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Featured Quilt - Excellence In Design at QuiltCon 2023
Sawtooth No 3: Betelguese by Simone Symonds won the MQG Excellence In Design award at QuiltCon 2023. Simone says, "Working in a series inspired by using the improv sawtooth border as the feature of a quilt, this third quilt in the series was designed to explore the tension of constraining a dynamic improv sawtooth within a traditional courthouse steps framework. The use of a limited colour palette of reds and blues and a simple repetition of the improv sawtooth resulted in a powerful visual effect that resonates like the nebula of Betelguese."
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Alex LIVE: Quilters Select Rulers Review and Demo
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Learn About New Rulers and Win Them Too!
YIPEEE - Alex is hosting a live today (she's
feeling a little chipper), introducing 2 new non-slip specialty rulers by Quilters Select. Barbara Black put together a review and tutorial using these new rulers. After viewing, Alex was chomping at the bit to get hers! And, oh yeah, 4 people will win a ruler set too!
Alex is LIVE TODAY, March 3, 2023 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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Dee LIVE: Cathedral Windows
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Crafting Creative Cathedral Blocks
Join Dee Christopher as she shows you three different
techniques to make beautiful Cathedral Windows Blocks. Which will work best for you?
Dee is LIVE TOMORROW, March 4, 2023 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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Mississippi Museum of Art Announces Acquisition of Major Collection of Quilts from Kohler Foundation
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Keeping History Alive
The Mississippi Museum of Art has "announced its 2022
acquisitions which include a significant collection of quilts by crafters from Mississippi and beyond, along with works by Randy Hayes, Shani Peters, Edgar Praus, and Willie White. The 131 quilts generously gifted through the Kohler Foundation, Inc. greatly enhance MMA’s holdings of quilts by African Americans." Find out more about these wonderful pieces of history that will now be preserved forever.
(Quit Photo: Crossroad Quilters, Strings in Diamond Quilt, 2000. Quilted fabric. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS. 2022.9.4.)
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Barbara Black's Tips for "Homeward Bound" Month 3
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Terrific Tips To Get You Going
Month 3 of Homeward Bound, the 2023 TQS
Block Of the Month designed by Sarah Fielke, means you'll be finishing the hollyhock blocks by adding small circles and leaves. Barbara Black is back with her monthly tips to help you conquer the 116 circles, in 5 different sizes, that make up the Hollyhock blocks.
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The New Rulers From Quilters Select are Back in Stock!
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Watch Alex share Barbara Black's review of these new rulers (chock full of tips, tricks, and clever
ideas) today at 10:00 am PST, and enter to win a 3n1 Half Square Triangle Ruler and a 60 Degree Triangle Ruler- we have 4 sets to give away!
Click Here to enter to win a set.
Buy both rulers and get a FREE Select Self-Erase Marker from Quilters Select - a $7.19 value!
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Spring Is Almost In Bloom
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"Little Blooms" by Irene Blanck
Irene had this to say about her quilt,
Little Blooms. "A truly scrappy quilt using a wide variety of fabrics, even those you don't particularly like. The flowers are prepared using English Paper Piecing - and each flower is made up of 9 different fabrics in the same colourway. There are 13 vases to choose from or you can make all of them. I chose to have lots of contrasts between the flowers and vases. The background for each block is a mixture of low volume fabrics."
See more of Irene's quilts in How to Prep Appliqué and Needleturn Appliqué with Irene Blanck | Vintage Appliqué Quilts with Lisa Erlandson.
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