Sunday Smiles June 13, 2021

Featured Quilt - How Low Can You Go?

From time to time to different styles of quilting can coexist together and create quilts that one wouldn't expect, for example, merging the traditional with the Modern aesthetic. This is what Karen Foster did with her quilt, Limbo, which won Best Use of Modern Traditionalism - Mid-Century Mod at the 2021 Virtual Spring Quilt Festival. Karen says of her work, "Limbo is my Lone Round Robin quilt made during the South Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Virtual Retreat. I took artistic liberty interpreting the prompts for the rounds and elaborated with a "mash up" towards the end using left over project parts and stash to individualize a classic."

Sacred Threads Quilt StoryShare

A Time To Come Together

On June 18, 2021 the Sacred Threads Exhibition is gathering virtually for a very special event. They have partnered with the Quilt Alliance to bring you some very special stories of joy, inspiration, spirituality, healing, grief and peace/brotherhood through quiltmaking in their Sacred Threads Quilt StoryShare.

Susan Cleveland's Japan Quilting & Textile Tour

Visit Japan In Style

Join TQS’s fun-loving Susan K Cleveland on a 10-day tour of Japan in late May of 2022! This group will be very small (just 25 adventurers). Your trip will focus on textiles, quilts, culture and lifestyle. You'll even become students of Japanese teachers in hands-on classes! This will be the trip of a lifetime!

WeAllSew Tutorial: How To Sew Wall Organizers

Creatively Organize Your Space

Learn from Heidi Pridemore at WeAllSew how to make an adorable Wall Organizer. "These adorable wall organizers are quick and easy to make! These are a perfect afternoon project and great for beginners. They can be used in any room that needs a little organization!"

Get Your Kit/Pattern Now: Class Starts Sat Jun 19

Learn It, Study It, and Then Make It

Participate in our FREE instructor-led make along and learn new skills (or brush up on old ones) while you make a beautiful quilt!

This innovative and beautiful design for My Flower Garden by Mendy Slone features a stairway of traditional patchwork blocks on a bold red background, complimented by appliquéd pots of flowers in vibrant batiks.

Led by Dee Christopher, the My Flower Garden make-along will be LIVE on Facebook and YouTube Saturday mornings at 10:00 am PST beginning June 19 2021.

The Quilt Show Puzzle: It's Almost Christmas in July

"Welcome to the North Pole" by Becky Goldsmith

Welcome to the North Pole is from one of Becky's very first books with That Patchwork Place. Continuously in print since 1997, it is a quilt that people love to put their own spin on and tailor it to their own holiday themes and traditions. As Becky puts it, "Don't you just love the idea of the North Pole! We can see it - festive, happy building full of bustling, busy elves. Make the quilt as it is shown on the cover or mix and match the different blocks on the table runners, wall quilts, garments - whatever works for you."

See more of Becky's quilts in It's the Ultimate Thread Guide with Becky Goldsmith.

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