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September 2, 2024 |
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Featured Quilt - The BERNINA Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award at PIQF 2024
You may have heard of Kestrel Michaud and her fantastic quilts that combine fantasy, amazing quilting, and all-around fun. The One That Got Away, her latest quilt making the rounds at award shows, won The BERNINA Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award at Pacific International Quilt Festival 2024 last month. This quilt, featuring a high-concept story and 2094 individual fabric pieces, just needs to be seen to be believed. Want to guess what it's about? We'll let Kestrel explain it:
"Only two guys with more muscles than brains would think it's a good idea to strap a steam-powered, propeller-driven flying machine on the back of a dog, but every society has its idiots. At least in this one, Lucky is having the time of his life! (And he makes it safely back to ground, despite his not-too-bright owners.)"
Take a look at the quilt for yourself, and then after admiring it learn more about it by watching Kestrel's show here at The Quilt Show, A Mod Podge Appliqué Technique and Fabric Selection with Kestrel Michaud | Embroidery Hoop Quilting with Sarah Vedeler, where she actually debuted this quilt for the first time.
And if you can't enough of Lucky and his antics, spend some more time with him and complete a puzzle of the quilt! |
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Simple and Snazzy Binding Options with Bonnie Browning |
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Put Some Pizazz In Your Bindings with These Snazzy Techniques
Our Finishing and Binding Masterclass features Bonnie Browning, who just recently retired as the AQS Show Directory after 34 years. In this Masterclass, Bonnie teaches us creative binding techniques that you'll want to apply to your next quilt.
Learn from Bonnie, Sharon Schamber, Kathy Wylie, Amanda Murphy, Patricia Belyea, Bethanne Nemesh, and Kris Vierra by watching them in How to Finish a Quilt | Finishing and Binding Masterclass. |
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Alex Anderson LIVE: Quilters and the New BERNINA 990 |
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Learn All About BERNINA's Brand New Machine
More space, an automatic threader, a laser pointer, a built in stitch regulator, stitch plate recognition, stitch patterns, a screen guide, wifi, and much more are yours with the new BERNINA 990. Alex talks with BERNINA in her latest LIVE to learn more about their new machine.
Alex is LIVE TODAY, September 2, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later. |
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Textile Talks: Beyond the Surface - Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles |
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Open Your Eyes and See "Beyond" What You Think is Possible
Presented by the Surface Design Association: "Three artists from the Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles exhibition will discuss their work. Using various techniques and materials, these artists transform fabric-based prints into meditations on personal, political, and social conditions. Their work expands notions of what a printed textile is and can be within a fine art context, revealing the possibilities for conceptual expression and meaning that uniquely exist in the overlap between media."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
(Above Artwork by Krystle Lemonias) |
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In The Store - Sew-In Labels |
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Add a personal touch to your quilts with our sweet Sew-In Labels! Packaged in recyclable kraft, these labels can be sewn right into seams or on top of projects. Perfect for adding a unique sentiment to handmade gifts or creating a distinctive look on your next project. |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Beautiful "Sunset" |
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"Sunset Over The Lotus Pond" by Rami Kim
In her childhood memories, Rami has a vision of a beautiful sunset over a lotus blossom, so she tried to capture the mesmerizing colors of it in her quilt, Sunset Over The Lotus Pond. All of the designs on the quilt were created using free motion machine embroidery, they were not digitized or created on a computer.
See more of Rami's quilts in How to Do Fabric Folding with Rami Kim | How to do Prairie Points with Ricky Tims | Wearable Art. |
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