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Featured Quilt - Second Place American Patchwork & Quilting Transparency Quilting Challenge at QuiltCon 2025
Square Bloom by Jo Wollschlaeger won Second Place in the American Patchwork & Quilting Transparency Quilting Challenge at QuiltCon 2025. Jo created the quilt because she wanted to make something using one of Pantone's signature colors of the year. She says, "This quilt is a response to Pantone's 2024 color of the year, Peach Fuzz, a color I find very challenging. (I will never say a color is ugly, just challenging.) By stacking enough translucent peach squares on top of each other, I arrived at a deep, vibrant orange ... a color I love. The squares radiate out from the center, like the petals of a rose. The quilting echoes the 1/2" x 1/2" grid from the original layout."
Want to learn more about Peach Fuzz, the 2024 Pantone Color of the Year. Click the button below to find out what Pantone has to say about it, and why they chose it. |
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On The Set with Beth Cunningham and Michelle Freedman |
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You'll Be "Buggin'" Out When You See What's Coming Your Way
Beth Cunningham and Michelle Freedman are just two of the fresh faces making their first appearances on The Quilt Show this Sunday. But that doesn't mean they don't know a thing or two or twelve. They've got loads to share with you, including quilts made with "bugs" and plaid shirts. Don't get it yet? See if you can figure it out when you take a tour of The Quilt Show set.
Watch Beth and Michelle in Embroidery Stitches to Create Bugs and Words on Quilts with Beth Cunningham | Juna Star Quilt with Michelle Freedman, when it debuts this Sunday, April 20, 2025. |
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Explore The Bayeux Tapestry Online |
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See History Up Close Without Having to Travel
From the Bayeux Museum: "Discover the entire Bayeux Tapestry scene by scene and follow online the 70 meter-long embroidered canvas which tells the story of the conquest of England in 1066." |
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WeAllSew Tutorial: Machine Embroidered Bookmark |
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Keep Track of Where You Are In Style
Last week was National Library Week, and WeAllSew came up with a number of projects to celebrate. One that we just loved was this Machine Embroidered Bookmark from Kate Toney. Find out how you can create your own bookmark that's perfect for you, and then make some more as gifts for your friends. |
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Dee Christopher's New York Beauty Class Is Coming Soon |
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Create a Unique New York Beauty Quilt in Dee Christopher's FREE Interactive Facebook/YouTube Live Class, Starting April 26, 2025!
This six week "Choose Your Own Adventure" project allows you to select fabrics and create blocks from 5 unique patterns, arranging them into a layout that reflects your personal style for a beautiful, one-of-a-kind quilt.
Get your project supplies to make a 34" x 34" quilt. Dee recommends that you have:
- 1.5 yards or 10-12 fat quarters of low volume light fabrics for your quilt background
- 2.5 yards or 12-18 fat quarters for paper piecing and spikes
To make a larger quilt, you will (of course!) need additional fabrics.
No pattern purchase is necessary - the block patterns will be available as a FREE download when the class begins.
Tim Holtz fabrics were used in the quilt above. We still have a selection of these fabrics available in the store if you'd like to start gathering your fabrics before class begins. |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Flying "Jewel" |
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"Jewel of the Rainforest" by Phyllis Cullen
Sometimes Phyllis likes to make animal quilts in addition to her portrait quilts. One such quilt is Jewel of the Rainforest, which is part of her series focusing on the endemic birds of Hawaii, whose subject is the critically endangered Palila bird. The technique she used to create the birds is called improvisational impressionist, which means instead of painting with paint dobs she is painting with little pieces of fabric.
See more of Phyllis' quilts in Making Faces and Contour Quilting with Phyllis Cullen | Learn to Make a Hand Drawn Quilt Label with Lauren Vlcek. |
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