The Quilt Show Newsletter - September 7, 2022

A Dozen Techniques From Transform Your Quilting, An Award-Worthy "Aurora", Why Y-Seams?, Improv Playtime - Lesson 02, SAQA 2022 Benefit Auction, New Fabric Alert - Luminous Daydream, Memory Match, A Bedazzling Puzzle

Want to make those points match? Alex shares the ins and outs of pinning and why the pins you select can make a real difference in your piecing results. From Show 2008, Alex will give you advice on Proper Pins and Pinning (technique) - Click on Chapter 1. Is there ever a time that Alex doesn't pin?

Have leftover batting scraps? Don't know what to do with them? Julie Cefalu will show you How to Cut and Join Your Batting Scraps ( tip). Fusible product or use your own sewing machine, Julie shows you what to do.

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Featured Quilt - An Award-Worthy "Aurora"

Last week we featured Kyra Reps' award-winning quilt, Serendipity, and today we are showing off another of her worthy winners. Aurora received First Place in the Wall Quilts - Movable category at AQS QuiltWeek Grand Rapids 2022. The quilt features "more than 3,000 dots that are done using needleturn hand appliqué. She also made a dress and shoes that match her quilt using fused dots." Unfortunately, we do not have pictures of the dress, but can still enjoy staring at the mind-boggling amount of dots scattered throughout the quilt!

Like with Serendipity, we have a video of Kyra discussing Aurora with Bonnie Browning on the floor of the 2022 AQS QuiltWeek in Daytona Beach, FL, where they go into detail about all the details of the quilt. Just click the Quilt Video tab to watch.

SAQA’s 2022 Benefit Auction opens Friday, September 9, 2022

The 2022 SAQA Benefit Auction opens this Friday at 2 pm EDT (US/Canada). Get ready to bid in this exciting fundraiser featuring 423 art quilts. All of the pieces were made and donated by SAQA members from around the world.

Each piece measures 12" x 12", and there is truly something for everyone. A dreamy dance floor by Alice Beasley, a beautiful bird by Martha Wolfe, and a colorful abstract by Katie Pasquini Masopust are just three examples of the inviting offerings.

photo: SAQA Benefit Auction 2022 Artwork

"BeDazzleder!" by Lisa Sipes

Lisa says that she taught herself how to embroider on BeDazzleder! with the embroidery machine that her mom gave her. She started to make it after she met Sarah Vedeler at the very first Quilt Market that she attended, in Spring 2010 in Minneapolis. It took her about a year to make it, after throwing it in the corner several times and not liking it. She made one of the borders five times, but it ended up being her first show quilt, her first ribbon winner, and the first of many other quilting goals for Lisa.

See more of Lisa's work in Learn Machine Quilting Stitches with Lisa Sipes | Adaptive Quilting with Nola Emerie.