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Featured Quilt - Best Use of Color at AQS QuiltWeek Daytona Beach 2025
Watermelon Sugar by Amy Pabst won Best Use of Color at AQS QuiltWeek Daytona Beach 2025. While not her first quilt to feature many tiny pieces, it is certainly one of her largest as it measures 49” x 60”. Amy says, "There are over 15,000 pieces in this quilt. Fabrics include velvets, silks, silk blends, linen blends, synthetics, and commercial cottons. There are a lot of discharged cottons and a little hand painted fabric, and even some upcycled bridesmaid dresses."
Watermelon Sugar also won First Place - Pieced (Sponsored by Road to California, Inc.) at Road to California 2025. Congratulations Amy!
See how Amy creates her incredible quilts along with a host of other techniques by watching her visit to The Quilt Show in Foundation Piecing Miniature Log Cabins with Amy Pabst | How to Do Embroidery on Silk with Alex Anderson.
(Quilt and Detail Photos from Amy's Instagram: @amymakesquilts) |
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Quilt Backings with Alex Anderson |
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Time To Bring the (Quilt) Back to the Forefront
We often neglect the significance of the quilt backing, but Alex wants to shift your focus to this often-overlooked aspect in our brand new show. While much of our attention goes to the front, it's equally important to consider the types of batting, colors, and backing fabric choices for the back side of your quilt project.
Learn from Alex, and Ann Feitelson, by watching Half Circles, Stripes, and Gradation Color Sequences with Ann Feitelson | Quilt Backs with Alex Anderson. |
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WeAllSew Tutorial: Free Motion Quilting Nora’s Rose |
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Feel That Floral Feeling Flow Through You
Today, March 12th, is National Plant a Flower Day, and the folks at WeAllSew have some flower-themed projects that are perfect for today. One of those is a tutorial from Lori Kennedy where she teaches you how to Free Motion Quilt Nora’s Rose. Find out how to add this free-motion floral design that "is easier to stitch than it looks" to your next work of art. |
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In The Store - The Bird Watcher Wool Appliqué Kit |
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Pre-Cut Wool Appliqué Kit |
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Bring Bird Watching Skills Inside
This lovely 12 block kit makes a perfectly relaxing sew-at-your-own-pace project. Made with beautiful premium virgin Australian merino wool, all of the bird shapes are pre-cut and ready to appliqué! |
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game |
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Are you learning all the names of the blocks in Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game? Can you believe how many different blocks there are? Play the game and keep on learning! |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Wearing Your Heart on a Sleeve |
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"Tatted Hearts" by Cheryl L. See
With Tatted Hearts, Cheryl wanted to show people that even though she was a hand quilter, the quilting she does doesn't have to just be traditional, it can be very innovative. The quilt uses a whole pile of Cheryl's great-grandmother's hand-tatted lace. This allowed her to take something old and make it modern looking. Cheryl hid a lot of things within the quilting itself, like eyeballs, teeth, clocks, and more.
See more of Cheryl's quilts in How to Piece Hexagons and Diamonds with Cheryl L See.
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