We were really excited to see this piece by artist Leslie Gabriëlse at the 2014 AQS show . Featured in the SAQA Masters II exhibit , Woma...
This week we’re making Another Leaf, this time from scrappy strips. You’re going to love this one, we’re making two at a time too! Here is the list of past week’s post…
This is Jane. Can you believe its August already! I felt last week that it was just the end of June but oh no it was the end of July. We have just one week left of summer vacation before James goes…
Hello sew-friends! This is the third and final installment in my two-color patchwork star series and today, I’ll be showing you how to add this wintery block to the Sew DIY Stocking pattern . I really love how these stockings turned out and I think they’d be great with different patchwork designs t
...pour s'endormir ! A voir ces jolis moutons appliqués par Micheline et ainsi quiltés, je suis sure que celui ou celle qui dormira dessous n'aura aucun mal à faire de doux rêves ! Quiltés en Aurilfil 28W. A 0,5cm du bord à l'intérieur de chaque bloc,...
(c) In Quito's Market (Detail) I enjoy getting questions where I have at least some partial answer that might help someone in their journey. Following is a recent question from a fellow portrait quilter having just seen a photo of one of my portrait quilts... From a frustrated quilter: I just saw a photo of your quilt "In Quito's Market". I do figural quilts and I have a question that nobody has been able to answer for me. My problem is that I take a wonderful top, that I have spent hundreds of hours on and can't seem to understand how to quilt it.My quilts faces get puffy because of the quilting around the figure. I have tried quilting them minimally and it doesn't help at all.There must be a secret My response... A face is usually a more central part of the quilt... anytime one quilts all around it first, there will be trouble such as you have experienced. I suggest one never create an unquilted island of anything before quilting the 'island' of as yet unquilted fabric. With art quilts where there is generally more quilting than maybe a bed quilt, it is actually pretty important to work from the central area outward... and that often means the face first... which is what I generally do. The rule of thumb with quilting faces is ... make a choice up front.... either minimal quilting or alot.... anything else doesn't seem to work well, and ofcourse the same rules of thumb about even quilting distribution across the whole surface of the piece holds true. If you do heavy quilting(almost thread painting as I often do) on the face, pretty much the same level of quilting density is called for across the rest of the quilt. One doesn't have to go the heavy thread painting approach.... so if doing minimal quilting on the face use minimal quilting elsewhere. Failure to evenly distribute quilting density is a call for ripples/ puffs. Hope that helps. Good Luck! Patt
Download the FREE Ombre Puff Quilt Pattern here! If you've been around for any amount of time, you might've seen my Puff Quilt that my grandmother made for me. I love this thing SO much. She used various scrap fabrics and clothing to create this very dense, yet very snuggly quilt. . . . When I look at this quilt, I see something new each time. Recycled tablecloths from the 80s, pieces of my grandfathers button-down shirts, left-over fabrics from previous quilt projects. The list goes on. Some fabrics are used multiple times within the quilt, while other fabrics are only represented once. I love looking over all of the puffs and finding all of the similarities and differences between the squares. . . . My Granny made this for me when I was 7 years old. I absolutely LOVE that she created a tag for this quilt. I also love that she referred to the quilt as a
On my third trip walking through the exhibit at Festival , I took pictures of some of the quilts that really grabbed me. It's a pretty ecle...
Antique Butterfly Quilt
How to make an EPP Christmas Star decoration using Aurifil 80wt thread.
