Playful Circles at Quiltcon 22, Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum, How to Make Blanket Stitch Napkins, The Costumes of Bridgerton, London Calling Fat Quarter Bundles, 12,256 Teeny Hexagons
Sunday Smiles - April 17, 2022
Featured Quilt - Piecing Playful Circles

Playin' Around by Linda Hungerford was featured in the Piecing category at Quiltcon 2022. Linda says about her circular quiltmaking journey, "My plunge into an exploration of circles - inset circles, inset half circles, quarter circles, and appliqué circles - was initiated by a virtual workshop with Cassandra Beaver; the South Florida MQG's "Curve Around Challenge;" an Instagram win of Benartex Superior Solids fat quarters; and blocks seen in "The Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Blocks." A happy stash find was a piece of large scale black and white checked print that I cut and pieced to unify the blocks."
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Quilts: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum
Sure Wish We'd Seen This Exhibit

In 2010 the American Folk Art Museum in New York City featured an exhibit entitled Quilts: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum, collecting some of the most stunning quilts of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and we sure wish we had been there to see it. But you can sample some of the amazing quilts that were on display in this retrospective of the exhibit.
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WeAllSew Tutorial: How To Make Blanket Stitch Napkins
Place Settings to be Proud Of

When setting the table for a special occasion you put out your nice china and crystal glasses to compliment the fine meal you're preparing for you and your guests. Why not add a personal touch to your setting and introduce some homemade napkins? Julie Bridgeman at WeAllSew has a great tutorial to make some Blanket Stitch Napkins using your serger that is just too good to pass up! (Or pass around, it is dinner after all)
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The Costumes of Bridgerton
Period Costumes with a Modern Twist

We've shared costumes and fashions from the Gilded Age. But now let's take a step a bit further back in time to 1813 and marvel at the costumes of Netflix's period romance Bridgerton.
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In The Store - London Calling Fat Quarter Bundle
April Showers Bring May Flowers!

The London Calling Fat Quarter Bundle from Robert Kaufman is just bursting with blooms. Each bundle contains 20, 18" x 21" fabric pieces and are 100% cotton.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Striking Beauty
"Star Struck" by Cheryl L. See

Star Struck is hand pieced, hand appliquéd, hand-beaded, and hand quilted. Phew! It was awarded the 2012 Hand Workmanship Award at AQS Paducah. It contains 12,256 hexagons, that are 1/2", and took Cheryl 3.5 years to make.

Learn from Cheryl L. See, and the other Handwork Masters, in How to Do Handwork | Handwork Masterclass Part 1 - From Piecing to Quilting.
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