Quilt, "Disparity"

Last month we featured Karlee Porter's award-winning quilt, Disparity, in our Featured Quilt Gallery. Now, Karlee has more information to share with you about the journey she went on to make this quilt. Plus, she has a coupon to get 25% off the design she used for the quilt top, or ANY other custom printed quilt tops from honestfabric.com!

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Twisted: Modern Quilts with a Vintage Twist - Special Exhibit Curated by Mary Kerr

Mary Kerr walks through her special exhibit, Twisted: Modern Quilts with a Vintage Twist, at AQS QuiltWeek – Des Moines 2017. See how Mary used pieces of vintage quilts to make new modern quilts and had them quilted by 20 longarm quilters.

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Bisa Butler on Creating New Narratives Through "Portrait Quilts"

From CBS This Morning"Artist Bisa Butler has been called a modern-day Griot – but instead of using words to tell stories, she uses stitches and cloth. Her quilts have graced the covers of magazines and she created the striking illustration for the soon-to-be-released book "Unbound," the memoir of activist and Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke. Nancy Chen reports."

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Stimulating, Gratifying, and Full of Joy - A Special Exhibit by Karen K. Stone

Karen K. Stone walks through her special exhibit, Stimulating, Gratifying, and Full of Joy, at AQS QuiltWeek in Daytona Beach 2016, and shares many techniques that she uses in making her quilts.

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Pieces Be With You: Quilts by Susan K. Cleveland

Take a walk with Susan K. Cleveland through her special exhibit, Pieces Be With You: Quilts by Susan K. Cleveland, at AQS QuiltWeek in Daytona Beach 2020. Learn how Susan made a quilt that didn't fit the rules of a contest... and what she did to make it fit those rules!

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Alaska Row by Row Quilt Update - Made by Gail Surrena

In Monday's newsletter we featured the Alaska Row by Row quilt, which was misidentified as being made by Janet Lutz. While Janet featured this quilt on our show all about the Row by Row phenomenon, it was actually made by Gail Surrena. Find out more about Gail's Alaska Row by Row and her journey with the project over time.

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Sue Benner's Almost Finished Abstract Quilts

We all love Sue Benner, but secretly, we may love her work even more. And she has provided us with some photos of three almost finished quilts that she wanted to share. These quilts were started on the set of Sue's show and were featured in the abstract design portion. Look and see how far along the've come since their inception.

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What is 5 Feet Wide and Has 392 Diamonds?

This fabulous quilt made between 1870 and 1890 in Paris, MO., which can be found in the DAR Museum. Take a look at the quilt, which looks just as modern today.

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Making Paula Doyle's Quilt, "Yukata Bee Quilting"

Now that you've seen Paula Doyle's fabulous new award-winning quilt, Yukata Bee Quilting, take a look and see the journey Paula took in making it through her own photos documenting the process.

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A Log Cabin Quilt Like Ricky Has Never Seen Before

While touring the International Patchwork Festival in Sitges, Ricky came across this remarkable log cabin quilt. He writes, "At the Spanish Patchwork Association show a log cabin quilt like I’ve never seen before." What does it look like? Take a gander for yourself and see if you agree with Ricky!

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Pam Holland's Portrait Quilt of Ricky Tims

Last year during a video chat with Ricky, Pam Holland revealed that she was working on a portrait quilt of the man himself. Well, she has now finished that quilt and it outstanding. Take a look for yourself and see if you can notice the resemblance.

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Sonya Lee Barrington's Levi's Quilts

Sonya Lee Barrington is quite the busy lady. In addition to working on all that she has going on, in the last year she took on a new project, salvaging THIRTY YEARS worth of Levi's jeans and turning them into fabulous quilts.

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Who Made This Quilt?

Alex took a picture of this quilt with her phone and would love to know more about it. Do you know who made this quilt?

 

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Sapphire Celebration - Houston Quilt Show's 45th Anniversary: "STOP! Ouvrons Les Yeux! (Stop! Let's open our eyes!)" by Annick Bouvier-Selwyn

We continue our selection of quilts exhibited in 2019 at the Houston International Quilt Festival as part of their 45th Anniversary, the Sapphire Anniversary with Annick Bouvier-Selwyn's quilt, STOP! Ouvrons Les Yeux! (Stop! Let's open our eyes!).

 

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"Halo Medallion" in Top 5 for Best of Show

Here at The Quilt Show we've always known that our Block Of the Month quilts were award winners, but for some they are ACTUAL award winners.

 

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"Never Say Never" a quilt by Laura Fraga

Laura was never going to make another "Dear Jane" quilt, but she did…using only two fabrics.

 

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SAQA Showcases Oceania with Virtual Exhibition, 2021 Annual Conference

The latest collection from SAQA’s Virtual Gallery Program, Impressions of Oceania From Around the World, highlights this vast region that comprises thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean, including Australia and New Zealand.

 

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