Take a Visit to "Tree Town", Learn to Bind with Ruffles, QSOS with Alex Anderson, Organize Your Year with Lilo and Alex, Sandpaper Board by Sarah Fielke In The Store, A Puzzle By The "Bushel"
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Sunday Smiles - January 8, 2023
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Featured Quilt - Living Amongst The Trees
Tree Town by Karen Eckmeier was featured at the 2022 Houston International Quilt Festival, and Karen invites you to come to Tree Town and experience life under its hand embellished, dyed, and painted branches and leave.
She says, "This magical village in the tree tops is based on the silhouette of a 500-year-old White Oak tree. It is part of my Happy Villages (TM) series of fabric collages that range
from realistic to fantasy. Use your imagination as to who may live and swing among these branches. Where would you live in this tree?"
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WeAllSew Tutorial: Binding with Ruffles
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Ruffle Your Quilting Feathers with a Ruffled Binding
How you bind a quilt is up to the quilter
who quilts it. But there are so many different ways to do it that it can be its own adventure to try and bind one in a new and fun way. Julie Bridgeman at WeAllSew has such a way, as she will show you how to bind with ruffles. Learn a new method to bind your quilt and add another tool to your toolbelt in the process.
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Quilters' Save Our Stories with Alex Anderson
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Just Like Everyone Else, Alex Has a Story to Tell
Today we return to the Quilters' Save Our Stories (QSOS) program from the Quilt Alliance by showcasing an old favorite. That's right, it's your co-host from The Quilt Show Alex Anderson with her very own story. In this interview, Alex talks about her history of being a quilter, along with sharing the story of her quilt Mud, all in front of a live audience at the Houston International Quilt Festival in 2011.
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Organize Your Year with Lilo Bowman and Alex |
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Organizing Made Easy
It's a new year and to set off on the right foot, why not take some time to revisit Lilo Bowman's LIVE sessions with Alex. Topics include:
- Organizing on a Budget
- What to Do When Things Change
- Organizing Quilt Rulers
- What to Do with Oddly Shaped Items | Fusibles
- Labelling the Items in Your Quilt Space
- Alex's Quilt Studio Reveal
- Studio Lighting
- Storing Quilts
- Working with Unusual Studio Spaces
Want to learn even more about organizing your quilting studio? Then grab Lilo's book, Love Your Creative Space: A Visual Guide to Creating an Inspiring & Organized Studio Without Breaking the Bank, from the store and continue your organizational journey.
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In The Store - Sandpaper Board by Sarah Fielke
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Keeping Your Designs In Place
This handy Sandpaper Board by our 2023 BOM designer Sarah Fielke holds your fabric in place while you trace around templates. Everyone should have one in their tool kit!
(Size: 7 3/4" x 11 3/4")
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: An Apple A Day
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"32 is a Bushel" by Sarah Fielke
32 is a Bushel is Sarah's
improv apple quilt. Its name comes from the fact that there are thirty-two apples in a bushel of apples. The quilt is an appropriate one for Sarah since she is a teacher, and teachers love their apples, and it is a pattern that she has made available for others to learn from as well.
See more of Sarah's quilts in Block of the Month Quilt 2023 Homeward Bound by Sarah Fielke.
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Be Well Versed
You can never stop learning. Every book you read, every fact you learn, every skill you
master is another thing that will improve the person that you are. We at The Quilt Show whole heartedly believe this and want to contribute to your quest for endless knowledge (specifically in the quilting region). Join us as we bring you the best quilting teachers, projects, and techniques around so that you can become more well-rounded too.
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