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This year's winner of Best Use of Color, sponsored by Hoffman California Fabrics, at Road to California 2013, is Masquerade by Birgit Schuller from Riegelsberg Germany. Look close to see the quilting and the wonderful edge treatment.

The quilt measures 77" x 79."  It was started in 2011 and finished in 2012.  It is Birgit's original design.

Artist statement: The gorgeously bright and wild Mardi Gras-themed fabric I used for the kaleidoscope center portions of the stars inspired me to design this original quilt. For the center portion, I traced and enlarged four of the masks. Colorful feather and star quilting designs plus embellishments with fuzzy yarns, gold paillet trim and hotfix Swarovski crystals add to the full Mardi Gras feeling!

(photo: Courtesy of Road to California)

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Mount Pleasant Miners (1993 - 48" x 55")  from Nancy S. Brown is currently in the possession of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY.  It is hand appliqued, hand quilted, and hand painted.  It is machine pieced in greys, browns, and neutrals.  This quilt won Best Wall Quilt, AQS, Paducah 1993.

Nancy was featured in  Episode 701: Animal Magnetism with Nancy Brown.

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Join Cathy Miller, a.k.a. The Singing Quilter, as she shares her journey to quilting via a quilting stage production. Her effervescent personality and quilting songs will have you in stitches. Cathy then shows Alex how to use the Japanese art of Notan in quilting.

Jill Gorski, the button lady, will expand your knowledge of antique buttons, you might otherwise have overlooked. Jill also shows creative ideas for using those special buttons in your stash. It's a double dose of fun show. The show posts on Feb. 11, you don't want to miss it!

Joining Late?? You won't miss a show in 2013.  We will backdate you to Jan 1 and give you a special discount, but hurry!

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Join Susan and Kay as they show you how to join together the blocks of your This and That Sampler using a flat seam, a zig-zag stitch, and the #10 edge stitch foot.

To watch other Bernina Educational Videos, click on   to the left of your screen.

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Join Alex and Ricky as they host Cathy Miller, a.k.a. The Singing Quilter, as she shares her journey to quilting via a quilting stage production.  Also on tap, Jill Gorski, the button lady, who will expand your knowledge of antique buttons, you might otherwise have overlooked.

Cathy and Jill's Episode 1204: Songs, Stories, and Buttons which posts on February 11, 2013.

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Fusako Takido is a multiple award winning quilter.  Here she brings her hand skills together on a magnificent quilt, Arrangement, shown here at IQA Houston 2012.

Take a close look at this handmade quilt.  The quilting is phenomenal and the binding and border are unexpected.

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The Quilt Life caught up with Justin and Capt'n John.  Here is a article to learn more about the guys behind the scenes.  Thank you to AQS for allowing our members to read this article.

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Award-winning Gammill quilting artist, Linda Thielfoldt, gives you tips on how adjust your machine to achieve perfect tension.

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"Quilts speak to us of our collective and personal history-- hardship, perseverance, caring, the good times and the bad, the work ethic, and creating beauty from scraps of fabric and bits of time." Marsha McCloskey, Wall Quilts, 1983 

Marsha has sent photos of some of her quilts for TQS members to "listen to." You can learn more about Marsha at her website, www.marshamccloskey.com.  You can also see her work her magic in Episode 1203: Achieve "Stellar" Results with Precision Piecing.

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Margo is back with another instructional video to help you complete Month 1 of the 2013 BOM, Two of Us. She shares tips for using freezer paper to paper piece your project.  The great thing about this method is that there is no paper to "rip out."  Margo's videos can be found in her classroom, as well as the BOM area of the website.