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Featured Quilt - First Place Innovative at PIQF 2023
P is for Poppy and Periwinkle by Kathie Kerler won First Place in the Innovative category at the 2023 Pacific International Quilt Festival. Kathie's quilt is technically three quilts together as it is a triptych that gives a lovely view of the poppies in the field with "stems of False Indigo, which is the periwinkle in the title." The innovativeness that Kathie won for probably came from her concept for the poppies themselves. "Some will be more realistic, while others are abstracted. My goal is to have a sense of realism without being photographically realistic."
Most, if not all, of the flowers were hand embroidered so it took Kathie a considerable amount of time to finish her work but as she says, "I love the look and process of handwork, so I accept the length of time it takes." We certainly love the look too, and think the time spent was well worth it for the result.
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Correction For Sunday's Featured Quilt
In Sunday's Newsletter we featured Velda Newman's quilt, Iris II, which won the Viewer's Choice award and Third Place in the Innovative category at PIQF 2023. We originally said that the dimensions of her quilt were 94" x 30 Feet, but we've been provided updated and corrected dimensions from Velda herself. It turns out the quilt isn't as large as we said it was, it's only 18 Feet wide. I guess Velda doesn't make that big of quilts after all.
Learn from Velda right here on The Quilt Show by watching her in How to Paint a Quilt and How to Add Dimension to a Quilt with Velda Newman.
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Make Molas with Margaret Willingham
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Magnificent Molas Made Easy
Margaret Willingham discusses and shares the history of Molas, richly decorated and colorful panel designs, made by the Guna Indians of Panama. She then shows you how easy it is to create your own ‘design as you go’ Mola in our brand new show.
Learn from Margaret by watching her in Learn Hand and Machine Reverse Appliqué and Molas with Margaret Willingham.
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The Rest of "Homeward Bound" Is Available Now!
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Finish Early or Take Your Time
That's right BOTH of the patterns for Months 11 and 12 of The Quilt Show's 2023 Block Of the Month, Homeward Bound by Sarah Fielke, are ready for you to download right now! In Month 11 you will be making the cabins for the final border, and adding the heart appliqué to the border from last month, and in Month 12 you will be finishing up that final border.
There are TWO downloads for Month 11, the pattern and the
Month 11 Templates, and ONE for Month 12, just the pattern. So get your patterns today and finish your 2023 Block Of the Month journey off strong!
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PLEASE NOTE: Correction to "Homeward Bound" Month 8
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We know you're eager to finish your 2023 Block of the Month, but Barbara Black, our resident BOM expert, recently noticed a correction that needed to be made to the pattern for Month 8. She says:
"In the cutting instructions for the appliqué fabrics there are 8 Vine Flowers from each of the two oranges and 8 Vine Flower Tops from each of the two purples."
The pattern has been corrected and the new version is now available for you to download.
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Barbara Black LIVE: "Homeward Bound" - Month 11
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Houses In The Border
So you've downloaded the patterns for Months 11 and need a few pointers about where to get started. Cue Barbara Black and her monthly LIVE session to guide you where to go. For Month 11 she says, "We finish the month 10 pieced borders and make the houses for the final borders." Barbara has already finished our wonderful 2023 Block of the Month, Homeward Bound by Sarah Fielke, and can help you avoid problems as you finish your quilt.
Barbara is LIVE FRIDAY, November 3, 2023 @ 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 - Quilters Select 2500 Yard Thread Cones
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Perfect Cotton-Plus 60 wt. Large Cones
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Para-Cotton Poly 80 wt. Large Cones
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Thread For Days and Days
Sew for longer without stopping to replace your thread spool. These Quilters Select 2500 Yard Thread Cones are especially great for machine quilting! Available in both a Perfect Cotton-Plus 60 wt. and a Para-Cotton Poly 80 wt., the next question you ask yourself won't be "Will I have enough thread to make this?" but rather, "What should my next project be?"
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game
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Is it a game? Is it a learning tool? Actually, it's both!
Play Jinny Beyer's Memory Match today and get all the benefits of learning quilt blocks while sharpening your memory skills along the way.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Pumpkins Are For The Fall
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"Pumpkin Peel" by Mary Elizabeth Kinch
Pumpkin Peel was created by Mary Elizabeth Kinch and is in her book, Small Pieces, Spectacular Quilts. Pieced by Biz Storms, the quilt features an original quilting design and machine quilting by Sandra Reed.
See more of Mary's quilts in How to Recreate an Antique Quilt | Hexagon Quilt Blocks.
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