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Featured Quilt - A Famous Landmark From Another View Point
Everyone sees things form different perspectives, and that's what makes everything so much more interesting. If I look at one thing one way, and then you tell me your view, I can see it in a whole new light. That's just what Andrea Barrett did with her quilt Eiffel Up, which looks at the world famous Eiffel Tower in Paris from another angle. Entered into the Abstract category (Sponsored by Sew Steady) of the 2024 Houston International Quilt Festival, here's how Andrea went about creating her quilt.
"How much can you change the image of an icon and still recognize the icon itself? Designed from a photo taken by my husband 17 years ago, this view of the Eiffel Tower was taken from an unusual perspective - underneath, looking up. Many years later, when I decided to make it a quilt, I rotated it (the sky is in the lower right), recolored it using digital tools, and enlarged it. It was pieced using my own foundation patterns drawn to scale." |
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Get To Know Bonnie Langenfeld |
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How Did Bonnie Get To Be Where She Is Today?
Fabric landscape artist and teacher Bonnie Langenfeld has been drawing and sketching since college, so it was no surprise that, early in her quilting journey, she quickly transitioned from piecing to appliqué. Learn about Bonnie's quilting journey, and why glue of all things is so important to it, along with seeing some of her quilts in the traditional show and tell segment of our latest show.
Learn from Bonnie, Michelle Freedman, and by watching Learn About Landscapes and Thread Sketching with Bonnie Langenfeld | The Magic Waffle Quilt with Michelle Freedman. |
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Alex Anderson LIVE: An Interview with Georgia Williams |
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"Visual Black History" at the 2024 Houston International Quilt Festival
Georgia Williams is an artist and historian who creates quilts that tell about black history. These are stories that may have never been known. Georgia tells us about her exhibit at the 2024 Houston International Quilt Festival, Visual Black History: Past, Present, and Future, and what she is trying (and succeeding) to convey to the audience. Great stories and great quilts. Join Alex in meeting this marvelous artist.
Alex is LIVE TODAY, December 23, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later. |
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Victoria and Albert Museum: A Brief History of Victorian Christmas Cards |
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Enjoy Their "Weird and Wonderful" History Just Before Christmas
From the Victoria and Albert Museum: "From dancing Christmas puddings, to a lobster snipping at a child, cats doing acrobatics and a dog postman with human hands – explore the wide selection of (sometimes unexpected) Victorian Christmas cards in the V&A's collection!" |
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New From Quilters Select - Poppie Cotton Cutting & Crafting Mat |
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Everything Looks Better In Pink
This Special Edition Poppie Cotton Mat has a rotary cutting surface on one side and a crafting surface on the other side, and its 22 x 34 inch size makes it perfect for protecting your work area while you make things. Also, did we mention its pink? |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Fierce Start to Competition Quilting |
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"The Dragon" by Karen Kay Buckley
The Dragon is one of Karen's first competition quilts. She entered her first major quilt competition in the spring of 1991. The Dragon received a first place in one show and second place in another. It was truly the start of Karen designing her own quilts and entering many more shows.
See more of Karen's quilts in Applique Tips from Karen Kay Buckley | Meet Textile Conservator Lynn Gorges.
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