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Featured Quilt - The Master Award for Thread Artistry Houston International Quilt Festival 2025
Tonight is Preview Night for the 2025 Houston International Quilt Festival, with the official start being tomorrow, and we have another spectacular award-winning quilt straight from the show floor to share with you. Family by Yoshiyuki Ishizaki won the Master Award for Thread Artistry (Sponsored by AllBrands.com) at the show and has so many delightful things to admire that have been enhanced by Yoshiyuki's wonderful hand appliqué and embroidery. She says, "Adding embroidery to appliqué makes all the difference. It seems like the more effort that goes into it, the more gorgeous it becomes."
The 2025 Houston International Quilt Festival begins tonight with Preview Night, and then runs from October 9, 2025 through October 12, 2025 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. |
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Quilting Mandalas with Dorie Hruska |
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Hit The Mark on Making Quilted Mandalas
During the pandemic, 23-year professional machine quilter Dorie Hruska transitioned from teaching six in-person classes to offering 12-month pre-recorded courses focused on building machine quilting skills. Her Quilted Mandala Club gives students the opportunity to practice a wide range of techniques.
In our latest show, after covering essential tools, Dorie shares tips for adding dimension and texture to a mandala quilt sandwich by stitching a flower center, successive rows of petals, and row designs.
Learn from Dorie, and Lynn Czaban, by watching Self Portrait Design and Contour Quilting with Lynn Czaban | Machine Quilted Mandalas with Dorie Hruska. |
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The SAQA Benefit Auction for 2025 is Still Live |
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It Might Say Oct 5, But It’s Not Over Yet!
From SAQA: "SAQA’s 2025 Benefit Auction has some more time on the clock, which gives you a chance to claim an art quilt for yourself or a loved one—and the price until they’re gone is just $100 apiece." |
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Grab Your Bundles and Join our Quilting By The Book Adventure with Dee Christopher |
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You’ll Learn to Create Multiple Stunning Quilts while Picking up Practical Color Theory Tips Along the Way!
Join Dee Christopher for this FREE, multi-week series based on Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers — watch the first class recording now, then follow along live on Facebook or YouTube (or catch the replays anytime) as Dee shares tips, color theory, and step-by-step guidance to bring your quilts to life.
The Lower the Volume Bundle from Blank Quilting gives you whimsical low-volume backgrounds, while the Gentler Times Bundle from Riley Blake adds a rainbow of vintage-inspired blenders—perfect for the colorful quilts you’ll learn to make in class. |
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game |
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How impressive is your time to finish Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game? Why not play again today and get an even better one? |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Baskets Full of Letters |
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"Letter Carriers" by Janet Stone
Letter Carriers, won First Place - Mixed Technique at the 2013 Houston International Quilt Festival. Always a fan of basket blocks, Janet wanted to incorporate some into a quilt. Coming up with the title Letter Carriers before she even made the quilt, she had the idea of making bias strips and actually weaving them to look like baskets. Trying one and finding out it was not as difficult to execute as she thought, she proceeded with the project and Letter Carriers came to be. A play on words, like many of Janet's quilt titles, the baskets she made ended up holding "actual" letters, i.e. A,B,C, etc., so the quilt features literal letter carriers.
See more of Janet's quilts in Block of the Month Quilt 2014 A-Z for Ewe and Me! by Janet Stone.
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