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Featured Quilt - You'll Go "Cuckoo" For This Quilt
Known for her inventive style of quilting that feature influences from Van Gogh, Gauguin, Gaudi, mexican folk art, pin-up art, and more, you never know what kind of quilt you're going to get from Alethea Ballard. One of her latest, recently featured at the 2024 Pacific International Quilt Festival, might actually drive you "cuckoo".
Cuckoo Time #3 is exactly the type of quilt you'd expect from Alethea, and comes with its own backstory too. She says, "Some awfully fierce birds have invaded the space of my cuckoo clock with their big beady eyes and their ominous agenda! Life is always like that, isn't it? You're going along, day by day, with your cuckoo clock ticking and chiming away. Then, a bird alights on it and brings a big ol' friend along. Well, just dang it! My cukoo is cuckooed AGAIN!"
If you love Alethea's work, see even more of it right here at The Quilt Show and learn from her by watching Collage Quilts with Alethea Ballard | Floor Canvases with Tami Pfeil. |
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The Long History of Poppy Quilts with Nancy Bavor |
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Learn About The Past Lives of Poppy Quilts
Nancy Bavor, American Quilter's Society Appraiser & Director Emerita of San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, discusses the history and popularity of Poppy quilts in the 20th century by sharing examples from different time periods on our latest show. She also discusses the American Quilt Study Group that provides numerous resources for those looking to learn more about the history of quilting.
Learn from Nancy, and Kathryn Pellman, by watching them in How to Make Fabric Fashionistas and Word Salad with Kathryn Pellman | Poppy Quilts with Nancy Bavor. |
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Alex Anderson LIVE: Circles - Part 4 |
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Appliqué The Rosa Rojas Way
Rosa Rojas was learning to appliqué and decided there must be a better way. So, she came up with the Apliquick method and tools. Alex was hesitant at first, but became a big advocate for Appliqué the Rosa Rojas Way.
Alex is LIVE TODAY, September 25, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later. |
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In The Store - 60 Degree Diamond Ruler from Quilters Select |
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It's SO Versatile and You Need It For Your Tool Box!
The Quilters Select 60 Degree Diamond Ruler is a must-have for your toolbox! Use it to cut multiple shapes with precision, fussy cut perfectly with no slipping, and create a wide variety of quilt designs.
Watch Dee Christopher's 60 Degree Diamond Ruler Class and see how she uses it! |
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game |
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What's your best time? Two minutes? Ten minutes? See if you can put all the blocks together in record time and learn a few things in the process by playing Jinny Beyer's Memory Match. |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Just Scrolling Through |
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"Scroll Voluptuous" by Cara Gulati
Scroll Voluptuous is part of Cara's 3-D Explosion series of quilts. To achieve the 3-D effect in this quilt, which is the namesake scrolls surrounding the center design, Cara utilized the directionality of striped fabric to play with the eye's ability to distinguish the design, allowing the illusion of the 3-D scroll to be seen even though it isn't realistic. The second "Voluptuous" part of the title comes from the previously mentioned central designs and the voluptuous appliqué that Cara has used to quilt her quilt.
See more of Cara's quilts in How to Sew Curves with Cara Gulati | Machine Quilting Tips. |
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