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Featured Quilt - Second Place Machine Quilting at Houston 2022
Third Time's a Charm by Ruth Ohol won Second Place - Machine Quilting (Sponsored by BERNINA) at the 2022 Houston International Quilt Festival. Ruth says of the design of the quilt that, "The center medallion originated from a Yoko Saito pattern. I altered that pattern for this quilt. The border design is original."
As for the quilt's inspiration, she says that its creation turned out to be a little bit serendipitous. "I start a new quilt each year during baseball season while my husband watches every Yankees game. This is my third quilt in the series. Covid forced me to use fabrics on hand, and the silk was in my stash. I was thrilled when I found it! All of the
quilting designs are original."
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Improv with Maria Shell
Alaskan quilter, Maria Shell, who refers to herself as a ‘bit maker’, shares her method for creating visually vibrant and patterned quilts created by sewing small units or strips together. It is through sewing, cutting and joining a large number of strip set units that Maria pushes a design as far she can with the end result being an entirely new design.
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To practice Maria's technique, Ann Myhre has created an improv block exercise. So, get your fat eighths together and
go.
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Missed Transform Your Quilting 1? Click Here to see the previous tips and techniques featured.
To participate in Transform Your Quilting, make sure you are LOGGED IN as a Star Member. Then, open your newsletters and follow the links for our Transform Your Quilting program.
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Go Machine Quilting Beyond The Ditch with Catherine Redford
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Learn to Do More Than Simply "Stitch in the Ditch"
In this week's show, Catherine Redford
discusses the ins and outs of pressing seams open versus to one side and how that can affect your machine quilting. She then shares how to elevate the look of straight-line quilting when it’s combined with additional machine stitch patterns and a walking foot. From simple wonky lines, to serpentine waves, to organic curves, there are so many possibilities for your quilt project.
Learn from Catherine by watching Embroidery Stitches, Straight Line Quilting, and Dorset Buttons with Catherine Redford.
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Alex LIVE: Meet Quilter Birgit Hottenrott
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A Quilter Helps Decorate the White House
Alex talks with Birgit Hottenrott who
is a quilter that was invited to help decorate the White House for Christmas 2022. She tells Alex what happened, how it came together, and what it meant for a naturalized citizen to get this opportunity. Join us for this meaningful interview.
Alex is LIVE TODAY, December 7, 2022 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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See Kaffe Fassett's Exhibit at Houston 2013
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We Can't Get Enough of Kaffe
Guess what? Today is Kaffe Fassett's actual
birthday! In honor of the man of the hour, we found this great interview that Alex had with Kaffe at his exhibit for his book, Shots and Stripes, with Liza Prior Lucy, who also joins the interview, at the 2013 Houston International Quilt Festival. Take a look and see all the wonderful quilts, it'll be like a birthday present for yourself!
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Happy Birthday Kaffe Fassett!
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Celebrate Kaffe's Birthday with Another Treat
We are celebrating Kaffe and the glorious color he brings
to our lives and our quilting by offering our beautiful Basket Rendezvous kit, which includes 17 curated Kaffe Fasset fat quarters and 2/3 yard of Dots fabrics, at a savings of 30% off.
Use it to make the Basket Rendezvous Quilt (watch the FREE Basket Rendezvous class here) or add it to your stash!
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game
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If all you want in this world is to be the best memory match player you can be, then playing Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game every Monday isn't a bad place to start. Go ahead and put your skills to the test!
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Take A Trip to France
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"In My Next Life" by Cheryl
Lynch
After she visited France, Cheryl wanted to recreate an iconic French scene from Avignon in the Provence region. In My Next Life has everything you would expect to set the scene, a bicycle, an old door, and a window with a grill on it. And, like many of Cheryl's quilts, it is done in a mosaic style featuring many, many pieces of fabric. Everything from the window down to the bars of the grill are individual tiny squares of fabric. Don't you feel like you are right there in France with her?
See more of Cheryl's quilts in How to Do Mosaic Techniques with Cheryl Lynch | Silk Screening with Lauren Vlcek.
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