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Featured Quilt - Second Place Small Quilts at QuiltCon 2025
Finding Balance by Ann Marston won Second Place - Small Quilts (Sponsored by Paper Pieces) at QuiltCon 2025. We think that Ann did the right thing by entering her quilt in the Small Quilts category, because not only is her quilt just 15" x 15", it features many, many tiny pieces as well. How many you ask? Oh, how about 900! She says of her quilt, "An exploration of tiny log cabins and finding balance with contrasting color values. Each log cabin is made with 25 pieces of fabric. Quilt top consists of 900 pieces of fabric. Foundation paper pieced and quilted by machine." |
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Collections Unboxing: Fanny Seward's Dress |
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Understanding a Piece of Historical Fashion
Do you recognize this dress? It belonged to Fanny Seward, beloved daughter of William H. Seward, the Secretary of State for both Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In this episode of Collections Unboxing, SHM Director of Collections and Exhibitions Emma Dailey shares a look at Fanny’s debutante dress as well as the history of debutante traditions around the world. Stay till the end to see a detailed walkthrough of this incredible outfit! |
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Texas Tech: Mid-19th Century Quilt |
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The Museum of Texas Tech University is celebrating the promised gift of the Lisa Erlandson 450 quilt collection with its current exhibit, Threads of Tradition: The Erlandson Collection of 18th and 19th Century Quilt, which continues through August 17, 2025. |
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One of the Erlandson collection quilts to come into the Museum is this beautiful square circa 1850s red and green quilt. Learn all about it in this latest article from the Museum of Texas Tech University.
Lisa has been a guest of The Quilt Show too, and you learn about her work with antique quilts by watching her in How to Prep Appliqué and Needleturn Appliqué with Irene Blanck | Vintage Appliqué Quilts with Lisa Erlandson. (To view Lisa's segment, click the box labeled Chapter 4 to the right of show)
(Above Photo: Central Medallion of Medallion Quilt, Gift of Lisa Erlandson, TTU-H2024-006-001.) |
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Go Tell It! Interview with Becky Glasby |
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Are You A Fan of Star Wars?
If you are, or even if you're not, we're sure you'll love what Star Wars fan Becky Glasby made that hung in the National Quilt Museum in 2024 as part of her solo exhibition, My Quilting Medley: Becky Glasby. Hear the story behind her Star Wars Trilogy quilts as part of the Go Tell It at the Quilt Show series from the Quilt Alliance. |
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In The Store - Beachcombers Fat Quarter Bundle from Robert Kaufman Fabrics |
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The Ocean Is Calling
Bring the beauty of the coast to your quilts with the Beachcombers collection from Artisan Batiks. These vibrant batik fabrics, featuring shells, sand dollars, and sea plants, capture the rich, serene colors of the ocean, and are perfect for your next quilting project. |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Taking A Little Peek |
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