Marie White Masterpiece Award - Road to California 2025, Get To Know Wen Redmond, How to Free-Motion Quilt an Anchor Motif, In The Store - 'Dots' 108 Inch Quilt Back By The Yard from Kimberbell, Memory Match Game, A Puzzle That Plays with "Blocks"

Welcome to Wednesday - January 29, 2025

Featured Quilt - Marie White Masterpiece Award at Road to California 2025

Automne, the multiple award-winning quilt by Colette Dumont, took home a big award at Road to California 2025 this past weekend. Not a quilt to rest on its laurels, having already won Best Wall Quilt Award at 2024 AQS QuiltWeek - Branson, Second Place - Wall Quilts – Stationary Machine Quilted at 2024 AQS QuiltWeek in Daytona Beach, Colette's quilt received the Marie White Masterpiece Award (Sponsored Moore's Sewing Center) at Road to California 2025.

While being named for the Autumn season, you could say that Automne is a quilt for all seasons. Featuring thousands of beautiful beads and stunning cut outs, Colette says of her work, "Nature in autumn is full of colors so that inspired me for this quilt, winter follows next and the beaded border represents it with the colors of Christmas, white, red and green."

Learn from Colette right here at The Quilt Show by watching How to Do Stained Glass Quilts with Lamé and Beaded Borders with Colette Dumont | Button Embroidery with Alex Anderson.

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Get To Know Wen Redmond

Find Out How Wen Got To Where She Is Today

Known for her experimental approach to fiber art, Wen Redmond is a former home economics teacher who encouraged her students to think beyond traditional sewing by introducing soft sculptural forms. Wen later used her newly acquired computer skills to merge photography with fiber. Although her background is in traditional quilting, Wen swiftly transitioned to art quilting, with nature playing a profound and consistent influence on her. Take a look at her quilts and see how Wen views art as a dialogue of collage through photography and encourages each of us to listen to our inner voice.

Learn from Wen, and Ricky Tims, by watching Create Holographic and Textured Images with Wen Redmond | Spider Web Quilt Block with Ricky Tims.

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WeAllSew Tutorial: How to Free-Motion Quilt an Anchor Motif

Anchors Aweigh, Quilters!

It’s all hands on-deck as Lori Kennedy at WeAllSew gives you step-by-step instructions for stitching a row of anchors to fill a border.

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In The Store - 'Dots' 108 Inch Quilt Back By The Yard from Kimberbell

Is This the Perfect Neutral Quilt Back?

It doesn't require seaming, it's non-directional so it can't get misaligned, and the pattern and color are so versatile! Try out the 'Dots' 108 Inch Quilt Back By The Yard from Kimberbell in your next quilt.

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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game

Are you a stranger to Jinny Beyer's Memory Match? You don't need to be. All you've got to do is match two quilt blocks together and you're on your way to being a Memory Match expert!

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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Building Up The "Blocks"

"Playing with Blocks" by Marci Baker

Playing with Blocks features, you guessed it, the tumbling block as its central design concept. To create the 3-Dimensional effect of the blocks falling down the quilt, Marci chose appropriate light, medium, and dark fabrics so that each block would stand out. What is maybe more impressive than the illusionary element of Marci's quilt, is the fact that she created the quilt top in six hours by strip piecing it.

See more of Marci's quilts in How to Make a T-Shirt Quilt with Marci Baker | Hollow Cube Quilt Block | Tumbling Block.