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Featured Quilt - Over 20,500 Stitches Hand Quilted Stitches
Solomon’s Stripes By Ethylene Ziegler won Best Hand Quilting (Sponsored by WonderFil Specialty Threads) at QuiltCon 2024. It was Ethylene's first entry into QuiltCon, in the Modern Traditionalism category, and features "over 20,500 stitches", so it's no wonder it won the hand quilting award.
She says, "Inspired by an Anni Albers color study, I originally set out to design a quilt using only three colors, with the Kona Color of the Year, Crush, appearing in all of the blocks. The block design I came up with is a combination of two of my improv favorites - strip piecing and quarter-square curves. The fourth color was added by chance when I
ran out of Crush and found a color in my stash with the same value. Hard to believe, but if you take a photo of the quilt in black and white, it will look like the 3-color quilt I originally had in mind."
After viewing the quilt in the gallery, be sure and click the Quilt Video tab to watch an interview with Ethylene conducted by WonderFil on the floor of QuiltCon 2024 where she talks about her quilt some more. This is also where you can see the quilt in black and white like she mentioned in her artist's statement.
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WeAllSew Tutorial: How to Sew a Placemat for St. Patrick’s Day |
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The Perfect Placemat For St. Patrick
Pat Bravo at WeAllSew has the perfect compliment to add to your Shamrock Table Runner for the upcoming holiday next week. She has a tutorial for you on how to sew a St. Patrick’s Day Placemat using the reverse appliqué technique. See how she does it and then make one (or two or three) for yourself for next Sunday.
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Dune: Otherworldly Wears - Costumes and Inspiration
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Creative Costume Design from Arrakis to Giedi Prime
Dune: Part Two is currently the biggest movie in the universe and features costumes and clothing that are out of this world. But all the creativity and ingenuity utilized throughout the second part were born in the first film. Join the Dune: Part One costume designers, Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan, along with members of the film's cast as they "explore the inspiration and execution of the film's otherworldly wears."
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Dee LIVE: Hexie Projects - Making Hexies EPP Style, and a Cool Quilting Idea |
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This Versatile Shape Offers So Many Project Options
In the next installment of our hexie project series, Dee Christopher will demonstrate how to make and use turned-edge hexies, and she will give you a fun and innovative idea for quilting them.
Dee is LIVE TOMORROW, March 9, 2024 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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New In The Store - "Northern Tracks" Quilt Kit
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Explore The Outdoors From The Comfort of Your Quilting Home
Immerse yourself in the beauty of the great outdoors with the Northern Tracks Quilt Kit, showcasing a captivating watercolor fabric panel of bears in a tranquil mountain landscape. The kit includes high-quality 100% cotton Northern Peaks fabric by Deborah Edwards and Melanie Samra for Northcott Fabrics, and includes everything you need to craft the quilt top and binding.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Message from the Animals
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"Dear Humans..." by Sue Sherman
Sue wants her quilts to present a message to her audience to care about the environment. She does this by mixing a profound statement, like take care of our world, with a little humor. This quilt, Dear Humans..., presents that message by having its animal subjects have their backs turned towards us. The quilt won The Superior Threads Master Award For Thread Artistry at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2022.
Sue says of her work, "The animals are sending a message to humans, offering their opinion about the state of things. If you look closely, you can see where the humans have filled the sky with their empty talk about addressing habitat loss and climate change, but don’t do enough to help. Wholecloth cotton painted with thickened dyes."
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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