Ricky has a great tip for controlling the loose thread that comes off your spool using a common household item.
Celebrate Christmas with one of Ricky's famous holiday concerts for FREE. This Christmas concert, Comfort and Joy, was originally posted during COVID-19 in 2020. The message is timely, and featured in this presentation are guest performers Kat Bowser, Jonothon Long, and Allison Mahal. Enjoy the show!
Quilt Luminarium by Ricky Tims was met with the highest accolades and was attended by thousands of quilters prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now you can experience it without leaving home!
Ricky Tims, who was a judge at AQS Quiltweek 2022 in Paducah, went out onto the floor to seek the opinion of quilters and find out how they feel about the use of "banned substances" in quilt competitions. The Quilt Show would like to thank all of the gracious participants for their time in taking part in this survey.
Ricky Tims: A Rhapsody of Quilts presents 11 pieces highly regarded as excellent examples of contemporary quilt art with traditional appeal. The amazing quilts are coming to The Texas Quilt Museum soon. Find out more, and when it's coming, by clicking below.
What to do when the family arrives for the holidays with musical instruments? Produce something and make a video. Celebrating love. Wishing everyone peace and joy - Hallelujah!
Ricky Tims performs his original composition, Northern Lights, and the title track from his 2008 CD, Christmas In A Small Town, to spread joy and Christmas cheer this holiday season.
Watch and listen to a live recording of Here We Come a Wassailing from Ricky Tims' Christmas In A Small Town concerts. We just love to watch Ricky play on that small red piano from his childhood.
Here's one from the past. Watch this evocative, nostalgic video of a one horse open sleigh shot on November 27, 2009 by Justin Shults and Ricky Tims. The music is "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" from Ricky's Christmas In A Small Town CD.
Meg Goodman, the host of the Sew & So... podcast, recently interviewed Ricky for their latest episode, As You Quilt, Life Unfolds. During their conversation they discuss how Ricky got his start in quilting, what inspires him, what excites, his connection to the quilting community, and so much more.
With Ricky's Kool Kaleidoscope class coming up soon, we thought we would dig into the TQS archives and see some of the Kool Kaleidoscope quilts that our members have made. No two Kaleidoscopes are alike, which is the fun part of the class, so everyone's interpretations are different. We can't wait to see how everyone else's turn out!
Ricky Tims' Kool Kaleidoscope quilt is a popular and very fun method for making a kaleidoscopic quilt without fussy cutting individual fabric prints. This strip-piece quilt is quick and easy and great for advanced beginners and beyond. And guess what? Ricky will be teaching the project LIVE for FREE over two weeks this July. Find out more from the man himself.
Ricky Tim's Summer Quilt Luminarium session is coming soon. The Summer Luminarium will be June 10, 2021 through June 12, 2021.
If you missed it the first time, now's your chance to get in on all the fun and join Ricky for his Gridified Art Quilts Class, a fun class using traditional quilting units to design and create your own original "gridified" art quilt.
Ricky presents his new album by telling something about each song. Then the music is played and a fun picture or video is shown with it.
Join Ricky as he celebrates the release of his brand new album, Alone With My Thoughts.
Join Ricky as he updates you on his health, his projects, and his new Music CD LIVE in Let's Chat: Ricky Tims - Man of Many Hats on April 22, 2021.