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International Quilting Weekend 2024 Begins Today!
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Free Shows and Prize Giveaway Begins Today!
Today through March 18, 2024 we will be celebrating a world of quilting and we'd like you to join in the fun. We will be opening up some of our best shows for FREE with great teachers like Cindy Lohbeck, Betty Ford-Smith, Amy Pabst, Pat Bishop, Tracy Mooney, Marty Ornish, and Blair Stocker. Plus we will be giving away some great prizes including:
BERNINA 475 QE Kaffe Edition
BERNINA Sewing Machine Feet
Quilters Select Design N Quilt Software
Quilters Select 36" x 60" Cutting Mat
Quilters Select 20 Spool Set of Threads
Quilt Show Gift Basket
Pick a Petal BOM 2024 Quilt Kit + Template Set
Enter through Midnight PST Monday March 18. The winners will be notified by email by March 20.
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For an Extra Entry into our giveaway, take the "Do You Know the Quilt Artist?" Quiz.
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And here are some other fun ideas for things you can do this weekend to celebrate quilting.
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Featured Quilt - Best Wall Quilt AQS QuiltWeek Daytona 2024
Buddy won Best Wall Quilt at 2024 AQS QuiltWeek - Daytona Beach. It was made by Hiroko Miyama (Azumino City, Nagano, Japan), quilted by Masanobu Miyama, and features a fun-loving dog and adorable child at play. Buddy was machine pieced and quilted. It has hand dyed fabric and fused appliqué. This one will make you smile.
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On The Set with Cathy Perlmutter |
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Who's On Deck For This Week's Quilt Show?
In this quick glimpse from The Quilt Show this Sunday, you'll learn about Cathy Perlmutter who makes non-fussy, improv-friendly, quirky quilts along with Judaic quilts. After joining a guild in the 90s, she went on to try every quilt fad. In this show, she demonstrates Cityscape quilts, Improv Log Cabin Triangle Piecing, and Judaic quilting (including how she makes an interesting Yarmulke). Take a peek.
Watch Cathy in Improv Log Cabin Triangle Piecing, Cityscapes, and Judaic Quilting with Cathy Perlmutter, when it debuts this Sunday, March 17, 2024.
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Dee LIVE: Hexie Projects - Hexagon Illusion Block |
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Watch the Final Installment
What can you do with hexies? This versatile shape offers so many options! In the final installment of our hexie project series, Dee will demonstrate how to make a “Hexagon Illusion Block” to use in your next quilt.
Dee is LIVE TOMORROW, March 16, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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In The Store - Bluebell Fat Quarter Bundle by Moda Fabrics
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Perfect Fabrics For An Upcoming Summer Project
This beautiful collection from Janet Clare features her floral cyanotypes in shades of blue and gentle greens, layered with subtle textures of lace, music notes, and flowing calligraphy. Use it to make the perfect summer quilt.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Well Respected Bird
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"Mr. Secretary" by Sue Sherman
Mr. Secretary is based on a photo that Sue took of a Secretary bird, hence the title of the quilt, in Kenya. She loved the way that the feathers, which normally hang down the back of the neck, kind of went up in the air with the wind and the expression upon the bird's face. The quilt was made during Sue's earlier days of painting with thickened dyes on white fabric, at a time when she was mostly doing portraits of different animals. From this period, Mr. Secretary is the favorite of her animal portrait quilts.
See more of Sue's quilts in How to Paint with Thickened Dyes and Use Thread Painting with Sue Sherman | The Potato Chip Block with Tracy Mooney.
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