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Featured Quilt - First Place Hand Crafted / Hand Made at Houston 2023
With one big award usually comes another, as award-winning quilts travel from show to show picking up prizes left and right. Flowers in full bloom to Kirara by Ayako Kawakami is no different. Having already won Best of Show at Road to California 2023 this January, Ayako's quilt came to the 2023 Houston International Quilt Festival where it has won First Place in the Hand Crafted / Hand Made category (Sponsored by Flynn Quilt Frame Company) . This stunning quilt, full of amazing hand work and cut-out designs is a sight to behold, so what are you waiting here for? Take a look and see what makes this quilt a multi award-winner.
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Peter Byrne Presents Perfect Techniques That We Love!
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An Absolutely Amazing, Fantastic, and Outstanding Show
Peter Byrne may be relatively new on the quilting scene, but he seems to have captured that lightning in a bottle that our members and everyone else just loves. What do people love about Peter and our new Show? Read for yourself:
"Fantastic show with Peter Bryne. Just to watch him put this together with all the different configurations was something else. He is a wonderful speaker with an artistic quality that I've not seen before. So much fun and totally different." - Ann S.
"What an outstanding show this was on so many levels, so inspiring and so many new ideas. Lovely to see Alex and Ricky together too." - Pamela N.
"This was so interesting and very inspiring. Peter Bryne is a jewel! Great to have you all together again as well." - Sharon K.
Learn from Peter by watching him in Hover Quilting, City Landscapes, and Puzzle Quilts with Peter Byrne.
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The 2024 BOM Is Revealed This Wednesday!
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Are You Ready For It?
Tune in this Wednesday November 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST on our Facebook Page and YouTube Channel to see Alex reveal this year's 2024 Block Of the Month and the kit LIVE!
What do you think our BOM 2024 will be like? Check our Facebook page for the opportunity to answer a few questions and weigh in on what you think this year's quilt will be.
Do you want to win a FREE KIT! We are giving one lucky person a complete Block of the Month 2024 Kit and access to all 12 month's patterns! We will draw a name at random on November 20, 2023, and if you win but already purchased a kit you will have the option to be refunded for your purchase or receive a second kit. This giveaway is open to everyone anywhere in the world!
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Textile Talks: Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery - Subversive, Skilled, Sublime - Fiber Art by Women
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Fantastic Fiber Art From The Smithsonian
Presented by the SAQA, "Mary Savig will provide a sneak peek at the Renwick Gallery's upcoming exhibition, Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women. This project draws on archival and oral history recordings to amplify the voices and personal backstories of participating artists. All artworks are from the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery. Along those lines, Savig will also share details of some major new acquisitions."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
(Above Photo: Emma Amos, Winning, 1982, acrylic on linen with hand-woven fabric, Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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In The Store - Sea Sisters Fat Quarter & Half Yard Bundles by Shell Rummel for FreeSpirit Fabrics
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See The Sea With These Beautiful Watercolors
This beautiful soft watercolor collection in shades of cream, blue, gray and gray-green was inspired by the coastline and originated from Shell's paintings. Available in both Fat Quarter and Half Yard Bundles, these fabrics will be the next perfect addition to your collection.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Your Presence Is Requested
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"Social Hour" by Gina Perkes
Gina says that Social Hour is a very simple quilt with a really fun background, which features a lot of geometric quilting along with ruler work. Who's at the social hour? You'll just have to see for yourself.
See more of Gina's quilts in How to Machine Quilt with Rulers with Gina Perkes.
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