April / March 2021 "Virginia Woolf told us all that to create we need a room of our own. Recently, our homes have taken on greater significance in our lives far beyond simply providing shelter and a space for eating and sleeping. They have kept us safe, provided a place for work of all sorts, and have been a place for creative expression. In this issue, we reflect on the home as a place where we can simply do as we please and develop our creativity. There is no better expression of artistic originality than the beautifully decorated interior of Charleston farmhouse in Sussex, where Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell and the painter Duncan Grant made their home more than a hundred years ago. The house welcomed a circle of artists, writers and thinkers of the day and its interior has inspired ever since. The house also formed the backdrop for our decadent party shoot Bohemian Rhapsody by Yuval Hen.With a nod to the Bloomsbury group, who covered every surface Charleston’s interiors with pattern and colour, we will examine every surface of the home. We look at hand-painted Chinese wallpaper, which was considered the height of fashion in 18th century England, and thanks to its beauty still enchants. We also travel the world to enjoy the magic of carpets, which can be used so effectively as the foundation of a room, and explore the history of splendid silk dressing gowns.So, as we spend more time in our homes, the traditional workplace for textiles, we also consider how the cottage industries that flourished before the industrial revolution are resonating with today's designer-makers. During a difficult winter surrounding ourselves with textiles, whether that is a daily ritual of knitting, quilting, darning, or simply folding the laundry, has calmed our spirits. And as we reach the finale of our Winter of Making, we can look back with contentment at new skills learned, some beloved cashmere socks repaired, and finally anticipate the spring." Polly Leonard, Founder & Editor of Selvedge Magazine
Yes, that’s a lot to cover!! However, life is busy. So I thought a one and done blog/email, would be great. I’ll get to the quilts in just a few minutes, first I wanted to remind you of the sales going on. Not only on my website, but also the 20% code from
(Someone pointed out that I had not included a picture of myself in front of my quilt in the last post...this is right after the Winner's Circle big reveal program was over. Thank you to whoever grabbed my camera and got the picture!) Ready for the show??? The first 8 quilts are the big money winners. I "borrowed" the first pictures of each quilt from the quilts.org website, where they are flat, square, and true-colored, LOL. But I am not sure you can zoom in on their pics for details, so I have included any good shots I took. There was no way I could get satisfactory, square pictures of all quilts, as you will see. I will share the shots I have! DISCLAIMER: I am a crappy photographer!! The lovely, soft lighting of the show venue and the super bright spotlights of the Winner's Circle celebration were challenging for my iPhone. I usually bring my old-fashioned Sony "point and shoot" camera because it takes pretty good pics...should have packed it... QUILTS: A WORLD OF BEAUTY MAJOR PRIZES The Handi Quilter Best of Show - $12,500 "Eternal Beauty" Sherry Reynolds Laramie, Wyoming USA The International Quilt Festival Founders Award - $7500 "Over the Waves" Setsuko Matsushima Otsu-Shi, Shiga JAPAN The Baby Lock World of Beauty Award - $7500 "An Old Woman With Joyous Face" Marina Landi Sao Paulo BRAZIL with Natasha De Souza Bugarin The RJR Fabrics Robert S. Cohan Award for Traditional Artistry - $5,000 "Reminiscence" Mariko Takeda Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken JAPAN The Gammill Master Award for Contemporary Artistry - $5,000 "Velvet Flowers" Linda Anderson La Mesa. California USA The Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry - $5,000 "Hope" Ximo Navarro Sirera Canals, Valencia SPAIN The Koala Studios Master Award for Innovative Artistry - $5,000 "Silent Canary" Patricia Kennedy-Zafred Murrysville, Pennsylvania USA The Superior Threads Master Award for Thread Artistry - $5000 "Blue Anemone" Andrea Brokenshire Round Rock, Texas USA Judge's Award, Vicki Anderson - $250 "Ruby" Roxanne Nelson Calgary, Alberta CANADA Judge's Award, Jonathan Gregory - $250 "Stone Lakes" Jan Soules Elk Grove, California USA Judge's Award, Carrie Nelson - $250 "The Architecture of Trees" Suzan Engler Panorama Village, Texas USA QUILTS: A WORLD OF BEAUTY CATEGORY AWARDS 1st - $1,000 2nd - $700 3rd - $300 ABSTRACT, LARGE (sponsored by Elna) 1st - "A Self-Portrait in an Ancient Bronze Mirror" Eudjoo An Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do SOUTH KOREA 2nd Place - "Fractal" 3rd - "Antelope Canyon Mosaic" Kimberly Lacy Colorado Springs, Colorado USA Honorable Mention - "Winter Squash" Maren Johnston Santa Barbara, California USA ABSTRACT, SMALL (sponsored by Benartex) 1st - "Cool Jazz" Shirley Gisi Colorado Springs, Colorado USA 2nd - "Flax Fields" Leah Gravells Edmonton, Alberta CANADA 3rd - "Lepidopteran" Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry Port Townsend, Washington USA ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES (sponsored by Madeira Thread) 1st - "Small Happy Crazy Quilt" Aki Sakai Hachiouji, Tokyo JAPAN 2nd - "Fair and Square" Rachel Daisy Springwood, New South Wales AUSTRALIA 3rd - "The Royal Huntress" Karlee Porter Clinton, Utah USA Honorable Mention - "Who Let the Dogs In?" Sandra Branjord Sun City, Arizonia USA Much more to come!!! In stitches, Teresa :o)
These free-motion quilting design tutorials include videos of me stitching them! Wibbly Wobbly Starbles (Stars + Marbles) Way...
Border Design with Celtic Bubbles Now that you have tried quilting this beautiful overlapping spiral design, I'll show you a fe...
Quilts in 2022 are back! And I have been lucky enough to attend these and teach.
Use this strips and scraps to make the tutorial for a striped triangles scrappy quilt, a scrappy quilt tutorial is a great way to empty your scrap stash
