Excellence in Thread Mastery Overlay Award - 2022 Birmingham Festival of Quilts, Faith Ringgold: American People at the de Young Museum, Alex Talks to Jennifer Sampou, The Handmade Quilt - Lesson 04, How Does Guo Pei Create Her Amazing Work?, Sky Ombre Fabrics from Jennifer Sampou, An Unraveled Puzzle

Featured Quilt - The Excellence in Thread Mastery Overlay Award at 2022 Birmingham Festival of Quilts

In the midnight garden by Caroline Nixon won The Excellence in Thread Mastery Overlay Award (sponsored by Superior Threads) at the 2022 Birmingham Festival of Quilts. When complementing its wonderful design the judges said, "This thoughtful and sympathetic piece uses a combination of stitch and fabric to evoke the idea of leaves returning to the earth. Stitch has been used creatively to enhance the background design, giving natural texture to the journey of the leaf. The threads used compliment the overall design and the choice of stitch in the border draws the whole together. Subtle background stitching helps to create a feeling of calm. The stitching is well thought out and well executed."

Watch a New Video from the de Young Museum

From the de Young Museum: "Produced on the occasion of the exhibition “Faith Ringgold: American People” at the de Young museum, and directed by LeRon Lee, this film tells the story of Black artist and activist Faith Ringgold, who has dedicated her life and artistic practice to amplifying the struggle for justice and equity of Black people in the United States and particularly of Black women."

Filmed in New York, New Jersey, and San Francisco, this documentary features first-person accounts by Faith Ringgold herself, friend and scholar Lisa Farrington, PhD, and friend and gallery owner Dorian Bergen. "Faith Ringgold: American People" is on view at the de Young museum from July 17 through November 27, 2022."

It's Time for Flying Geese and Patchwork Blocks

Join instructor Dee Christopher to learn new skills or brush up on old ones while you make this beautiful skill-building sampler. This wonderful quilt design by Carolyn Forster features 21 different blocks with skill levels of easy to challenging so you can grow your skills as you go. This week you'll learn about making flying geese and patchwork blocks. Even if you aren't making the quilt, there is always something to learn and it's FREE!

Dee will be LIVE TOMORROW, October 15, 2022 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

Learn About a Stunning Textile Technique - Don't Try This at Home

Alex absolutely loved this exhibit, Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy, which has been extended through November 27, 2022 at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. The exhibit celebrates the extraordinary designs of Guo Pei—hailed as China's first couturier—and includes more than 80 works from the past two decades highlighting her most important collections shown on Beijing and Paris runways. In this brief video, you'll learn how she creates some of her stunning textiles.

"Un ra ve li n g" by Marty Ornish

The original quilt that this quilt was created from was given to Marty by a steampunk friend of hers. He was finishing up an estate sale for his parents and told her if she didn't come and get it he would throw it away. Initially, Marty didn't like that it was a 1960s polyester quilt, but took it out back anyway and froze it to make sure there were no critters living in there. Afterward, she decided to disassemble the quilt for the heck of it and fell in love with the inside of it. So Marty went and then stitched down what was used as the original batting for the quilt using gold thread to make this new work a thing of beauty. She handstitched all of the batting back down for three months, and Un ra ve li n g the quilt was born.

See more of Marty's work in Upcycling Vintage Textiles and Zipper Work with Marty Ornish | Chicken Scratch Embroidery with Blair Stocker.

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