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Weekend Fun - April 26, 2024
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Featured Quilt - AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2024 Best of Show
Serenity by Molly Hamilton-McNally just took home Best of Show (Sponsored by Janome) at the 2024 AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah. Molly's quilt is no slouch, having been featured in multiple quilt shows in the last couple of years, including the 2021 Houston International Quilt Festival and Road to California 2022 where it won Third Place in the Appliqué category. Now it gets to have its moment in the sun and is the star of the show here in Padacuh.
About the quilt itself, Molly had this to say, "My quilt, Serenity, slowly emerged during this past dark and dreadful year. Pairs of birds, calm and safe at rest, are in shades of red which, in my culture, represents future hope and happiness. Along with a touch of whimsy, see if you can find my goldfish. I want to extend these same wishes of hope and happiness to everyone."
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Rare Sighting of TQS Photographer
Once in a while, our TQS Photographer and Newsletter editor steps in front of the camera, but it has to be a very rare occasion. In this instance, Mary Kay Davis got to see her quilt live and in person at the National Quilt Museum as part of the New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Roaring Twenties exhibit. Click through to see Mary Kay's quilt and learn about it and the exhibit.
New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Roaring Twenties, will be on display at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY from March 15, 2024 – July 30, 2024.
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WeAllSew Tutorial: Modern Floor Cloth |
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Let Fun Start At Floor
From Stacy Schlyer at WeAllSew: "When it comes to changing up home decor, don’t forget the floor! Adding a floor cloth to your entryway, kitchen, bedroom, or even the bathroom can coordinate your look and transform a room. This modern looking design can fit in with any style and is simple to make. Plus, it’s easy to change the size of your cloth just by adding more blocks."
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Dee LIVE: Easy Improv - Class 05 |
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Feeling Alive In Week 5
The Improv Quilting party rolls on this week as Dee Christopher shows you another style of improv block. What does it entail this week? Using lines, curves, or free form cutting? You'll just have to watch and find out for yourself. And remember, if you haven't started the class yet, you can join anytime you want as all classes are recorded to be viewed whenever you like.
Dee is LIVE TOMORROW, April 27, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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In The Store - Nostalgia Fat Quarter Bundle by Taylor Krz for Art Gallery Fabrics
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Feel The Memories Come Back
This beautiful contemporary bundle curated by #AGFSewcialite Taylor Krz includes 16 high quality AGF Pure Solids Fat Quarters in perfect shades for traditional or modern quilting.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: The Traditional With The Not-So Traditional
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"Temperance" by Mary Kerr
With Temperance, Mary wanted to challenge herself to see how including non-traditional vintage fabrics in a quilt would work. So Temperance incorporates a needle-point pillow top that had never been finished. The needle-point itself dates back to the 1940s and 1950s and it is paired with blocks from the 1880s. It is surrounded by a poison green colored fabric used for the border, which is cut into the shape of "T's" for temperance. Vicki Maloney did the quilting on it, and she said she had to add some extra batting underneath the center starts to even out the thickness of the different fabrics.
See more of Mary's quilts in Learn the Art of Make Do Quilting (Cracklin Mats) and the Elements of Southern Quilts with Mary Kerr.
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