Featured Quilt - Best of Show at AQS QuiltWeek Grand Rapids 2024
Flowers in full bloom to Kirara by Ayako Kawakami just took home the Best of Show Award at AQS QuiltWeek - Grand Rapids 2024. This is the second Best of Show award for Ayako's quilt, having won Best of Show at Road to California 2023. It also received First Place - Hand Crafted / Hand Made (Sponsored by Flynn Quilt Frame Company) at Houston International Quilt Festival 2023. Congratulations Ayako!
This stunning quilt is unlike any you've ever seen, featuring a collection of beautifully designed and quilted blocks carefully connected by smaller quilted objects that create amazing cut-out designs. Ayako says of her work, "I made this quilt for my daughter who loves flowers. My daughter will come of age this year. I made this quilt in the hope that she will be able to spend her coming of age with a bright smile. It is my style to make quilts with embroidery. I embroidered the embroidery design as I thought of it, without drafting it. The heart motif is Crazy quilts. The quilting is hand quilting and Japanese sashiko (boro). I enjoyed the many colonial knot stitches." |
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In Memoriam - Carole Lyles Shaw |
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It is with sadness that we inform you that we have lost another wonderful quilter. Carole Lyles Shaw passed recently passed away unexpectedly and it is a great loss to the quilting community. Carole was a guest on The Quilt Show just last year and brought with her modern, colorful, and vibrant improv quilts that featured her love of individualism and free expression.
To celebrate Carole, we are opening her show, Learn How to Work in a Series and an Afro-Modern Fractured Disappearing 9-Patch with Carole Lyles Shaw, up to be FREE for everyone so that you can all see what made Carole so special.
After watching her appearance on TQS, spend some more time with Carole and see her interview with Ricky where they discuss the 100 Day Project for artists. |
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Behind The Scenes of How to Finish a Quilt, our Finishing and Binding Masterclass |
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How Will This Behind The Scenes Look Finish?
For the next Quilt Show, we've put a Masterclass together with the masters of binding, finishes, and edge treatment just for you. Go behind the scenes on different episodes of TQS and learn from Sharon Schamber, Kathy Wylie, Amanda Murphy, Patricia Belyea, Bonnie Browning, Bethanne Nemesh, and Kris Vierra.
Watch all of the Finishing and Binding Masters in How to Finish a Quilt | Finishing and Binding Masterclass, when it debuts this Sunday, August 25, 2024. |
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"Summer Splash" with the Stash Bandit - Diane Harris LIVE: Class 02 |
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The Next Class In Our Summer Project Is Here!
The second class of our three-part summer project with Stash Bandit Diane Harris is today. Learn how to make the Summer Splash quilt, small-scale piecing at its best. In this class you'll be making a lively patchwork sampler that features stars, trees, Flying Geese and Dresden Plate sets. At the end of Class 03, you'll have new skills to use and a fine finish!
Diane is LIVE TODAY, August 23, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
If you haven't started yet, it's not too late. Get your "Summer Splash" Kit today and watch the class when it arrives. Available in TWO colorways, Summer and Spicy Autumn. |
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Dee LIVE: "Desert Windmills" - Class 03 |
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What Will You Learn This Week?
Dee Christopher continues her Desert Windmills class this week and exciting new techniques will be explored. What's this week's topic? Well, for the entire class you'll be learning specialized techniques for stitching flying geese and half square triangles, how color value can affect your quilt, and how minor adjustments to a pattern can tailor it to your style of working. Which one of those will it be this week? You'll have to tune in to find out!
Dee is LIVE TOMORROW, August 24, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later. |
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In Case You Missed It - Ricky Tims LIVE: Parade of Quilts Part 2 |
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Due to technical difficulties there was a problem with the initial airing of Ricky's LIVE on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 where he featured the second part of quilts from his private collection. Unfortunately due to this issue the LIVE was broken up into two separate videos. If you had trouble viewing the LIVE, or missed the first broadcast, both videos are now available to view. We apologize for the inconvenience. |
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Back In Stock - M3 Pro Mini Project Irons with Trivet! |
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This Mini, But Mighty, Iron Packs a Punch
Get the power of a full sized iron in a compact and lightweight package. The 1000 watt M3 Pro Mini Iron, available in three different colors, includes:
An LED ProLight™ to illuminate the precision tip and fabric 30 minute auto-off if standing, 10 minute standby if horizontal, and 30 second safety shut off it tipped over Diamond Coated Ceramic Soleplate maintains even heat and effortlessly glides over fabrics Dual-zone steam burst: Independent front and rear steam zones that can be used separately or together Precision tip - for tight spots and appliqué |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Get Together in the Jungle |
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"Jungle Friends" by SusanClaire Mayfield
Using fabrics that she designed herself, SusanClaire's Jungle Friends quilt features lots of animals gathered, you guessed it, in the jungle. From an alligator on the bottom to an elephant with a monkey sitting on its head, this quilt invites creatures from all over the animal kingdom to come together and be friends.
See more of SusanClaire's quilts in Using Scraps, Fussy Cutting Panels, and Creating a “Skitch a Day” with SusanClaire Mayfield. |
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