Debuting March 3, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, our Canadian guest Sue Sherman says that "If you're only thinking about yourself, then our world is in serious trouble." Sue creates activist art relating to climate change and wildlife habitat. Her images are stirring and memorable.
Debuting February 18, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, our guest Betty Ford-Smith first learned about and fell in love with pinecone quilts from a 92-year-old quilter in her community. And now, she can't stop making them. Learn the traditional way to make a pinecone quilt.
Debuting February 4, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, you know a few things, you've tried a few things, but are you ready to take things to the next level. Well this next show is chock full of great information that will make your things even better. Meet designer and quilter Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill, who is making beautifully graphic and bold quilts.
Debuting January 21, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, we're visiting two Colorado visionaries who explore nature in very different ways. Meet textile artist and teacher Diana Fox, and see how creating round blocks helped her find her artistic voice. Plus, how does Diana add dimension to her quilts? You might be surprised. Then, fiber and mixed media artist Susan Dillon drops by to teach about expressive embroidery.
Debuting December 31, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, the patchwork wonder from Down Under, Jen Kingwell, is here to unveil our TQS 2024 BOM that she designed. Jen is known for her fresh, playful designs, and her handwork. Even if you prefer piecing and quilting on a machine, what Jen is doing by hand may surprise you.
Debuting December 17, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, Wisconsin quilt artist Pat Bishop, she's been quilting since the 70s but she says the more she learns the more she wants to move away from reality. She loves to slightly abstract and simplify images with dazzling results. Pat will show you how she abstracts landscapes. Plus, how does she abstract an image? It's really quite doable.
Debuting December 3, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, we are going to introduce you to a wonder from West Virginia, Amy Pabst. Amy is sweeping up awards with her remarkable quilts featuring miniature log cabins and micro-piecing. How does she make such tiny blocks? Well, Amy shares her special tools and materials.
Debuting November 19, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, we're so excited, Valerie C. White returns. You may remember her as the Roots and Refuge artist who has a love affair expressing roots in her quilts. She's back to tout the good news about a new product that has revolutionized her work called Evolon. For a surface design person, it takes possibilities to the next level.
Debuting November 5, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, he's only been quilting six years and he's been sweeping up ribbons left and right in both Canada and the United States. Meet Canadian quilter Peter Byrne, who prides himself on rarely repeating a concept in each quilt he makes. Peter will show you a new form of raw edge appliqué that he created called hover quilting.
Debuting October 22, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, it's all about reverse appliqué. Quilt pattern designer, and teacher, Margaret Willingham has mastered this method and wants to prove to you how fun it can be. She says give her five minutes and she can make a believer out of you in her hand reverse appliqué method. Or, see her appli-quilting technique by machine so you can really enjoy reverse appliqué without having to do it by hand.
Debuting October 8, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, Cindy Lohbeck has been dyeing fabric for more than forty years and she considers herself a true "dye-hard". Recently, she developed a whole new way to dye fabric called Rad Ombres and it is really groovy. Plus, she's known for her ice-dyeing and we think that what you see may just give you the chills.
Debuting September 24, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, our guest bought a one-way ticket from California to India and found herself in a sewing workshop right next door to the Dalai Lama. Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is one of the few non-Tibetans to master the Buddhist art of silk appliqué, thangka. Leslie will show you a unique style of couching that we have never seen before. Plus, watch the mindful way that she stitches Tibetan appliqué.
Debuting September 10, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, our guest, Vicki Conley, spent forty years as a professional potter before she discovered the joy of quilting. Her National Park quilt series really put her on the map and firmly established her as a precision piecer with a lot to say. Vicki shows you how she pieces her graphic landscapes.
Debuting August 27, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, all the way from the great grassy plains of Nebraska, we've got The Stash Bandit and she's got lessons on how to stick up your stash and make great scrappy quilts. Pew! Pew! Diane Harris says she wants clash and tension in her quilts and shows you the gift of contrast.
Debuting August 13, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, by day she's a cell biologist and a biochemist who's looking for a cure for dementia and macular degeneration. But by night she is a quilter who enjoys taking experimentation to an entire other level. Meet Shannon Conley, and see her remarkable quilts that showcase her love of science, religion, and art.
Debuting July 30, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, there's a new quilter on the quilt block. If you haven't heard the name Kestrel Michaud, you won't forget it after this show. Kestrel is a fabric illustrator who creates award-winning imaginative realism with hundreds of little pieces of fabric. How does she keep all of those itty-bitty fabric pieces from fraying? She'll show you.
Debuting July 16, 2023: Ladies and gentlemen, it is our great privilege to welcome the 1976 Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year to The Quilt Show, Miss Colleen Wise. Even though she doesn't like sewing, cutting, or ironing, somehow Colleen has managed to create quilts with an illusion and depth, where leaves float, or balls bounce, seemingly off the quilt.
Debuting July 2, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, Geri Patterson-Kutras is a quilter whose quilts tell a story, and they draw you in and make you linger. Geri will teach you how to find inspiration all around you and harvest moments that speak volumes. Plus, watch how Geri creates improvisational cityscapes as a palette cleanser between quilt projects. They're wonderful and whimsical and so easy to make.
Debuting June 18, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, Sue Nickels is one of the powerhouses in the world of machine quilting, and she was skeptical about ruler work. But when she discovered what she could do, it changed her world, and now she is showing you. Check out her straight-line quilting that she says is easy-peasy. Plus, curved ruler quilting on the home machine?
Debuting June 4, 2023: On the next Quilt Show, we have got an Australian quilter in the house. Wait till you meet Rachaeldaisy and see her delightful, folded fabric quilts. She's showing us how to make these happy blocks, and she is making a special folded star for us at The Quilt Show.