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The Quilt Show Newsletter - May 2, 2022

A Third TQS Winner at Paducah, Meg Hawkey Demos FOUR Handwork Stitches, Neutral Blooms Lesson 04, Retired Astronaut Launches A Fabric Line, Mermaid Doll Panels, Memory Match, A "Positive" Puzzle
Newsletter - May 2, 2022
Featured Quilt - A Third TQS Winner at Paducah

You heard that right, another one of The Quilt Show's wonderful guests has won an award at AQS Quiltweek 2022 in Paducah. Andrea Brokenshire's (Show 2803) quilt, Orange Crushed It, took home the Brother International Corporation Best Wall Stationary Machine Workmanship Award. But like all the other TQS winners recently, this quilt hasn't just settled for winning one award. It also won Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Innovative at PIQF 2019 and features beautiful machine appliqué, machine piecing, and machine quilting.
See The Quilt
Meg Hawkey Demos FOUR Different Handwork Stitches
See Some Stupendous Stitch Samples

Our newest Masterclass features a variety of different teachers covering a wide range of handwork stitches. Meg Hawkey is one of those great teachers and she shows off a sample that itself has a number of different stitches. She teaches four of those, including the Backstitch, the Lazy Daisy (or detached chain), the Chain Stitch, and the Cast-On Stitch (3D flowers).

Learn from Meg, and the other Handwork Masters, by watching How to Do Handwork | Handwork Masterclass Part 2 - All About Stitches from Basic to Fancy.
Watch The Show
Alex LIVE: Neutral Blooms - Lesson 04
Making Stems

Stems can involve bias, straight lines, curvy lines, and colors. Alex gives you tips and ideas for making your stems just right. These tips can help everyone, even if you aren't making the project.

Alex is LIVE TODAY Monday, May 2, 2022 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
Watch Alex LIVE
A Retired Astronaut Launches a Fabric Line
Inspired by Her Views of Earth From Space

"Seeing Earth from space is a privilege afforded only to a select few highly trained individuals—the rest of us have to settle for photos and videos. Now, those views can also be incorporated into quilts and other crafting projects thanks to a new fabric line from retired NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg." - Smithsonian Magazine
Learn More
In The Store - The Sea And Me Cut And Sew Mermaid Doll Panel
Let Them Be Part of Your World

Make a trio of sweet mermaids with removable tails, tiny pets, and sea-themed handbags with The Sea And Me Cut And Sew Mermaid Doll Panel. This is a perfect summer vacation project to make with the "assistance" of your favorite little mer-person!
See The Panel
Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game
Play Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game and start your day the right way. Are you done doing today's crossword puzzle? Then it's time to start a new game to get those creative juices going!
Play Memory Match
The Quilt Show Puzzle: Sending Positive Vibes
"Positive Energy 4" by Karen Eckmeier

Positive Energy 4 is a quilt Karen Eckmeier created using her "Layered Curves and Peaks" technique. Here is what Karen says about her technique, "I like the term “playing” with fabric. The more I can touch and manipulate fabric, the happier I am. My “Layered Curves” technique began in 1997 when I got frustrated with the tedious process of curved piecing. I just wasn’t enjoying the sewing stage anymore – so I tried cutting wild curves into the fabric, ironing the edges under ¼”, then topstitching to another fabric, I would cut the underneath fabric away and continue the cutting/layering/topstitching process until I either ran out of fabric pieces or I got bored. The result was a happy combination of two techniques – curved piecing and fabric collage."

See more of Karen's quilts in How to Make a Landscape Quilt with Karen Eckmeier | Quilted Garments | Home Tour Casa De Vidrio.
Go To Puzzle
See The Quilt
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