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Weekend Fun - December 1, 2023
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Featured Quilt - Deborah Boschert's Judge's Choice Award at Houston 2023
We love to see it. At the 2023 Houston International Quilt Festival we had one TQS guest award their Judge's Choice Award to another TQS guest. Deborah Boschert, who was featured in Series 2100, awarded TQS Quilt Legend Jean Wells Keenan her Judge's Choice Award (Sponsored by Bohin France) for her quilt Surfside and Beyond.
Jean's quilt is another inspired by her love for her home in Sisters, Oregon. She says, "The varied colors, patterns, shapes, and textures of objects that are tossed in the waves along the Pacific Ocean shoreline have endured the seasons of time. This quilt explores these elements in the use of a variety of textures, along with machine and hand stitching and machine piecing. Life's vital existence is evident in the unforgotten spaces between the shapes in this design."
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On The Set with Amy Pabst and Alex Anderson
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We Go On The Set (Possibly With a Magnifying Glass)
You've seen small quilts before, but you've probably never seen them this small. Amy Pabst, master of the miniature quilt, makes her TQS debut this Sunday and we've got a sneak peek at all the big fun her tiny work will bring you. Plus, get a glimpse at an exciting way to do embroidery on silk from Alex herself.
Watch Amy and Alex in Foundation Piecing Miniature Log Cabins with Amy Pabst | How to Do Embroidery on Silk with Alex Anderson, when it debuts this Sunday, December 3, 2023.
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Who Won Our 2024 Block Of the Month Kit Giveaway?
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Was It You?
We recently had a giveaway where the winner would receive our Pick a Petal 2024 Block of the Month Kit designed by Jen Kingwell. The winner has been chosen and we can't wait for you to find out who it is. Click through to see if you are the winner!
If you didn't win, or haven't purchased a 2024 BOM Kit yet, don't fret because we still have a few kits left. Hurry though, because once they're gone we won't be making any more. So get yours today!
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Barbara Black LIVE: "Homeward Bound" - Month 12
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Finishing The 2023 Block Of the Month
Barbara Black will begin her wrap-up to the 2023 Block Of the Month, Homeward Bound, by discussing the quilting. This is a busy quilt, so what kind of quilting enhances the design? Then she will talk about how to get ready to jump right in with Pick a Petal, our Block of the Month Quilt for 2024 when the first month’s instructions are released January 1, 2024!
Barbara is LIVE TODAY, December 1, 2023 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
PLEASE NOTE: The Quilt Show will no longer have access to the patterns for the 2023 Block Of the Month, Homeward Bound designed by Sarah Fielke, after December 31, 2023. If you haven't already downloaded this Month's, or any of the previous month's patterns yet, please do so now as we will no longer be able to provide them after that date. All the patterns have been placed into one document for your convenience.
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Dee LIVE: Favorite Holiday Quilt Blocks
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Ornament & Present Blocks
The holidays are upon us! Join Dee Christopher as she demonstrates how to make some of her favorite holiday quilt blocks and offers creative suggestions for their versatile applications, both in quilts and as thoughtful gift ideas. This week's featured blocks are the Ornament and Present Blocks.
There are TWO patterns to download for this week's lesson. One for the Ornament Block and the other for the Present Block. They can both be found by clicking the Patterns / Documents Tab in the classroom for Dee's Favorite Holiday Quilt Blocks.
Dee is LIVE TOMORROW, December 2, 2023 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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New Tool Alert! - Aqua Touch Markers from RNK
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| Apply Water / Starch to Just a Small Area, Keep the Rest of It Dry
These easy to use refillable markers are just the right tool for precisely applying water or starch to a small area of the project you are working on while keeping the rest neat and dry. Each of the three markers comes with a different tip so you can choose your level of precision, from a very precise 3mm to a wider 8mm to a flexible brush tip.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Knitting On a Park Bench
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"Sweet, Sweet Bliss" by Valerie C. White
Sweet, Sweet Bliss depicts "Valerie", Valerie's alter-ego as she sits upon a park bench in Denver doing her non-quilting hobby, knitting. The real Valerie loves to knit, appreciating the tactile nature of pulling the yarn and just hearing the needles clicking. During COVID, Valerie met a group of knitters while she herself was knitting on the park bench and became friends with them, sitting and knitting all afternoon until it would get too hot. The quilt represents a slice of real life for Valerie, the only thing not so true, and why it depicts her alter-ego, is Valerie gave herself flying reddish brown hair.
See more of Valerie's quilts in Using Evolon for Die Cutting and Monoprinting with Valerie C. White | Fabric Braids with Kate Colleran.
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