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Featured Quilt - Second Place Small Wall Quilts: 1st Entry in an AQS Paducah Quilt Contest at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2025
Bee-ing Thankful for Sunflowers by Holly Batterman won Second Place - Small Wall Quilts: 1st Entry in an AQS Paducah Quilt Contest (Sponsored by YLI Threads) at AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah 2025. Holly says, "This quilt was made for the Beach Cities Quilters Guild (Mission Viejo, CA) Bee-Thankful quilt challenge. My quilt was inspired by photographs I took at our local community garden, which was buzzing with bees enjoying all the garden flowers, including huge sunflowers. The challenge required the use of a hexagon, a piece of twine, 2 charms, and three assigned fabrics. I quilted it using a sit-down longarm machine and embellished it with Swarovski crystals.
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Brandy Maslowski Demonstrates Hexie Variations |
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View Various Ways to Add Hexies to Your Next Project
Brandy Maslowski enjoys designing quilts that feature traditional patterns presented in a contemporary manner. She shares multiple approaches—including machine piecing, English paper piecing (EPP), fusing, and hand painting—for using a single shape, along with a monochromatic color scheme, to create a unified design across an entire quilt. She then discusses how your quilting can enhance the geometric design even further, all in our brand new show.
Learn from Brandy, and Merrily Parker, by watching her in Hexie Variations and Thread Exploration - Brandy Maslowski | New Possibilities with Sampler Quilts - Merrily Parker. |
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"You Made That?": The Quilting Adventures of Harvey Fierstein on Display in Ridgefield, Connecticut |
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A Triple Threat with a Talent for Quiltmaking
Lifetime Achievement Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein has many gifts, including being an award-winning playwright and actor for the stage and screen for his work in Torch Song Trilogy, Hairspray, La Cage aux Folles, and so much more. But did you also know that that this multi-talented individual is also an amazing quilter? For the first time, Harvey's quilts will be on display for three days as part of the exhibition, "You Made That?": The Quilting Adventures of Harvey Fierstein, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Come and see his fantastic quilts, and catch a glimpse of his creative prowess.
"You Made That?": The Quilting Adventures of Harvey Fierstein will be on display at the Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center in Ridgefield, Connecticut from July 25, 2025 through July 27, 2025.
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Textile Talks: Building Community Through Art - A Conversation With Da Vinci Art Alliance Textile Artists |
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"Building Intergenerational Community Through Art"
Presented by SAQA: "Based in Philadelphia, Da Vinci Art Alliance (DVAA) is an intergenerational artist collaborative. Their work promotes creativity as a tool to build collective resilience. This Textile Talk features DVAA fiber artists Gloria Davis, Richie Lopez, and Heather Marie Scholl. We’ll hear from each artist about their art practice and talk to DVAA Executive Director Samantha Connors about building intergenerational community through art."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 2 PM EDT. |
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In The Store - Big Island Blooms Quilt Kit |
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Stitch Up Some Island Elegance
The Big Island Blooms Quilt features the lush, painterly blues of Robert Kaufman’s Wild Vista collection. Designed by Whole Circle Studio, this striking quilt blooms with bold curves and tropical flair. |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Good Dog |
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"Sherri" by Sue Bleiweiss
Sherri was made by Sue for an exhibit at the Houston International Quilt Festival entitled It's Raining Cats and Dogs. Created in her coloring book fabric collage style, Sue's quilt was inspired by her dog Sherri, not by her mother-in-law who also happens to share the same name. To make sure this difference was clear, and there was no confusion around the holidays, Sue had to spell the name on the doghouse with an "i" instead of a "y".
See more of Sue's quilts in How to Do Fabric Dyeing and Collage Techniques with Sue Bleiweiss | Quilts with Meaning.
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