A Silent Film Star Shines, Michelle de Groot Demonstrates Raw Edge Appliqué, Ricky Tims LIVE: Quilts that Ricky has Collected, Get Ready for Our FREE Summer School Quilting Class, Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game, A "Hibiscus" Puzzle

Welcome to Wednesday - July 10, 2024

Featured Quilt - A Silent Film Star Shines

All you Taylor Swift fans will absolutely love Jessica Drennan's amazing quilt, Clara Bow Wearing a Cloak (if you know, you know). Featured as part of the New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Roaring Twenties on display at The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY, it uses the Grandmother’s Fan Block as its inspiration. Many tiny iterations of the block surround a beautiful portrait of the silent film screen legend. And speaking of the Grandmother's Fan block, all of the tiny ones used by Jessica are pieced, over 300 of them! She says, "Over three hundred Grandmother's Fan blocks were transformed into Art Deco style diamonds in a color palette reminiscent of the black and white films of the time."

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Michelle de Groot Demonstrates Raw Edge Appliqué

Meet Ridgy Didge, Your Favorite New Koala Friend

In our brand new show, Michelle de Groot shares how to build an original fused Koala design she calls Ridgy Didge before machine appliquéing in place. See how multiple blocks can be personalized and combined into a larger quilt, fun tote, or small baby blanket when you need a gift in a hurry.

Learn from Michelle by watching her in How to Quilt with Rulers, Use Decolorant (Non-Bleach), and Make a Koala Quilt with Michelle de Groot.

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Ricky Tims LIVE: Quilts that Ricky has Collected

A Parade of Quilts from his Private Collection

Ricky Tims is a wonderful quilter and quilt teacher, but he is also a quilt collector. He just has some quilts that he had to have. He will show some of his collection, talk about those quilts, and why they caught his fancy.

Ricky is LIVE TODAY, July 10, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

(Quilt Featured in Above Art: Cute Camels by Pam Holland)

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Starting Soon! Get Ready for Our FREE Summer School Quilting Class

The FREE Quilting Event of The Summer Is Almost Here

Featuring 'The Stash Bandit' Diane Harris teaching how to make her vibrant 33" x 41" Summer Splash Quilt, learn how to stitch-and-flip, foundation paper piece, make a Dresden plate, and LOTS more in a fun and low key class that is perfect for lazy summer sewing. Available in two different colorways, Summer and Spicy Autumn, get your kit today and have everything you need when class begins.

The first class meets July 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM PT on our Facebook page and YouTube Channel!

Order Your Kit Today!

Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game

If you love making quilts, you probably love games that involve quilt blocks too. Play Jinny Beyer's Memory Match and see if that connection is true!

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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Happy "Hibiscus"

"Hula Hibiscus" by Lisa Calle

Hula Hibiscus is Lisa's first "scrap" quilt. While she loves scrap quilts, Lisa herself has a phobia of putting fabrics together that don't match. So in essence Hula Hibiscus is her version of a scrap quilt as all of the fabrics used were in Lisa's stash. It was awarded Best of Show at both the AQS Show in Des Moines, Iowa and the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

See more of Lisa's quilts in Longarm Quilting Designs with Lisa Calle | How to do Bojagi with Youngmin Lee.