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Quilt Show Newsletter - October 26, 2025

First Place - Naturescape at Houston 2025, See "Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop" at the Fashion and Textile Museum, Join Patricia Belyea for the 2026 Blue Japan Indigo Tour, Quilt Stories Featuring Betty Busby, In The Store - Mid Century Modern Precuts from Clothworks, A Teachable Improv Puzzle

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See "Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop" at the Fashion and Textile Museum​

From the Fashion and Textile Museum"This exhibition is a celebration of sixty years of Cosprop’s creativity and a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of this celebrated costume house. Through stunning costumes, accessories and sketches, the visitor will learn the design and making process from script-to screen. Leading costume designers and actors will share their thoughts on favourite costumes, showing how Cosprop brought these magical moments to life."

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Join Patricia Belyea​ for the 2026 Blue Japan Indigo Tour​

Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone, co-owners of Okan Arts, invite you to join them on their 2026 Blue Japan Indigo Tour to give you, "a more in-depth understanding of indigo, as well as memories for a lifetime." What does that include? Well, here's just a small sampling of the adventures you'll go on: "You venture into the mountains to dye indigo at a 13th-generation family business that makes huge koinobori. You go behind the scenes at a banner factory to dye a koi wall hanging. You tour an indigo farm in Tokushima Prefecture. You make paper embellished with indigo at a famous washi factory. You wander Kojima Jeans Street, the heart of Japanese denim. And more!"

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Quilt Stories with Lisa Walton Featuring Betty Busby's Quilt "Vertex"

Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks to Betty Busby​ about her quilt, Vertex​, which has won many awards including the Quilt Japan prize at Visions 2020 and Best Art Quilt Festival of Quilts - Birmingham UK 2019. Learn how Betty created her quilt in another enthralling installment of Quilt Stories.

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The Quilt Show Puzzle: "Next Dimension Still Life" by Jamie Kalvestran

Do a puzzle of Jamie Kalvestran's quilt, Next Dimension Still Life.

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Quilt Show Newsletter - October 24, 2025

First Place - Handmade at Houston 2025, Create Halloween Totes with a Witch Hat Pattern, Victoria and Albert Museum: Conserving a Delicate 18th-Century Fan, Dee LIVE: Quilting by the Book With a Splash of Color - Class 04, In The Store - 5.5 Inch Surgical Seam Ripper by Tula Pink, A Puzzle To "Hear" Out

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WeAllSew Tutorial: Halloween Totes with Witch Hat Pattern

Halloween is just one week away, and Pat Bravo at WeAllSew has a fun project to get you into the spooky spirit. Whether you have someone in your home who is going trick or treating, or you just want a festive accessory for the season, you can't go wrong with these Halloween Totes, which feature a FREE Downloadable Witch Hat Pattern that you can adorn to it or any other Halloween decoration you may have.

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Victoria and Albert Museum: Conserving a Delicate 18th-Century Fan

From the Victoria and Albert Museum"Join Senior Paper Conservator Susan Catcher as she conserves a fragile 200-year-old fan from the era of Marie Antoinette. Using specialist conservation techniques (plus plenty of patience and a porcupine quill!) Susan addresses the structural integrity of the fan – reinforcing the back and creating a hinge to allow it to open and close once again. She also re-adheres fiddly loose sequins, stabilises areas of wear, and subtly retouches the design using watercolour paint."

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The Quilt Show Puzzle: "Hear Me Roar" by Jamie Kalvestran

Do a puzzle of Jamie Kalvestran's quilt, Hear Me Roar.

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Trailer 3709: Spiraling Pineapples And Crazy Piecing Using Luxe Fabric And Manipulating Sheer Fabrics With Julia McLeod

Debuting November 2, 2025: On the next Quilt Show, Julia McLeod loves to reimagine traditional blocks with luxury fabrics and creative design. That's why we had to ask her to come back to our show and share the latest from her innovative mind and hands. Look what happened when she reimagined some pineapple blocks. Plus, check out her crazy piecing techniques that keep you from fumbling with your scraps.

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Quilt Show Newsletter - October 22, 2025

First Place - Balanced Piecing and Appliqué at Houston 2025, See How Alex Blends Art with Hand Embroidery, WeAllSew Tutorial: Make Your Own Custom Dog Collar and Leash, In The Store - "Hand Sewing" by Becky Goldsmith, Memory Match Game, A Negative Space Portrait Puzzle

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Jinny's Memory Match: 10/22/25

What sort of magic do you conjure up to become a Memory Match expert? Well, if you're a mere mortal like most of us then you just play Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game each week to get better and better. Otherwise, you probably just wave a wand or something and get it solved for you. (Which is cheating we think!)

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WeAllSew Tutorial: Make Your Own Custom Dog Collar and Leash

Today is National Make a Dog’s Day, and what better way to celebrate than by making something special for that special friend of yours. Heather Stadelman​ at WeAllSew has just the gift for the occasion, as she'll show you how to make your Own Custom Dog Collar and Leash that'll show off your dog's personality and your own creativity.

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Quilt Show Newsletter - October 20, 2025

First Place - Appliqué at Houston 2025, Discover Jamie Kalvestran's Journey to Quilting, Alex Anderson LIVE: Katie Pasquini - Houston 2025 Exhibit, Textile Talks: Chinese Quilts Today, In The Store - 2025 Kona Solids Wall Calendar with Patterns, A "Felted" Puzzle

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Textile Talks: Chinese Quilts Today​​, presented by International Quilt Museum

Presented by the International Quilt Museum"Join the International Quilt Museum's Curator of International Collections Marin Hanson for a special Textile Talk on quiltmaking in China! Hanson will discuss the current IQM exhibition “Chinese Quilts Today,” which showcases the ways in which quiltmaking is a thriving, growing, and changing art form in modern China." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at 2 PM EDT.

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The Quilt Show Puzzle: "Felted Trees" by Charlotte Hickman

Do a puzzle of Charlotte Hickman's quilt, Felted Trees.

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Quilt Show Newsletter - October 19, 2025

First Place - Animal Kingdom at Houston 2025, The Met: Installing the Wari Feathered Panels, Carve Some Jack-O'-Lanterns Using Free-Motion Quilting, Texas Tech: Overall Sam and Quilting Bees, Harvest The Savings as Our Fall Sale Ends Today, A Mixed Media Inspired Puzzle

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The Met: Installing the Wari Feathered Panels, 600–900 CE​

From The Met"Join scholar Carol Rodríguez and conservator Christine Giuntini in an exploration of the Wari Feathered Panels (600–900 CE), nine of which are now installed in the newly-renovated Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. In 1943 a cache of ninety-six feather panels was found in the Churunga Valley in Peru. The panels had been rolled up and placed in ceramic jars that were then buried at a ceremonial center. Each panel is densely covered with tens of thousands of feathers, primarily from the blue-and-yellow macaw, which lives in the Amazonian rainforest."

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WeAllSew Tutorial: Jack-O’-Lantern Free-Motion Quilting

Halloween is less than two weeks away, have you finished all of your decorations yet? If you haven't, or would like to add some extra frightful flair to the ones you're already working on, Lori Kennedy at WeAllSew is here to show you how to free-motion quilt Jack-O'-Lanterns on any designs you may have up your spooky sleeve.

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