Featured Quilt - A Newly Awarded NACQJ CJ Award of Merit
That Town and Country Quilt by Debra L. Freese was recently awarded a National Association of Certified Quilt Judge's Award of Merit at the Iowa State Fair. Using a commercial pattern by Susan Claire as her basis, Debra quilted the quilt beautifully and was bestowed the honor by Certified Judge Maribeth Schmit. Congratulations Debra!
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What Has Ricky Been Up To? - Part 1 |
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What's In The Truck?
Ricky Tims just received a rather large delivery to his home in La Veta, Colorado. What is it you may ask? We're not telling, but let's just say it's something he's going to be using a lot for the next couple of months.
Watch the video to see if you can figure out what it is and keep your eye on the newsletter for the next couple of days to get more updates from Ricky.
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For Your Inspiration - A Modern Bridge in Italy
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The Iconic Ponte della Costituzione Bridge
Capt'n John's search for Modern Bridges that will inspire quilters has brought him to Venice, Italy this week for a trip across the Ponte della Costituzione Bridge, or in english the Constitution Bridge. How does this bridge inspire the design aspirations of today's quilters? Read on to find out!
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A Virtual Walkthrough of "Welcome Home: A Celebration of House Quilts"
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Curator Insights with Julie Silber
Explore the enchanting world of house quilts in the Iowa Quilt Museum's latest exhibit, Welcome Home: A Celebration of House Quilts. Join curator Julie Silber on a journey through these textile masterpieces that blend art, history, and nostalgia in this virtual walkthrough video.
The exhibit is on display at the Iowa Quilt Museum from June 20, 2023 through September 10, 2023.
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The Quilt Show Labor Day Sale Continues!
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Save On So Many Things
Our Labor Day sale is in full swing from now until Monday, September 4, 2023.
All full priced fabrics, notions, and the Summer Bloom kits (to the right) are 20% off using the code LABORDAY at checkout.
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Learn how to make the beautiful Summer Bloom quilt, designed by Robin Long, by following along with Robin in our FREE classes, with the third
debuting on September 5, 2023.
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Nine-Patch Has Many Uses
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"Nine-Patch Jambalaya" by Diane Harris
Nine-Patch Jambalaya began when a bee that Diane was in exchanged small nine-patches for a year. Diane amassed 225
nine-patches of all kinds of fabrics, such as batiks, 30s, Christmas, and so on, but she wasn't sure how she was going to make them work together. Having seen the idea of the disappearing nine-patch, Diane started to cut up her newly acquired collection vertically and horizontally and then sewed them back together randomly. As a result of the small nature of the blocks, the quilt began to come together better than Diane would have thought.
See more of Diane's quilts in Learn How to Use Color, Contrast, and Cohesion When Making Scrappy Quilts with Diane Harris.
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You'll Be Amazed At What You See
You may be asking yourself if that lion fountain is dispensing water or is spitting out its drink in amazement at what it has seen. If you thought the latter, then what
could possibly make a statue do that? Well, perhaps it had just seen any of the over 400 episodes of The Quilt Show and was so surprised at all it could learn. With so much knowledge available, and so much more on the way, we can't help but to conclude that yes, that is why the solid stone lion statue spit out its drink, The Quilt Show is just too amazing to pass up!
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