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Featured Quilt - The Baby Lock Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award at PIQF 2023
If you've heard the name Margaret Solomon Gunn before, then you've probably seen one of her many award-winning quilts. Well, she isn't stopping the awards train any time soon, because she just took home The Baby Lock Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award at PIQF 2023 for her quilt Supraspinatus' Swan Song, which made its debut at the show.
The story behind the quilt is a fascinating one about Margaret's recovery from surgery when she tore her rotator cuff in May 2022. You can read the full story when you see the quilt and click on the About The Quilt tab. But we will let you know how Margaret named the quilt. She says, "The Supraspinatus is the tendon I tore. The name is an ode to how this stupid tendon nearly made me quit quilting."
(All Photos by Margaret Solomon Gunn from her Facebook Page)
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Margaret Willingham Shows Reverse Appliqué by Hand
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Try Appliqué A Different Way
Margaret Willingham begins her series of demos by discussing the tools to successful work. She then shares the tips and tricks for her ‘trace, baste, snip, and stitch technique that can help you master reverse appliqué by hand in a matter of minutes.
Learn from Margaret in Learn Hand and Machine Reverse Appliqué and Molas with Margaret Willingham.
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Alex LIVE: A Special Exhibit in Houston - With Lisa Erlandson
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A Sneak Peek at What's To Come In Houston
Lisa Erlandson is a quilt collector and historian and a member of the American Quilt Study Group (AND she's been a guest on The Quilt Show). The AQSG has a special exhibit in Houston this year, and collectors were asked to loan quilts with special stories for the exhibit. Lisa takes Alex behind the scenes of this fun and exciting exhibit.
Alex is LIVE TODAY, October 23, 2023 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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Textile Talks: The Textile Art of Burning Man
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And You Thought You'd Only Find Sand Out In the Desert
Presented by the International Quilt Museum, "Artworks are generously incorporated into the legendary Burning Man gathering. While several hundred pieces of art are officially placed by the organization, hundreds more can be found at independent, themed camps strewn across the Nevada desert location. Join IQM Executive Director Leslie Levy and retired Wall Street Journal reporter Meg Cox as they explore the imaginative textile arts of Burning Man, including the textiles used in costumes and festival structures."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Learn from Meg right here at The Quilt Show by watching her in Challenge Quilt Designs with Meg Cox, Alex Anderson, and Ricky Tims.
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New In The Store - Hermosa Fat Quarter Bundle by Artisan Batiks for Robert Kaufman
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Summer May Be Over, But Its Color Schemes Certainly Aren't
This beautiful collection of Artisan Batiks from Robert Kaufman features summertime blues, aquas, corals, and brick red with a bold floral motif.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Stunning Stained Glass Quilt
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"Hillside Houses" by Daphne Greig and Susan Purney Mark
Daphne and Susan created Hillside Houses by piecing the background into blocks, sewing the blocks together, and then laying a stained glass grid over the top of it to create the beautiful stained glass window look they were striving for. A little more background from Daphne, she says of the quilt: "Bright houses perched on a hillside are the inspiration for this quilt. You will see these along the coastlines of Italy and Greece and even in Newfoundland. The piece was designed for my book, co-written with Susan Purney Mark, Simple Stained Glass Quilts, Krause Publications, 2008. Our unique "whole cloth" technique makes construction of stained glass quilts easy and less labor-intensive than other
methods."
See more of Daphne and Susan's quilts in How to Do Fusible Applique with Fat Quarters | How to Piece a Circle into a Quilt Block.
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