Three Subjects - One Amazing Portrait Quilt, Geri Patterson-Kutras Is Simply "Great", The First Class of the Summer Project Starts Today, Textile Talks: Akiko Ike - Boro Chiku-Chiku, Get Summer Project Materials In The Store, A Reflective Puzzle

July 10, 2023

Featured Quilt - Three Subjects, One Amazing Portrait

Of the many quilts exhibited as part of Bisa Butler's The World is Yours exhibit at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in New York City, several have subjects and titles tied to hip-hop. One of the standout pieces of the exhibit tied to this theme is her almost 10-foot-tall portrait quilt of hip-hip group Salt-N-Pepa and DJ Spinderella entitled Hot, Cool and Vicious. Named after their first album, and using a 1987 photograph by Janette Beckman as its basis, Bisa's quilt exudes cool and features a varied and vibrant color palette depicting the three in front of a reflective background with their lyrics quilted into it.

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Geri Patterson-Kutras Is Simply "Great"

See How Geri's Designs Delight and Inspire

Our members our loving Geri Patterson-Kutras and her inspirational ways to make fun and enjoyable quilts. Here's what just a few of them had to say:

"Great show! "Simplify"---what a good message! Her work was fun and interesting." - Charlene Van W.

"I really enjoyed this show. It gave me a solution to a quilt that I would like to make." - Maureen B.

Learn from Geri by watching her in Learn How to Make Cityscapes, Creating with Parchment Paper, and Where to Find Inspiration with Geri Patterson-Kutras.

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The Quilt Show 2023 Summer Project LIVE: Summer Bloom | Winter Wreath with Robin Long - Class 01

Getting Started and Making a 12" Compass Block

Join instructor Robin Long of Robin Ruth Design to get started on our beautiful Summer Bloom and Winter Wreath quilt projects. In this class, Robin will give an overview of the project, tell you everything you need to know to get started, and teach you how to make the 12" Compass Block in the center of the quilt.

The Summer Project is LIVE TODAY, July 10, 2023 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

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Textile Talks: Akiko Ike - Boro Chiku-Chiku

This week's Textile Talk, presented by the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, features Akiko Ike and her stitching style she calls “chiku-chiku.” "“Chiku-chiku” is the onomatopoeic word Ike has coined to describe the sound her broad needle makes as it runs into and out of the cloth. Now, nearly twenty years later, she has amassed a significant collection of vintage textiles laced with her own thread in her characteristic running stitch. Ike will present her studio, farm, and samples of her chiku-chiku work."

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Our Summer Project Starts Today!

Are You Prepared For The Event of the Summer?

Did you know you can strip-piece a Mariner's Compass? Did you also know that strip-piecing it makes it easier to get perfect and faster to make? Grab a Kit or a Pattern and a Fat Robin 16 Point Mariner's Compass Book & Ruler Set and join our FREE class today at 10am PST and learn how to strip-piece Robin Long's beautiful Summer Bloom quilt and Winter Wreath Christmas Tree Skirt.

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The Quilt Show Puzzle: What Do You See Staring Back?

"Reflections" by Carol Ann Waugh

Reflections is a group of four quilts by Carol that hang side-by-side next to each other that feature hand-dyed and painted fabric. She chose to paint and hand-dye her fabric because she wasn't finding the fabric she was looking for in stores. For Reflections, Carol wanted to have both the vertical lines and the horizontal lines separated out, meaning the dyed and painted fabric design moves vertically and the stitching horizontally. As a result of this, the piece gets more and more complex as you move up and down each quilt.

See more of Carol's quilts in How to Do Decorative Stitching on a Quilt with Carol Ann Waugh.