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25.01.2022 Do you have a charm pack or two languishing in our stash, looking for a quilt to be part of? Free Pattern: Vanishing Time 50" x 50" uses precut 5" squares

24.01.2022 The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has a similar piece to this in their huge collection. This is a robe á la Française that is entirely composed of quilted ...silk in a pale grayish green. What is very likely is that this material started out as either a bed cover or as bed curtains and was repurposed into a dress once it had been left off of its original use. What makes this a likely thing is an examination of the assembly of the gown. If a dress had been intended to be quilted over its whole surface, it is likely that greater attention would have been placed on how that pattern of the quilting intersected at the various seam lines. There are only a few of these sorts of quilted gowns in existence, and it is probable that they were intended only for winter at home use, since the density of the quilting gives a certain clunkiness to the finished silhouette which would not have been fashionable in society. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

23.01.2022 Dawn, quilted by Yvette

21.01.2022 This quilt is "Beets" (82.25" x 80.25") by Maren Johnston of Santa Barbara, California, USA. Honorable Mention, Abstract-Large, category sponsored by Elna. Arti...st's Statement: "In my household, we love beets. We buy bunches of delicious golden, pink, and deep red beets each week at our Saturday Farmer's Market. In my sketchbook, I liked the pattern created by the juxtaposed figures. I used my original design in a Nancy Crow class as a value study." Original design. See more

20.01.2022 Free Pattern: Pixelflake Pixelflake is a strip-pieced, pixel-style lap quilt designed by Stacey Day. Its easy construction and strip piecing short cuts let you ...whip up this quilt in not time! Perfect to get you in the mood for spring! Visit our blog for the free pattern: http://www.aqsblog.com/free-pattern-pixelflake Don't miss any of our free patterns! Sign up for our weekly newsletter: http://www.americanquilter.com/subscribe/

20.01.2022 A Guide to Removing Wine, Blood, Lipstick and other Stains: We recently received this link in return for providing a junior girl scout troop some useful links via a blog page. They have used some of our links in working towards their Textile Arts Badge while their meetings are suspended during the pandemic, and they hold Zoom meetings. Thanks for your note, and for the link Anna (the girl scout who suggested the link) and Bethany (her assistant troop leader who emailed us) - it is very useful, and our members will be very pleased to see you email, and quilters do sometimes need to remove marks and stains from our quilts. https://www.winecellarinnovations.com//guide-removing-wine

16.01.2022 This quilts setting blocks-- the squares that separate each pieced block--are made from a red on white toile de jouy, the fabric style made popular by the 18th...-century Oberkampf factory in Jouy-en-Josas, France. This 99- x 97-inch nine patch was made by an unknown maker, probably in the Eastern United States circa 1830-1850.

15.01.2022 Free Pattern: Vintage Sewing Machine Quilt Block Celebrate the sewing machine that keeps you company through your quilting journey! Visit our blog to get the f...ree pattern: http://www.aqsblog.com/free-patterns-sewing-machine-blocks Don't miss a single one of our free patterns! Sign up for our weekly newsletter: http://www.americanquilter.com/subscribe/

15.01.2022 QUILTS, INC. ANNOUNCES DATES FOR QUILT FESTIVAL AND QUILT MARKET VIRTUAL SHOWS! HOUSTON September 10, 2020 - After the pandemic caused the cancellation of all... its shows in 2020, Quilts, Inc. is proud to announce that Quilt Festival and Quilt Market have both moved online. Virtual Quilt Festival will be held December 3-5, 2020 and Virtual Quilt Market from January 26-28, 2021. Both editions will have many of the same aspects attendees have come to expect and appreciate from our long standing in-person events. That includes exhibitors, quilt displays and competitions, and education, including classes and lectures. Because only a computer or a cell phone and internet access are necessary to participate, online shows are proving to be very popular. Like most other businesses both in the quilting industry and those far removed from it, weve had to shake up our business model for our attendees, our exhibitors, and ourselves. Something that would take the best aspects of the shows people expect from us, but with an online structure was required, says Quilts, Inc. President/CEO and Market/Festival Director Emeritus Karey Bresenhan. Bresenhan continues, One of the most important advantages of the online shows is that people who have never attended can easily see the basics of the shows without the expense of traveling! Attendance at Virtual Quilt Festival is open to the public, although attendance at Virtual Quilt Market continues to be limited to credentialed participants such as shop owners and affiliated professionals. An internal team evaluated and tried out a number of virtual platform companies to see which one would best fit the different needs of a trade and a consumer show. All the latest info on both shows will be announced in the coming weeks and months, and will be available on Quilts.com. To be added to the email notification list, sign up on the Festival and/or Market page at Quilts.com. Were very excited to take both of these shows into brand new, cutting-edge areas until we can all see each other again, Bresenhan sums up. Nothing can stop this industry, and the quilters making great quilts.

