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Welcome to Wednesday - July 30, 2025 |
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Featured Quilt - Akiko Yoshimizu's Creative and Captivating "Cherry Blossom"
On Monday's LIVE, Alex interviewed Teresa Duryea Wong about "Kawaii, a culture of cuteness in Japan that is so pervasive it has its own name." During their discussion about Teresa's new book that she co-authored with Naomi Ichikawa, Kawaii Applique Quilts from Japan, Alex mentioned that one of the quilts that she loved and was blown away by from the book was Cherry Blossom by Akiko Yoshimizu. Akiko's quilt is a beautiful representation of the Kawaii style, which normally are "appliqué quilts made with tiny pieces, typically tens of thousands of carefully manipulated bits of fabric in one quilt."
Cherry Blossom itself won First Place in the Appliqué category at Houston International Quilt Festival 2022. Akiko says of her work, "I wanted to create a quilt with many girls on a pink background. Each of them has various faces with different hairstyles, clothes, and suited bags. There are 640 of them. It took a lot of time and effort to gather and arrange the fabrics to make the background a pink gradation. I hope this will make you feel gorgeous, as if cherry blossoms are in full bloom, or make you smile and feel kind." |
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Lynette S. Warren Demos Hand Quilting Techniques |
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Alex Anderson LIVE: "Wishes" - Class 09 |
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Thoughts on Finishing
It's time to finish the Wishes wallhanging. Finishing any project can be a challenge, so Alex is here to tell you how she finished hers and has some thoughts to share with you too.
Alex is LIVE TODAY, July 30, 2025 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later. |
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In Memoriam - Shelly Zegart, Co-Founder of the Quilt Alliance |
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From the Quilt Alliance: "Shelly Zegart, one of the founding visionaries of the Alliance for American Quilts (Quilt Alliance), died at home in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 22, 2025, after succumbing to a brief but grave illness. Shelly’s contributions to the scholarly world of quilts are remarkable, and her loss is deeply felt."
Click through to learn more about Shelly, her role in the creation of the Quilt Alliance, and her contributions to the scholarly world of quilts. |
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Win a Once-in-a-Lifetime Quilting Experience! |
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Be The Envy of All Your Friends
Finish your Odette Quilt top and you could win an unforgettable prize — your quilt professionally quilted by Ricky Tims using his exclusive OESD designs created just for this project!
Ricky is an award-winning quilter, designer, author, teacher, and musician — and now your quilt could be finished by his expert hands.
Our lucky winner will provide their completed Odette Quilt top and backing, and we’ll take care of the rest — including batting, round-trip shipping, and professional quilting by Ricky Tims himself using his exclusive OESD designs. This incredible prize is valued at $1700.
To enter, simply finish your quilt and submit it on our contest entry page by September 30, 2025. A lucky winner will be chosen at random on October 1, 2025. (Contest Entry Page will be available soon)
Kits are still available! Get all the materials you need to make the Odette Quilt right here at The Quilt Show store. Don’t miss this rare chance to have your work quilted by a legend!
Deadline to enter your completed Odette Quilt top is September 30, 2025. Winning quilt top must be received by Ricky no later than October 31, 2025. The winning quilt top will be quilted but not bound, and sent back to the maker on or before January 31, 2026. No purchase necessary to win. Chances of winning 1:200. |
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game |
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Once you've played Jinny Beyer's Memory Match, do you challenge yourself to try and make any of the blocks you've discovered? |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Lovely Tribute |
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"Swan's Song" by Lisa Calle
Swan's Song is a whole cloth quilt that Lisa made in remembrance for her father after he passed away. His initials are quilted in the center, and the teardrops that surround it and spread outwards represent his children, his grandchildren, and his wife. It features the quilting motifs Lisa used in Swan's Song's companion quilt, Swan's Journey, which she made for her father while he was battling his illness.
See more of Lisa's quilts in Longarm Quilting Designs with Lisa Calle | How to do Bojagi with Youngmin Lee.
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