Featured Quilt - First Place - Large Quilts: Movable Machine Quilted AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2023
Pathfinder by Kyra Reps won First Place - Large Quilts: Movable Machine Quilted (Sponsored by ABM International) at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2023. Pathfinder was Kyra's COVID quilt, taking three years from start to finish to complete. It features 3,133 appliquéd dots on the front
with much more additional appliqué work done throughout the quilt. Then, according to Kyra, the back of the quilt has to look as good as the front, so the back features over 180 hours of free-motion quilting that she did on her Innova and countless thread colors to match. Kyra views the back as almost a whole cloth quilt, that allows you to see all the colors featured.
After looking at this amazing quilt, don't forget to click the Quilt Video tab and watch a video of Kyra discussing all the work she put into this quilt with Lauren Sullivant on the floor of AQS QuiltWeek Daytona Beach where the quilt was also featured.
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The Ten Most Expensive Fabrics - #10 Sea Island Cotton
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What Are the Most Expensive Fabrics in the World?
Capt'n John as always wanted to know. So, after doing
some research, he has come up with a list of the most expensive fabrics currently in production. For the next ten weeks, we will be showing these fabrics one by one. First up in the Number Ten spot, Sea Island Cotton.
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The 30th Anniversary Quilt Alliance BOM - Month 2
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Designed by Zak Foster
From the Quilt Alliance, "Our very first Block of the Month project is underway. We have nine amazing blocks from nine incredible designers and the Month Two block designed by Zak Foster comes out on Monday!" Click through to take a look at the Month 2 block and how you can join in on the fun!
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Embroidered Anointing Screen for Coronation
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A Screen Fit For a King
There is a long tradition throughout history of producing works of art
for special occasions. This could amount to anything, a presidential portrait, a quilt for a new baby, or, in the case of the newly anointed King of England, an Embroidered Anointing Screen for his Coronation created by the Royal School of Needlework. Take a peek behind the scenes and learn about the creation of this amazing embroidered work that was "designed and produced for use during the Coronation Service on 6 May at Westminster Abbey."
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Last Minute Gift Idea for Mother's Day? A Full Year of Quilting with a Gift Membership to The Quilt Show Is
Right There to Give!
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Even On The Day, You Can Still Get Her A Gift
A membership to The Quilt Show offers more than 400
hours of streaming shows all about quilting, plus classes, projects, and a warm and welcoming global community. AND, if you purchase it now you can send it immediately!
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In The Store - New from Quilters Select - Select 9" x 12" Cutting Mats
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Just in Time for Retreat Season!
This new smaller 9" x 12" Cutting Mat has all
of the features you love in Quilters Select mats but in a smaller portable size, so you can have a great cutting experience on the road as well as at home.
The self-healing, multi-layer mat has a dark and a light side so you can get the best visibility, and two sets of corresponding measurements around the perimeter of the mat—one reading left to right and one reading right to left—so you never lose your place or have to count backwards.
Pair it with a 2.5" x 12" Quilters Select Ruler for the perfect travel combo!
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Disaster Strikes Inspiration
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"Hurricane Harvey Hits Houston" by Patricia Belyea
Hurricane Harvey Hits
Houston is Patricia's disaster quilt and was made in response to Hurricane Harvey striking Houston in August 2017. Since she, and many others, didn't know what the Houston Quilt Festival was going to be like in the aftermath, she made the journey to see what was going on. Once there, she, along with the other few who made it, realized that the place was a ghost town with many not choosing to make the trip. For the quilt itself, she inserted the brown swirling fabric as the first layer to represent the hurricane and used the turquoise and orange fabric as the second layer to represent the debris. All of the fabric used is Yukata cottons, except the solids, and Patricia sees this quilt as her first foray into double insertions in her quilts.
See more of Patricia's quilts in Working with Yukata
Fabric and Designer Facings with Patricia Belyea | Quilt Care and Storage with Lisa Erlandson.
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Put A Pin in It, Watch It Later
The beauty of The Quilt Show is that you can watch it whenever
you want, wherever you want, and at what ever point you want. You may start a show in bed at night but get to too tired to finish. Never fear, as you can start the show back up right in the morning at the breakfast table. With chapters breaking the shows up into easily digestible segments, The Quilt Show is your on-the-go learning tool that no quilter should be without.
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