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Featured Quilt - A Twist on Tradition
Ripple Effect by Nancy Messuri was featured in the A Twist on Tradition - Modern Quilts! Exhibit at the 2023 Houston International Quilt Festival. Nancy says of her quilt, "I took a course on optical illusion quilts, and one of the techniques was to play with block sizes. I just happened to drop the Cut Glass Dish block into the existing blocks and was amazed at how well it worked. I played with color for quite a while before ending up with this design. The border was an afterthought, but I love how it makes the design stretch."
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On The Set With Jen Kingwell |
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The First Visit to the Set for a Whole New Series of Quilt Shows
Join Alex and Ricky as they welcome Jen Kingwell, our 2024 Block Of the Month designer, to the set of The Quilt Show. Go behind the scenes as Jen shows off Pick a Petal, the 2024 BOM, and demonstrates hand piecing, including how to utilize templates, and how to use embroidery stitches when quilting by hand.
Watch Jen in Block of the Month Quilt 2024 Pick a Petal by Jen Kingwell, when it debuts this Sunday, December 31, 2023.
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Our Quilting Masterclasses Are Still FREE to Watch!
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There's Still Time to Watch All of Them Before The Deadline
Through January 2, 2024, we have opened up to everyone for FREE our Masterclass series of shows, offering some of the best piecing, applique, quilting and handwork techniques, tips and tricks from the expert guests and artists on The Quilt Show. You can learn all you ever wanted to know about quilting from some of our top talented teachers.
These Quilting Masterclasses are usually only available to our Star Members, so be sure to watch them all before FREE access ends on January 2, 2024!
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Sunday is the Last Day To Download the 2023 BOM - "Homeward Bound" by Sarah Fielke
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PLEASE NOTE: The Quilt Show will no longer have access to the patterns for the 2023 Block Of the Month, Homeward Bound designed by
Sarah Fielke, after Sunday December 31, 2023. If you haven't already downloaded this Month's, or any of the previous month's patterns yet, please do so now as we will no longer be able to provide them after that date. All the patterns have been placed into one document for your convenience to download.
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There's Still to Sign Up For Ricky Tims' 2024 Smart Phone Photography Challenge
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But The Window to Sign Up is Closing Soon
Ricky's 2024 Smart Phone Challenge Group starts this Sunday December 31, 2023 with the first challenge, but you can still register to participate after that has begun. Registration for the group is open from now until January 6, 2024 for just $129 for the entire year.
Join Ricky for a year-long series of challenges combined with 10 "lessons" for Smart Phone users, available for both iPhone and Android. There will be 52 challenge topics issued, one each Sunday for the entire year.
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New In The Store - Charley Harper Organic Cotton Fat Quarter Bundles from Birch Fabrics
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Two Distinct and Fun Charley Harper Bundles Are Available
End Papers is a delightful collection featuring Charley Harper's illustrated animals from his "Animal Kingdom" book. These sweet creatures grace the end papers at both the beginning and end covers, giving the collection its whimsical name.
Charley's artistic legacy also shines in the stunning collection of bird prints entitled Ford Times Birds Vol 1. The designs were curated by Birch Fabrics from the hundreds of illustrations Charley created for Ford Times magazine, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: An Abstract Bird
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"Whooper" by Pat Bishop
Leaning more into her abstract sensibilities, Whooper features a whooping crane as its central figure, but both it and the background are somewhat deconstructed into the simpler shapes of an abstract quilt rather than the more realistic designs seen in a standard pictorial quilt. Pat says about her inspiration for the quilt, "Whooping cranes are coming back from extinction thanks to the Crane Foundation of Baraboo, WI where my cousin, Mary Kay Baum took a photo I used to inspire this piece."
See more of Pat's quilts in How to Abstract an Image or Landscape Quilt with Pat Bishop | Using Pre-Cuts with Tracy Mooney.
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