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Featured Quilt - Take it for a Spin!
Spin Cycle by Candi Lennox was started during a workshop with Cindy Grisdela. She initially started working with a limited color palette of blues and greens, but by the end of the six-hour class, she was over those selections and started to add her favorite yellows and oranges when she got home. The blocks were cut freehand and the composition was improvisationally designed on her design wall and pieced.
Spin Cycle was part of the Abstract category (sponsored by Sew Steady) at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2024.
If you'd like to learn more about Cindy Grisdela's work, you can watch her in How to Do an Improv Puzzle Quilt and Improv Curved Piecing with Cindy Grisdela. |
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Conserving the Emperor's Carpet |
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A 3-Year Long Project at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
From the Met:
The magnificent sixteenth-century Emperor's Carpet from Safavid Iran was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum in 1941, but its condition was so fragile that it was only displayed for public twice over the next sixty years. This video documents the ambitious three-year conservation program that was launched in 2006 to stabilize the condition of the carpet so its lustrous wools and dazzling colors can be displayed the Museum on a regular basis. |
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WeAllSew Tutorial: Mini Coin Purse |
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A Quick Gift Idea for Valentine's Day
This adorable mini coin purse from Minki Kim at WeAllSew.com is a great way to use up scraps and do just a smidgin of handwork all while creating a cute Valentine's gift.
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Texas Tech: Lighting the New Year with the Lantern Quilt |
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See Different Variations of the Lantern Quilt
Learn about various Lantern Quilts including Hubert Ver Mehren's design and another made by Florence Love around 1935-1945 which was donated to the museum.
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New In The Store - Lots of Tim Holtz Fabrics... |
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(And A Few Bundles) Just Added To The Store!
Tim Holtz is known for his innovative and eclectic style that blends vintage charm with a modern edge, inspiring creativity with rich textures, intricate patterns, and nostalgic motifs that add character and timeless appeal to your projects. Shop more than 50 fabrics, or simplify your choice with our curated bundles!
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: What Are You Looking At?
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"The Strangest Vase That Ever Was" by Alethea Ballard
For The Strangest Vase That Ever Was, Alethea used fabric from the "Ghastlies" series, which features a sardonic family, to create this rather unusual quilt. If you look at each member of the family, and all around the quilt, someone always has their eyes looking at someone else. So you better keep an eye out, because someone's eye may just be on you.
See more of Alethea's quilts in Collage Quilts with Alethea Ballard | Floor Canvases with Tami Pfeil. |
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What's In Your Basket?
Here at The Quilt Show we don't put all our eggs (or flowers) in one basket. We spread them out into shows, videos, LIVEs, classes, projects, and more. It's a lot of eggs for only $49 a year... actually that might be cheaper then henhouse eggs right now... Won't you join us? |
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