Weekend Fun - August 27, 2021

Featured Quilt - Beautiful Modern Hand Work

Flying Log Cabin by Darlene Talukder won Best Hand Workmanship - Modern at PIQF 2019. It is easy to see why Darlene's quilt won, as she went through quite the process to complete it. She says, "I worked with strips from narrowest to widest in a rough log cabin. Leftovers from earlier quilts were used as-is. The striped fabric became focal elements and the two balanced "kites" remind me of Miro's interpretation of Mid-Century mobiles. The skinny strips of striped fabric are outreached arms balancing the kites. The quilt was made from my daughter's jeans, thrift store "britches" and similar weight stash fabric. The wavy hand quilted lines accentuate movement."

A Trip to the Set of The Quilt Show with Kris Vierra

What's Going On Behind The Scenes This Week?

Take a trip to the set of The Quilt Show with our newest guest, Kris Vierra. Kris wants to take the fear out of quilting when it comes to free-motion quilting, quilted garments and finishing your quilts. After a show and tell of her quilts, she’s off and running to teach you simple tricks for trimming and squaring a quilt using tools from the hardware store.

Watch Kris in Learn Finishing Techniques and How to Quilt Your Garments with Kris Vierra, when it debuts this Sunday, August 29, 2021!

How to Practice Free Motion Quilting Before You Quilt Using An iPad

Practice Makes Perfect

TQS guest and teacher Melinda Bula (Show 501) has some great tips to show you how you can plan and practice your quilting lines for your designs on an iPad, and she does it without having to make a single stitch first!

The Quilt Show LIVE: Dee Christopher

Dee is Finishing Up Her Move - Time For You to Finish Some Blocks

Dee is off this weekend. She is finishing her house move this week and will return next week. We are sure you have several blocks to finish, keep on working and have fun!

Dee will be LIVE Saturday, September 4, 2021 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

Texas Tech: Quilts Among the Dinosaurs

When Quilts Roamed The Earth...

Learn about the Museum of Texas Tech University's showcase of more than 70 quilts made by prolific West Texas quilter, Linda Fisher.

It is rare to find so many quilts by one maker at any museum and it was a challenge for the museum to figure out how to hang all the quilts. See their solution.

Star Members Shop and Save in our Show Taping Warehouse Sale!- (What about Non-Star?)

What A Savings!

Star Members don’t forget to shop our 20% off warehouse sale! Check your email from yesterday (Aug. 26) for the coupon code.

So what are you waiting for? With limited quantities, take advantage of that Star Membership and start saving now!

Not a Star Member? The general sale starts Saturday. Look for an email with your coupon code.

The Quilt Show Puzzle: Remains To Be Seen

"Remains 1: Hers" by Sue Benner

The entire surface of Remains 1: Hers is covered with mostly silk clothing randomly stitched to the canvas on a Longarm machine, and on top of the clothing are many sari strips as well. Sue's idea behind the quilt was not only to recycle the clothing, but to apply that material on the canvas in a very direct way.

See more of Sue's quilts in Learn Techniques for Spontaneous Design with Found Fabrics and Silky Surfaces with Sue Benner.