Sue Nickels' Judge's Choice at Houston 2025, Warrior Women with Renée Fleuranges-Valdes, Texas Tech: Red and Green Quilts, In The Store - Insulated Quilty Tumblers (Final Day To Order For Holiday Shipping), Memory Match Game, A "Woodlands" Puzzle

Welcome to Wednesday December 17, 2025

Featured Quilt - Sue Nickels' Judge's Choice Ribbon at Houston 2025

Visual Voyage by Inger Blood received Sue Nickels' Judge's Choice Ribbon (Sponsored by Organ Needles for Sewing, Knitting, and Felting) at Houston International Quilt Festival 2025. Using, with permission from Kari Schell, "On Point Quilter" as her design source, Inger explains how she created the look of Visual Voyage. "I experimented with modern design and gray values of cotton fabrics. Traditional star blocks and the surrounding area were designed in EQ8 and paper pieced. The black fabric is Radiance to create a crisp/shiny look."

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Warrior Women with Renée Fleuranges-Valdes

Quilts Built with Strength, Courage, and Resilience

Renée Fleuranges-Valdes begins by introducing a warrior woman—an embodiment of strength, courage, and resilience. To her, a warrior is not defined by conflict, but by the quiet power and grace she carries within. Every fabric choice becomes part of this woman's unfolding story. With care, Renée decides on each detail—the stance of the body, the flow of the hair, the adornments that speak to purpose and identity. Finally, she explores how different backgrounds can enhance or distract from the figure's narrative.

Learn from Renée, and Clara Cartwright, and by watching Self-Representing Quilts and Four Layer Quilting - Renée Fleuranges-Valdes | Freezer Paper Piecing - Clara Cartwright.

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Texas Tech: Red and Green Quilts

Two for One in Time for Christmas

The quilt for this December article should be red and green and the Museum at Texas Tech University has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to quilts with those colors. So, this month, they've decided to share two quilts.

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In The Store - Insulated Quilty Tumblers

FINAL DAY TO ORDER FOR HOLIDAY SHIPPING!

Keep your holiday sipping merry and bright with this cheeky 12 oz insulated tumbler, ready to keep your favorite beverage hot or cold for hours. Choose the sunny “Sew What” design or the festive “Dear Santa, Please Send Fabric” version—both perfect for adding a little quilty cheer to your celebrations.

See The "Dear Santa" Red Tumbler

See The "Sew What" Yellow Tumbler

Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game

Have you lost track of how much time you've spent playing Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game? Well, you'd have more of it if you finished the game faster. Play today and get your fastest time yet!

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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Meeting Woodland Friends

"Woodlands" by Emily Taylor

Inspired by and paying homage to her hometown of Salt Lake City, Woodlands is one of Emily's more recent quilts. Done in her trademark collage quilting style, you feel as if its centerpiece squirrel is almost going to come out and greet you.

See more of Emily's quilts in How to Make a Collage Quilt with Emily Taylor | THEIRstory Exhibit with Susanne Miller Jones.