Welcome to Wednesday

October 13, 2021

Featured Quilt - Time To Strike Up The Band

Jan Hutchison drew a picture in high school that became her lovely and lively quilt, Bringing Down the House, featuring an all ladies band...the ladies being just a "few" years out of high school. Jan's quilt won 1st Place in the Fantasy/Whimsy category at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2018.

Pacific International Quilt Festival 30 Starts Today!

Celebrating Thirty Years as the Pinnacle of the Art of Quilting in 2021!

Officially recognized as Quilt Week in the city of Santa Clara, CA, PIQF is proud to announce its thirtieth year! Join them at the Santa Clara Convention Center, October 14-17, 2021, as they celebrate the art of quilting. Whether you shop the aisles of the Merchants Mall for the best fabric, learn a new technique in workshops taught by an outstanding faculty, or admire the beauty of the artwork hanging in the quilt and wearable art competitions and special exhibits, take part in the excitement that is the Pacific International Quilt Festival.

Capt'n John and Alex have been granted early access to get you up close to the quilts!

Haute Couture Jacket – Inside CHANEL

What Is Good Fashion Worth to You?

Would you spend 130 hours making a jacket? Would you spend the money to have the jacket made in 130 hours? See what it takes to put together a Chanel jacket by hand.

Alex LIVE: Catch Up with Teresa Duryea Wong

Teresa is a Whirlwind

She had two quilts accepted at Houston 2021, she writes for several quilting magazines, she has written books on quilting, and she is on the board of the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. Whew! You'll love her talk with Alex and you'll see both of her 2021 quilts. She even tells Alex what happens to USA cotton that is produced.

Alex will be LIVE TODAY, October 13, 2021 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

Populate Your Quilt with Meri Henriques Vahl

You Can Make Your Figures Come to Life

In addition to creating beautiful landscape quilts, Meri Henriques Vahl is also an expert in populating those quilts with lifelike figures to add to the realism of her work. Learn from Meri how to create and add life to the face of a "paper doll" person using a Renaissance technique and soft layers of color to create the same effect in your work.

Learn from Meri in How to Make a Landscape Quilt with Figures with Meri Henriques Vahl | A Bedturning of Antique Quilts with Lisa Erlandson.

Sari Silk Ribbon Landscapes with Dee Christopher

A Fun Project From Dee

Make a sari silk ribbon landscape with Dee Christopher in our FREE recorded class! Click below and scroll to the bottom of the page to watch.

Get your Sari Silk Sari Ribbon Yarn from the store, which is created from smaller strips of silk sari fabric and plyed into a yarn.

PLEASE NOTE: Your sari ribbon skein will differ as each skein is assembled by hand with remnants available, and thus is one of a kind.

The Quilt Show Puzzle: Anyone For Gelato?

"Gelato Girls" by Leni Levenson Wiener

Gelato Girls is a piece from Leni's "Park Bench Stories" exhibit. Leni writes of the quilt, "I am a park bench. I am no different whether I reside in New York, Santa Fe, Venice, Prague, Vienna or in any small town anywhere in the world. I remain in place all seasons of the year, in all weather, year after year, gazing at the same scenery. People come to visit me–some are regular visitors, some pass my way but once."

See more of Leni's quilts in How to Do Portrait Quilts with Leni Levenson Wiener | Ergonomic Exercises with Jake Simmons.