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Featured Quilt - First Place Pictorial Small at Houston 2024
El Legado De Los Maestros by Eva Garmendia, which translates to "the legacy of the masters", won First Place - Pictorial Small (Sponsored by AllBrands.com) at Houston International Quilt Festival 2024. Eva says of her quilt, "This is a photo of the library of the Mafra Palace in Portugal, and I wanted to pay a small tribute to Jinny Beyer by placing one of her wonderful books on the lectern. I have not used any paint as it is a challenge for me to achieve the greatest realism using only fabrics. All the pieces were hand-cut."
As to what she used as a design source to create her stunning realistic quilt, Eva had this to say: "The background image is a free access wallpaper from the 1ZOOM.ME page, and I have modified the book stand by inserting an image from Jinny Beyer's Handmade Quilts book (used with permission)." |
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Learn How to Block Print with Mel Beach |
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A Fun and Inventive Way to Personalize Your Creations
Mel Beach has been enthusiastic about carving her own printing blocks since she took her first class in 2021. She finds the process highly addictive and has since created hundreds of hand-carved blocks. Mel begins by demonstrating the block printing tools and explains the process of carving, creating positive and negative designs. She then shares how orientation marks help with ghost printing and re-printing with lighter values.
Learn from Mel, Lynn Koolish, Sujata Shah, and Pati Fried by watching Ice Dyeing with Lynn Koolish, Lattice Blocks with Sujata Shah, Block Prints with Mel Beach, Fabric Books with Pati Fried. |
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Contribute to the Quilt Alliance's 2024 Giving Quilt |
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Support The Quilt Alliance's Hurricane Helene Recovery Effort
Due to the unprecedented nature of the effects of Hurricane Helene, the Quilt Alliance lost many of their paper records, quilts, exhibition and documentation equipment, and supplies due to flood damage to their storage space in Asheville, NC. Due to this loss, the Quilt Alliance will take some time to get back on its feet, but is already making strides to get there. Please consider donating to their 2024 Giving Quilt, which will go towards maintaining and improving access to projects like QSOS, Go Tell It, and so much more in the recovery effort. |
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Textile Talks: Go Tell It - Quilt Stories from the Quilts of Valor Foundation |
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Valiant Valor Quilts Shared Thanks to the Quilt Alliance
Presented by the Quilt Alliance: "Join us for a screening of Go Tell It quilt documentation videos recorded by Quilts of Valor Foundation volunteers in 2023. QOVF executive director Lexie Millikan and board president Lauri Leirdahl will join QA director Amy Milne for a follow-up discussion about why documentation is important to the QOVF."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 2 PM EDT**.
**Note time change for Daylight Saving |
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In The Store - Sewing Machine Cleaning Brushes by Quilt in a Day |
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Clean Your Machine With Ease
Get your sewing machine squeaky clean with Sewing Machine Cleaning Brushes. These brushes can bend to maneuver into tight areas, and are perfect to clean those hard-to-reach areas.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Nature Inspired BOM |
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"Hosta BOM" by Jayme Crow
This is Jayme Crow's first Block of the Month and is based on her secret garden full of Hostas. She says, "Beautiful fabrics and embroidery threads make the fused appliqué hosta leaves come to life! Real hosta leaves provided the inspiration and the designs were executed with careful attention to fabric & thread color choices."
See more of Jayme's quilts in Quilting Techniques with Jayme Crow | Straight Line Quilting with Alex Anderson. |
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