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Featured Quilt - Her Grandma Didn't Take a Back Seat
You'll love this quilt, The Epitome of Luxury, from the New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Roaring Twenties Exhibit at The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY by Karen Watts, of Mayhill, New Mexico.
Karen writes, "My inspiration came from a photo of my Grandparents, Ruth and Carroll Melke, sitting in a car in 1927. The inscription on the back noted that the car was an Imperial 80. When I looked up info about the car it was obvious that Chrysler was very proud of this car! I decided to create my quilt as an advertising poster and used the clamshell block to design an art deco background. The photo shows my Grandmother at the wheel and this was not simply a pose. She did all the driving in the family!" |
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"Sewn In America" Exhibition Tour - Part 01 |
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Taking A Tour Through American Quilting History
In this first video from The Quilt District, Sewn In America exhibit curator Alden O'Brien takes us through the latest exhibition at the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum in Washington DC. This is the first of a two-part video tour of the exhibition filmed April 25 and April 26, 2024. Stay tuned for Part 2.
To learn more about the Sewn in America exhibit, click the button below to get more information and see photos taken on the exhibit floor. |
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WeAllSew Tutorial: How to Make Embroidered Greeting Cards |
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Create A Card with Embroidered Elegance
How can you make that Greeting / Birthday / Get Well card you were going to send someone even more personal? Embroider a special design on the cover of course! Kymona Tracey at WeAllSew has a tutorial for you on how to use your embroidery machine to make Embroidered Greeting Cards. Follow along and add an extra special flourish for that extra special someone the next time you need to send them a message. |
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Go Tell It! Interview with Linda M. Roy |
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Hear How This Award-Winning Quilt Came To Be
It's always interesting when a quilter talks about her quilt, and in this "Go Tell It" interview from the Quilt Alliance, Linda M. Roy talks about Redbud Ramble, a very "decorated quilt", including a NACQJ award in 2019, Best of Show AQS Knoxville 2011, and more. |
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New In The Store - Introducing Eclectic Elements by Tim Holtz for FreeSpirit Fabrics |
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Tim says of Eclectic Elements, "The inspiration for eclectic elements was to combine the nostalgia of timeless elements with the texture and creativity of fabric. This unique combination of salvaged findings with a vintage palette creates a collection of textiles to inspire your artful imagination."
We have separated the Eclectic Elements collection into four wallet friendly bundles, Monochrome, Foundations, Abandoned 1, and Abandoned 2, so you can choose your favorite or get them all! |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: On The "Contrary" |
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"Not So Contrary" by Kellie Beckwith
Kellie loves No So Contrary as it was the quilt that had been rolling around in her brain for over twenty years. She had seen a quilt similar to it in the book Northern Comfort: New England's Early Quilts 1780-1850, which in turn inspired her quilt based on the coloring and style of block. The block used in the older quilt was the Contrary Wife block, but Kellie's quillt features an alternative to that block, hence the name Not So Contrary.
See more of Kellie's quilts in How to Use Crochet in Quilting and Frustration-Free Piecing with Kellie Beckwith | Appraising Quilts with Nancy Bavor. |
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Call Your Own Shots
As in Pool when you call out what ball is going in which pocket, you call the shots here at The Quilt Show. Want to learn about Thread Painting? Watch a show on it. Want to make the next block of the BOM? Make it. Want to shop till you drop for fabric? Go to the store. Whatever your quilting fancy is, we here at TQS are here to help. |
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