15.01.2022 Found Narrative finding the inner voice in fibre as a metaphor for the unsaid Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre @muswellbrookartscentre. ... The Found Narrative looks back on the artistic growth of untethered artists since the groups creation in 2014 and allows for a fresh present-day response. Each artist has responded to a work, selected by curator Jacqueline Schultze, that has been previously exhibited with untethered. Each artwork, created as an intuitive response to the title, rephrases assumptions and reflects the diversity in approach to artmaking through the vocabulary of fibre. The Found Narrative delves into personal storylines, revealing the tangible and non-tangible. Escaping classification, the exhibition works zig-zag between wearable object and art, exuding a curious blend of the critical, the sentimental and high-impact presence. NOTE: at present, special COVID-19 Safe provisions apply in the gallery. If in doubt please contact Gallery (02) 654 3800 No one may attend if, in the 14 days prior to coming to the gallery: - You have been in contact with a positive COVID19 case. - You live in or have visited the Greater Sydney Area, Victoria or any other area stated as a current COVID19 hotspot. -You have returned from overseas travel. On the day of coming to the gallery: -You have cold or flu-like symptoms, a sore throat or fever -You or anyone in your household or close contact is waiting for a COVID19 test result. Despite these crazy times, we hope you can see and enjoy the show!

14.01.2022 Our September 2020 Quilt of the Month is "Lady Guadalupe II" by Nancy Crow. In the 1986 The Art Quilt catalog, Penny McMorris and Michael Kile wrote that, Cr...ows work, more than that of her fellow quilt artists, continues to incorporate variations of many traditional quilt patterns. Visit https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org//lady-guadalupe-ii for more information on this quilt. And, be sure to tune in here on Facebook at 4:30 p.m. central for a Virtual First Friday, "A Conversation with Nancy Crow."

14.01.2022 Louise, 'Figs' slow stitching kit from Wattle & Loop

12.01.2022 "A Pentagon Garden", by Donald Beld and Bernice Foster, uses a postage-stamp style format to commemorate the victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks i...n the United States. The total number of one-inch pieces in this quilt2,977is equal to the official death toll for all September 11, 2001, events. See more

09.01.2022 How do you store your basting pins. Me, I put them in a bit of a pool noodle, they are stored open for easy use with no tangles. Thanks Chris Jackson for the ides.

08.01.2022 Not in her entirety but almost, here is my shimmering Jenny yep @jennybowker11 for the Archibalds but Im not sure she got in yet. Well I did it and entered. #archibalds2020 #ihopeiam #jennybowker #suchabeautifullady

06.01.2022 We are excited to announce the winner of the Barnyarns Visitor's Choice Award, in this year's Virtual Competition is Chitra Mandanna for her piece.'Anjalè'. Chi...tra wins a prize of 500! With more than 650 quilts to choose from and a total of more than 5000 votes received for this award, winning is truly an incredible achievement and the ultimate form of recognition from like-minded quilting enthusiasts. We would like to congratulate Chitra on this and we hope to see this quilt in person someday soon.

04.01.2022 Inspiration for using up scraps?

03.01.2022 A selection of (mostly) quilts made by Fairholme Quilters shared during September 2020 - we also share our work on our blog at http://fairholmequilters.blogspot.com.au Our regular meetings were suspended from mid-March because of the quarantine measures put in place during the COVID19 pandemic. Regular meetings resumed from August with smaller than usual numbers as required by the NSW Public Health Order, alternating with Zoom meetings. Of course, much sewing and quilting is continuing while we are at home so much more. Some of these images have been shared by members on social media platforms and by sending photos - thanks to everyone who is keeping in touch this way.

03.01.2022 ... We were inspired by all of the weaving and quilting textiles that come out of Appalachia and loosely based our design on those traditions. ...

02.01.2022 Ode To Plants, a finalist in the inaugural Australian Textile Art Awards 2020 - a collaboration between Artwear Publications and The Embroiderers Guild of Victoria. All work for sale via the Artwear Publications website. https://www.artwearpublications.com.au/product/ode/

02.01.2022 This circa 1830-1860 broken dishes quilt was likely made by a child practicing her plain stitching. The small doll quiltwhich measures just 14 x 9.5 inchesexe...mplifies the role of patchwork in teaching young children, particularly girls, to sew in the 19th century. Take a closer look at https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/quilt/20080340115. And visit World Quilts: The American Story at https://worldquilts.quiltstudy.org/americansto//womenswork.

02.01.2022 Quilts made by Fairholme Quilters for donation to various community causes, during 2020.

02.01.2022 First post in Erica Spink's 'Three Questions] series is on her blog, with Sarah Fielke