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Featured Quilt - The eQuilter.com Master Award for Machine Artistry at Houston 2024
Butterflies, Bees & AlphabeTrees by Janet Stone won The eQuilter.com Master Award for Machine Artistry at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2024. This quilt, like so many of Janet's, is a multiple award-winner. In addition to its most recent prize, it has also taken home Best Stationary Machine Workmanship Award at AQS QuiltWeek 2023 in Branson, MO, and Viewer's Choice at the 2022 QuiltFest in New England.
The spark of the idea for this quilt is something that Janet has been hanging onto for a long time, waiting for the perfect quilt to execute it. She says, “I have had the word ‘AlphabeTrees’ in my head for a while and always wanted to make a quilt featuring trees to use that word. The gold letters were free-motion embroidered, and the cream-colored backgrounds were appliquéd using a decorative stitch.”
Be sure to quilt the Quilt Video tab on the gallery page to watch Bonnie Browning and Janet have a spirited discussion about the creation of her quilt on the floor of AQS QuiltWeek 2023 in Branson, MO right after it won its award there.
And if you just can't get enough of Janet and her whimsical quilts, learn more from her right here on The Quilt Show by watching Block of the Month Quilt 2014 A-Z for Ewe and Me! by Janet Stone. |
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Join Ricky Tims' Mad Adders 2024-25 Class |
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It's Like a Virtual Worldwide Tea Party for Quilters!
From Ricky Tims: "What Is Mad Adders? Mad Adders is a concept to create a wall quilt, primarily created using patchwork, in a round-robin fashion. Six individuals each provide a starter piece and each participant adds to it. The originator should not see their project until the reveal party. After the reveal party, the originator may then alter, change, or add to their quilt top and then finish it as desired."
Click through to find out more about the class and how to put your team of six quilters together.
Class starts November 6, 2024. Please register by October 31, 2024 or sooner as enrollment is limited. |
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WeAllSew Tutorial: How To Free-Motion Quilt a Turkey |
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Time To Start Practicing Your Turkeys
Thanksgiving is a little more than a month away, which leaves plenty of time to get your decorations ready for when company comes to visit. How will you adorn your house? Perhaps a nice tablecloth or quilt, and maybe that tablecloth or quilt has a few turkeys hiding in it. How would you add such turkeys? Lori Kennedy at WeAllSew will show you how. She says, "Stitch the adorable, Turkey Tom on your next quilt! He looks great in the center of a block, or stitch a flock of gobblers in a row to fill a border." |
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Halloween Inspiration: The Costumes of Bridgerton |
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Taking Patterns to The Palace
It looks like the pattern companies have learned that Netflix's Bridgerton is a phenomenon and have begun to create costumes and designs inspired by the show's vision of regal fashion mixed with a modern aesthetic. To get an idea how a company like Simplicity would create a look like this, go straight to the source and see how the costumes for Bridgerton were created with an inside look from Costume Designer Ellen Mirojnick. Watch the video and be inspired when making your own dress, whether it be for this coming Halloween or a special occasion. |
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Sparkle & Shine Half Yard Bundle by Natalie Barns for Anthology Fabrics |
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Candy Land Half Yard Bundle by Mirah Batiks for Parkside Fabrics |
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We're Having A Batik Bonanza In Our Store
Their vibrant colors and unique patterns make each piece one-of-a-kind. Plus, since Batiks have no wrong side, they're super easy and versatile to work with. Why not give them a try? |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Whirlwind of Batiks |
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