Sunday Smiles August 15, 2021

Featured Quilt - A Menagerie of Colors on Display

Created from an image she "took in Cape Town from a window overlooking the Harbour at the Fenders (tyres)", Sue de Vanny's work looks more like a photo than a quilt. On Reflection - Cape Town Harbour Fenders won Best Use of Color - Wall Quilt Competition at PIQF 2019 and it's not hard to see why. The most impressive work is how she uses "fabrics like dollops of paint to create the picture then thread sketching the detail."

Watch Our Spontaneous New Show with Sue Benner

Learn From A Quilter with Decades of Experience

Sue Benner has been an art quilter for four decades. Watch as Sue demonstrate those skills by building a small landscape quilt with Alex and making a spontaneous design using fabric scraps along side Ricky. Then, Sue brings our two hosts together to share tips for understanding the variety and properties of found silky fabrics.

Learn all this from Sue in Learn Techniques for Spontaneous Design with Found Fabrics and Silky Surfaces with Sue Benner, which debuts today!

Have You Seen The Sewing Bird?

This bird will put your sewing skills to shame. Watch the video and find out why!

How Do You Get Rid of That Stain?

Girl Scouts to the Rescue

Did you know that Girl Scouts can now earn a Textile Artist Badge? It is an at home program which requires the girls to choose their textile method of choice, find tools, materials, and patterns online to learn the basics. This led Girl Scout Corrine to the internet where she found a guide to removing stains from fabric. She thought it might be a good idea to share it on our site, and we do as well. Thanks, Corrine, and good luck with that badge!

Own a Beautiful Work of Art

And Support A Great Cause

"SAQA's annual Benefit Auction will take place online from September 10 through October 3, 2021. With 469 pieces of beautiful artwork available for bidding, there is something for everyone to enjoy!

All proceeds help support SAQA's exhibition programs, publications, and education outreach. Plus, your purchase helps increase the recognition for art quilts and the artists who make them."

Panasonic 360 Degree Cordless Iron with Non-Stick Ceramic-Coated Soleplate

Iron Wherever You Want!

Can you imagine pressing without the pesky cord getting in the way? Imagine it. This Panasonic 360 Degree Cordless Iron will have you pressing circles around your old corded iron!

Available in multiple colors, including Teal, Blue, Champagne, and Rose Gold, you can now iron all around the house and be stylish doing it too!

The Quilt Show Puzzle: Building A Different Log Cabin

"Not Your Daddy’s Log Cabin in the Woods" by David Sirota

Developed for David's newest class, Not Your Daddy’s Log Cabin in the Woods is his take on a simple log cabin. Taking the standard square blocks and elongating them into rectangles completely changed the look of the quilt for David, with the black logs and black sashing that he added filling in the details that aren't there and creating the impression of ovals when it's all just straight lines. The quilt takes its name from its backing fabric, which features beautiful leaves.

See more of David's quilts Learn Paper Piecing with the Maven, David Sirota | Adapting Your Studio For Change with Lilo Bowman.

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