Pure Pineapple Perfection with 1 1/2" Blocks, Heather Black's Beautiful Blocks, Catch Up On Alex's Classes, Paris Haute Couture Workshops, Rulers and Rotary Cutters - What Are All Those Sizes For?, Memory Match, A "Winter" Puzzle In Summer

Featured Quilt - Pure Pineapple Perfection - 1 1/2" blocks

Pure Velvet is a stunning Pineapple block quilt (a log cabin variation) by Amy Pabst that was created from some interesting fabrics, including silks, velvets, and polyesters. Each block measures 1 1/2" (yes, 1 1/2" inches) and has 49 pieces. Amy pieced Pure Velvet on a Singer Featherweight and then quilted it on her BERNINA.

With a total of 21,609 pieces, (but who's counting?) Pure Velvet won First Place, Pieced Wall, at Road to California 2020 and most recently Second Place - Small Wall Quilts: Quilter’s Choice (Sponsored by Janome America; Longarm) at AQS Quiltweek 2022 in Paducah.

Block Design Has Never Been More Fun

In our brand new show, Heather Black shows Alex how to make a block design more interesting with small changes; a themed color palette, increasing contrast (for emphasis), adding depth (to draw attention), and value change. Heather says that all of these small tweaks help to "ground" the block. She shows examples of small works featuring all of these elements.

Learn from Heather in Curved Piecing and Quilt Design with Heather Black | Karey Bresenhan - Nancy O'Bryant Puentes Houston Quilt Show Founder.

Now Is The Perfect Time

Alex is taking a break from her LIVEs for the rest of this week, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty to watch. Start one of her classes that you may have missed, the Basket Puzzle Quilt, or maybe watch one of her fantastic interviews with her very fun quilting friends. Whatever you choose, it'll be the right choice because you can't go wrong with Alex Anderson!

Alex will return to her LIVEs on Monday, June 27, 2022 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

How High-End Fashion Is Made

When you think of Paris, many things come to mind. Food, art, love, and so many others. But one of the standouts has got to be fashion. Home to some of the biggest design houses in the world, including Chanel and Dior, Paris has so much to offer when it comes to the clothing industry. Go behind the scenes of the workshops of designers Stéphane Rolland and Jean-Paul Gaultier as they take you on a fantastic fashion tour of their Haute Couture Workshops in Paris.

"Winter Encounter" by Carol Ann Sinnreich

Winter Encounter is a beautiful outdoor scene quilt by Carol Ann Sinnreich depicting the cold of winter and the reality of nature. Here's what Carol Ann has to say about her work, "Snow, cold wind, predators and opportunity force wildlife to keep moving. Winter scenes are more colorful. Reflective light from snow creates a multitude of colors setting the mood and the challenge."

See more of Carol's quilts in How to Do Intersections in Appliqué | How to Dye Fabric | Paper Piecing without Paper.

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