First Place Traditional - PIQF 2021, New Show with Cindy Grisdela, The Quilts of Ken Burns in 360, Prison Inmates Learned to Quilt, Flowers For Freya Fat Quarter Bundle, A Puzzle That Visits England
Sunday Smiles October 24, 2021
Featured Quilt - First Place Traditional at PIQF 2021
Prolific award-winner Margaret Solomon Gunn has done it again and won another First Place award. This time her quilt, Hungarian Rhapsody, won First Place in the Traditional category at PIQF XXX. Margaret says of the work that went into her quilt, "This original design is constructed from bold shades of silk Radiance. The hand appliqué mimics patterns seen in Hungarian crewel embroidery. My hand-guided longarm quilting includes motifs to complete the garden theme. Accents of embroidery, lace, beads & crystals are added." Take a look at this beautiful work, and be inspired to create your next award-winner!
A Brand New Show with Cindy Grisdela Starts Today!
Improv Away with Cindy
Cindy Grisdela designs eye-catching contemporary Improv quilts with fabric the way a painter uses paint. In this show, Cindy shows how to piece strips and scraps into blocks that fit together like a puzzle, a technique for free-hand cutting curves without templates, how to create variations using insets, triangles and her ‘confetti pops’ to make designs more dynamic, and much more!
On Friday we featured a video of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns talking about his quilt collection and his decision to finally exhibit them for the public. Now, take a virtual tour of the exhibit featuring his unique collection of quilts at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska in this video.
Prison Inmates Learned to Quilt and Make Amazing Personalized Gifts for Foster Care Children
A Heart-Warming Story of Giving Back
"While quilting bees generally conjure images of grandmas piecing together scraps of fabric to create family heirlooms for future generations, crafting the colorful, cozy bed covers has become an outlet for incarcerated men not only to express their creativity but to give something positive back to the communities from which they came."
The Quilt Show Puzzle: Inspired By Another Planet?
"Arlington Row, Bibury Village, The Cotswolds, England" by Meri Henriques Vahl
Arlington Row, Bibury Village, The Cotswolds, England was based on, as the name suggests, a trip that Meri took to The Cotswolds in England. Years earlier when Meri was writing science fiction, she still does by the way, she needed a location for a planet and came across an image in Sunset magazine that she posted next to her computer for inspiration. Then when she went to England, she turned a corner and there was that same place.
We all know that quilting can be difficult sometimes and that we all have our own personal mountains to climb when it comes to finishing our work. But lucky for you The Quilt Show is here to help you conquer those mountains with all the teachers, tricks, and projects in the book available at your fingertips to reach the top of the them. So whatever size that next quilting challenge is, be it molehill or Mount Everest, know that The Quilt Show will be your Sherpa to get you through it!
