September 11, 2023

Featured Quilt - 1st Place Machine Quilted Bed Size - Appliquéd - Mixed or Other

The spectacularly quilted Andromeda Crossing by Karen Marchetti was awarded 1st Place Machine Quilted Bed Size - Appliquéd - Mixed or Other at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show 2023.

An original pattern by Karen, it was created using her own ice-dyed mandalas. The background/border fabrics are commercial cottons. Karen writes, "My friend said they looked nebulas. I found a photo of Andromeda...which was spectacular and had the same purple and browns."

Watch Karen at work in How to Build a Color Scheme and How to Fussy Cut with Tula Pink | Longarm Quilting with Karen Marchetti.

Vicki Conley was a Potter for 40 Years and Then...

She Met a Quilter

As a professional potter for forty years, quilting didn’t come into Vicki Conley's life until a piece of her pottery was broken by a neighboring vendor who happened to be a quilter. The vendor was sorry and offered Vicki several quilt patterns in exchange for the damage. Reading through and following the pattern directions she was immediately drawn to quilting. Before long she transitioned into designing her own patterns.  Creating art quilts fed her desire for making art. Watch Vicki's show and see what happened next.

Watch Vicki along with Carrie Bloomston in Learn Turned Edge and Fussy Piecing with Vicki Conley | Make a Soul Box with Carrie Bloomston.

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Has a New Director

Meet Kris Jensen

The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is delighted to announce the appointment of San Jose native and veteran nonprofit leader Kris Jensen.

Textile Talks: Beneath the Tuscan Sun - The Works of Annamaria Brenti

Learn About Italy and Quilting from the Comfort of Your Home

Join the International Quilt Museum for a Textile Talk with artist Annamaria Brenti. Hear about Brenti's technique and inspiration as well as some tips for the quilter traveling to Italy! Born in Sardinia and raised in Florence, Italy, Brenti graduated with a degree in mathematics prior to relocating to the United States. It was there Brenti discovered a passion for American quilt styles. Her pictorial quilts are a combination of her Italian cultural background as well as her love of quiltmaking and mathematics.

Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

New In The Store - Flowerhouse Sara - Fat Quarter Bundle by Debbie Beaves for Robert Kaufman Fabrics

The Quilt Show Puzzle: An Old Technique Made New

"Lotus Blossom II" by Rami Kim

Lotus Blossom II incorporates a technique that Rami learned from her grandmother when she was four years old. She originally learned it using paper, but now utilizes it with fabric. To make one of the blossoms seen on the quilt, you need to have twenty-four squares, so depending on the colors you want to combine you can cut out twelve and twelve, or three sets of eight, and so on. You need two squares to make one petal and then you interconnect all twelve petals to make one blossom.

See more of Rami's quilts in How to Do Fabric Folding with Rami Kim | How to do Prairie Points with Ricky Tims | Wearable Art.

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