Second Place - Piecing at QuiltCon 2025, Phyllis Cullen Demonstrates Facial Contour Quilting, SewVeryEasy Tutorial: Peter Rabbit Quilt, In The Store - ClothBitties by It's Sew Emma, Memory

Welcome to Wednesday - April 9, 2025

Featured Quilt - Second Place Piecing at QuiltCon 2025

Electric Slide by Steph Skardal won Second Place - Piecing (Sponsored by Aurifil) at QuiltCon 2025. Steph says, "Electric Slide is the second in a series of exploration of curved foundation paper piecing at a very narrow size in an original composition. It features high contrasting colors to draw the eye to the piecing. It was quilted on a long arm along the horizontal pieced lines and on a domestic machine quilting lines along the shapes of the quilt."

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Phyllis Cullen Demonstrates Facial Contour Quilting

Creating Contours to Bring Faces to Life

Phyllis Cullen starts off her demonstration of Facial Contour Quilting by discussing the six planes of the face, explaining that drawing lines along the natural contours adds dimension and depth to the individual. She notes that careful choices in thread color, type, and tone lead to more realistic skin tones, shadows, and hair color. Plus, you'll learn how to bring life to the eye with paint pens.

Learn from Phyllis, and Lauren Vlcek, by watching Making Faces and Contour Quilting with Phyllis Cullen | Learn to Make a Hand Drawn Quilt Label with Lauren Vlcek.

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SewVeryEasy Tutorial: Peter Rabbit Quilt

Bring Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter To Life In This Fun Quilt

Laura Ann Coia at SewVeryEasy has the perfect quilt for you to make this month. Just in time for Easter holiday, she'll show you how to make a Peter Rabbit and Friends Panel Quilt, inspired by the stories of Beatrix Potter, using a FREE pattern from Riley Blake Designs.

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In The Store - ClothBitties by It's Sew Emma

Secure Your Fabric While You Sew

Isn’t it frustrating when your excess fabric keeps getting in the way during handwork? ClothBitties eliminate that hassle by neatly rolling and securing fabric out of your way while you stitch, plus they double as a needle minder and scissors holder!

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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game

It's Wednesday, so that must mean it's time for Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game! How many quilt blocks do you think Jinny included in all of her games? Play the game and start counting.

Play The Game

The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Blooming Desert Beauty

"Desert's Glory" by Lois Podolny

In Arizona there is a cactus called the night-blooming cereus, and when Lois moved there and saw the flower from the cactus for the very first time, she spent three days taking pictures of it. The result of that photo-taking excursion was Desert's Glory. This was a game-changing quilt for her as she started quilting images into the background with this quilt. Lois feels that making Desert's Glory turned her into a real art quilter. It won Best Machine Workmanship at AQS Lancaster 2013.

See more of Lois' quilts in How to Do Machine Quilting with Lois Podolny and Nancy Arseneault.