First Place Contemporary Quilts - 2023 FOQ Birmingham, Sarah Vedeler Shows You Quilting with Machine Embroidery, Texas Tech: A Thinly Batted Quilt from Canada?, New In The Store - BeColourful Fat Quarter Bundles from Anthology Fabrics, Memory Match Game, A "Patriotic" Puzzle

Welcome to Wednesday - August 9, 2023

Featured Quilt - First Place Contemporary Quilts at 2023 Festival of Quilts Birmingham

Help Ma Boab by Linzi Upton won 1st Place - Contemporary Quilts (Sponsored by Janome Sewing Machines) at the 2023 Festival of Quilts Birmingham. On her inspiration for the quilt, Linzi had this to say: "I was inspired by a tattered fragment of clothing from India. The brightly coloured, heavily decorated textile piece was originally trimmed with mirrors, most of which were missing. I have reimagined it as a quilt."

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Sarah Vedeler Shows You Quilting with Machine Embroidery

Make Machine Embroidery Your Next Quilting Mission

Sarah Vedeler, the queen of machine embroidery, is back to show you software that allows you to machine quilt using embroidery designs on your domestic sewing machine. She also shares tricks and tips for hooping, isolating the starting point, using tessellating designs to hide starts and stops and overcoming tension issues with circles.

Learn Sarah, and Kestrel Michaud, by watching A Mod Podge Appliqué Technique and Fabric Selection with Kestrel Michaud | Embroidery Hoop Quilting with Sarah Vedeler.

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Texas Tech: Why Was There a Thinly Batted Quilt from Canada?

The Canadian "Batting" Order

Learn why a quilt submitted for donation to the Museum of Texas Tech University was thinly batted, even though it was assumed to be from Canada.

Why is that important information? Read the full article to find out.

(Photo: Thinly Batted Quilt from Canada - Detail)

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New In The Store - BeColourful Fat Quarter Bundles from Anthology Fabrics

Summer Days Bundle

Summer Nights Bundle

Celebrate The Summer Season With These Colorful Fabrics

Two absolutely beautiful fat quarter bundles curated from Jacqueline de Jonge's Midnight Jade, Coral Bliss, and Bijou collections are now available in the store. Get your hands on the Summer Days or Summer Nights Bundle (or both!) and see why these are a great way to add a full rainbow of Summer color to your stash!

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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game

Have you beaten your best time on Jinny Beyer's Memory Match yet? Well, today is another opportunity to go and get a better one!

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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Vintage Looking Stars

"Patriotic Strippy Stars" by Jo Morton

In 2005 Jo Morton talked Andover Fabrics into creating a fabric that featured a large repeating star shape. After making the fabric in several different colors, Andover wanted Jo to start making quilts utilizing the fabric. For her Patriotic Strippy Stars quilt, she featured the fabric in the borders, which surround several sawtooth star blocks that are set on point in a strippy set, which is reminiscent of a 19th-century quilt but may be seen as a bit more contemporary when viewed today.

See more of Jo's quilts in How to Piece a Quilt with Jo Morton | How to Dye Fabrics with Ricky Tims.

Go To Puzzle

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