Weekend Fun - July 2, 2021

Featured Quilt - Memories Preserved Through Quilting

My Mother, Margaret Heatwole by Julia Graber won 3rd Place - Wall Quilt at the 2021 Virtual Spring Quilt Festival. Julia says of her memorable quilt, "Snapshots capture moments in time, and when stitched together, reveal a life built upon the solid foundations of faith and family. Pictures were scanned and then a filter applied in a photo editing software program to create a united color pallet, then printed onto cotton fabric and fused in an appliqué collage manner."

On The Set with Annie Smith and Amy Barrett-Daffin

See What Annie, Amy, Alex, (and Ricky) are Up To

Go behind the scenes as Annie Smith demonstrates machine appliqué basics and how to do wearable appliqué with Alex and Ricky. Then, join Amy Barrett-Daffin as she shows you how to make a quick and easy iPad cover.

Watch Annie and Amy in How to Machine Appliqué Using a Blanket Stitch with Annie Smith | Amy Barret-Daffin iPad Cover Tutorial, when it debuts this Sunday, July 4, 2021!

The 2021 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Festival Is Next Week

Make The Trek If You Can

Every year on the second Saturday in July, Sisters, Oregon, holds one of the best quilt shows you will see. As you tour the town, over 500 quilts will be hanging outside for your viewing pleasure. With there being no traditional show last year, the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Festival makes its triumphant return!

(To the left: “Spring” Renewal by Donna Rice, the quilt used for the 2021 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Festival Poster)

Alex LIVE: Quilt Studio Remodel Reveal #1

A Project Twenty-Two Years In The Making Begins

Alex had Lilo Bowman (Show 2801), organization expert, and Robin Maimoni, her quilting friend and organization maven, come and help her with 22 years of neglect in the studio. This is the first reveal of what they accomplished in the first 3 days.

Join Alex LIVE TODAY on Friday, July 2, 2021 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

The Quilt Show LIVE: Barbara Is Off and Dee is On

Barbara Is Taking Friday Off

Barbara Black will not be having a Facebook LIVE this Friday, but she created a new video for you to watch on how to make the second set of Tall Buildings for Color My World.

You can download the pattern for Month 7 under the Documents tab and watch the video under the Videos tab.

Barbara will return to her regular LIVE time slot next month on Friday, August 6, 2021.

My Flower Garden - Lesson 03

This week Dee will be showing placement of appliqué on the quilt, reviewing how she gets her points on turned appliqué just right, and sewing down raw edge and turned appliqué. She will also have great tips for sewing the next two blocks.

Dee will be LIVE TOMORROW, July 3, 2021 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

Quilt Stories with Maggie Vanderweit

Picking and Choosing Icons

Lisa Walton (Show 2503), textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks with Maggie Vanderweit about her quilts involving chairs. They discuss how the chair is Maggie's icon, and how to choose your own quilting icon. Do sit in your chair and watch this next installment of Quilt Stories.

Back in Stock - Metalplus Toolboxes

Carry Your Quilting Tools in Style

Organize in style with these lovely Italian Metal Toolboxes, available in Pink & Gray and Mint & Gray, from Metalplus. With a small footprint but a big interior, you will find lots of room for quilting tools, sewing notions, or whatever else you might like to carry around. The top tier includes 12 removable plastic compartments to hold small tools, needles, etc.

These wonderful toolboxes are crafted by a small family in Parma, Italy and measure 10" x 8.5" x 8".

The Quilt Show Puzzle: Learning The Value of Color

"Color and Grayscale" by Sarah Bond

Color and Grayscale was created for a class that Sarah developed focusing on solid colors and value. It was meant as a way to show off how different colors interact with one another, how they play opposite ones that might not necessarily be chosen to go together. When making the quilt, it was a self-education for Sarah herself to see how these colors play together.

See more of Sarah's quilts in Learn to Quilt in Monochrome and Technicolor with Sarah Bond.