Weekend Fun - July 16, 2021

Featured Quilt - Accomplishing A Goal

Each and every one of us has that one quilt we always want to make. A Baltimore Album quilt, a Hawaiian quilt, a miniature quilt, there's that idea in the back of your head that you just want the world to see. Kazuko Yamada was able to bring her idea to life with her quilt, A Garden For Your Peace of Mind, which was featured in the Handmade category at Houston in 2016. As she puts it, "I've been wanting to make a large-scale appliqué work full of flowers for a long time, and I put my heart into this one." With beautiful handwork throughout, Kazuko's quilt is a garden you'll want to keep visiting over and over again.

On The Set with Julia McLeod and Youngmin Lee

Get The Inside Scoop

See what it's like on The Quilt Show set as Julia McLeod teaches Alex and Ricky how to tame and work with vintage neckties and silks, and so much more. Then, Youngmin Lee is back to demonstrate for Alex a Korean method of quilting using mulberry paper cording, similar to trapunto.

Watch Julia and Youngmin in How to Work With Neckties And Silk with Julia McLeod | Korean Paper Cord Quilting With Youngmin Lee, when it debuts this Sunday, July 18, 2021!

TQS Member Kool Kaleidoscope Quilts

What Will Yours Look Like?

With Ricky's Kool Kaleidoscope Class coming up soon, we thought we would dig into the TQS archives and see some of the Kool Kaleidoscope quilts that our members have made.

No two Kaleidoscopes are alike, which is the fun part of the class, so everyone's interpretations are different. We can't wait to see what you make!

Go Tell It! Interview with TQS Member Susan Lindsey

One Quilt, One Person, One Video Camera, Three Minutes = Another Quilt Story Saved!

Remember when Alex told the story of her father's quilt? Here's TQS Member Susan Lindsey and her quilt as she told it for the "Go Tell It!" Remember Me: Memorial Quilt StoryShare.

In The Store - Quilters Select 60mm Rotary Cutter

Like Cutting Through Butter

Get your cutting done faster! A 60mm cutter cuts more layers of fabric at one time, and this one works for righties -and- lefties!

The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Beautiful Remembrance

"Love is Spoken Here" by Annie Smith

In Love is Spoken Here, everything is significant to the memories of Annie's maternal grandmother. Very hard to design, Annie original made the top part of the quilt, the heart with the birds in it, as the border for a quilt that she wanted to do for an Empty Spools seminar in 2002. A quilt seventeen years in the making, Annie wanted to get it just right to honor her grannie.

See more of Annie's quilts in How to Machine Appliqué Using a Blanket Stitch with Annie Smith | Amy Barrett-Daffin iPad Cover Tutorial.