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Featured Quilt - Taking a Look Through the Kaleidoscope
A Peek Through a Kaleidoscope by Penny Boese was featured at the 2024 Houston International Quilt Festival. With this quilt, Penny inspired to reproduce the colorfully creative designs one sees as they peer through a kaleidoscope. She says, "I wanted to create that momentary view we see through a kaleidoscope the second before it shifts and a whole new image appears. I chose bright vivid colors and shapes that intertwine and mix to give that feel of movement just about to happen." As to how she created those designs, Penny said that, "some digital quilting designs in this quilt were created and commercially sold by Nancy Haacke, Wasatch Quilting. Some were my original designs. The quilt design was entirely my own."
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What Has Susan Cleveland Been Up to Lately? |
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And What Has She Been Working On Since Her Last TQS Visit?
Alex and Ricky welcome back Susan Cleveland, who reflects on how her connection with students shifted during COVID, leading her to question whether it was time to retire. What started as a spontaneous entry into an international challenge reignited her creative spark. Although her piece was rejected, it proved to be a blessing in disguise — she discovered a love for making tiny quilts with precisely machine-stitched block designs using heavy thread, opening the door to entirely new teaching opportunities.
Learn from Susan, and Wendy Richardson, by watching Stitching with Heavy Threads and Braided Ribbon with Susan K. Cleveland | Lace and Linen Dyeing with Wendy Richardson. |
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Texas Tech: Four Seven Sisters Quilts |
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It's fascinating how the same quilt pattern can be interpreted so differently. The traditional Seven Sisters pattern, for example, can look completely different depending on the color choices. Museums rarely display multiple variations of a single quilt pattern, since space is limited and curators typically select only one or two examples.
View the latest from the Museum of Texas Tech University to see multiple versions of the Seven Sisters pattern.
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(Above Photo from Tech Tech Article: Gift of Cynthia Glas) |
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Textile Talks: A Conversation with DARNstudio |
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Looking At Work That "Examines the Purpose of Things"
Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "Join the International Quilt Museum for a conversation with textile artists David Anthone and Ron Norsworthy of DARNstudio."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at 2 PM EDT. |
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Shop Heather Ross 20th Anniversary Favorites! |
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Heather Ross 20th Anniversary Strawberry |
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Heather Ross 20th Anniversary Unicorn |
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Celebrate Heather Ross with a special selection of her most-loved designs—bright, whimsical, and full of retro charm. |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Won't You Be "Mine"? |
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"Anemone Mine" by Sue Heinz
Anemone Mine was made using a pattern by Deb Karasik. The box that Sue put herself in when making it was whether or not she could make an entire quilt out of one small shape, which then became the catalyst for her fourth book.
See more of Sue's quilts in How to Design Quilts on a Grid with Sue Heinz.
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