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Featured Quilt - Honorable Mention Large Quilts: Movable Machine Quilted at Paducah 2023
With Summer just around the corner, we wanted to sneak in one more burst of Spring and revel in its natural beauty. Enter Spring Flowers by Sherry Durbin, which took home an Honorable Mention in the Large Quilts: Movable Machine Quilted category (Sponsored by ABM International) at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2023. This vibrant violet quilt is filled with flowers all around its border, a beaming bird in the center, and
decorative designs throughout. It's all you could ask for in a Springtime quilt. Oh, and did we mention that it's based on a Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins design from their book, Aunt Millie's Garden: 12 Flowering Blocks from Piece O'Cake Designs?
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Making Bubbles with Rachaeldaisy
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Blowing Bubbles A Different Way (More Needles and Less Soap)
Rachaeldaisy loves making bubbles (her fun name for circles) for stash busting and exploring the variety of ways she can mix both machine stitching with handwork. She begins her demo by showing Ricky a stitch and turn method for circle making that adds more thickness while preventing shadowing. She then shares fun ways to feature her bubbles with other elements, bubbles as the only element, and bubbles as a border.
Learn from Rachaeldaisy by watching her in Learn How to Make Yo-Yos, Bubbles, and Folded Stars with Rachaeldaisy.
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Threads of Knowledge: Dindga McCannon and Aliyah Bonnette in Conversation
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Two Great Artists, One Amazing Conversation
"The American Folk Art Museum is thrilled to
present a free virtual program with artist Dindga McCannon, whose quilt-like piece Mary Lou Williams – Jazz Pianist is currently on view in the exhibition What That Quilt Knows About Me. McCannon will be joined by textile artist Aliyah Bonnette for an intergenerational conversation about the significance and history of quilting for African-American communities." Register today for FREE and get tickets to watch when it airs this Thursday, June 15, 2023, at 6 PM EDT.
Want to know more about the What That Quilt Knows About Me exhibit? Click the button below to learn all about it!
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In The Store - Stay Gold Shimmer Linen by Melody Miller for Ruby Star Society
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Shimmering Floral Designs For Your Summer Projects
These beautiful cotton/linen blend fabrics feature
dramatic flowers and butterflies in a sophisticated color palette with metallic gold accents. Available in multiple different colorways, including Pink (above left), Kiss (center), and Peacock (above right), they are perfect to use for items like tote bags and pouches that you want to be utilitarian but still pretty, and they look great mixed and matched together as well!
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game
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Have you experienced the joy of finishing a whole Jinny Beyer Memory Match? Well, even if you have, you can always do another one to feel it again.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: It's Made Out of What?
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"Blue Heron" by Jamie Wallen
You aren't going to believe this, but Jamie's quilt,
Blue Heron, is actually a shower curtain that a friend sent to him to have quilted. Yes, a shower curtain... See for yourself the amazing work that Jamie put into this household item to turn it into a work of art, and see if you can spot the shower curtain holes that he left just in case his friend ever wanted to use it again (which we really hope they don't).
See more of Jamie's quilts in How to Do Block and Border Design with Jamie Wallen.
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