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Need to spice up your decorations? How about a neck support while you while away the hours reading that hot summer novel?
Here's a great bolster pillow project that you can make it no time from Ilse at Sew It Love It.
All you need are two different fabrics, pillow filling. and some ribbon. You can make them any size!
The only problem might be that you can't stop at making just one.
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Not so impressed with your last attempt at preparing ribs? Why not whip up a batch of Judith Baker Montano's (Episode 1212) lip-smackin'-good Cody Spenser's Whiskey Ribs? The recipe, a family (and friends') favorite at Judith's home for years, is destined to please your hungry crowd as well. You'll find the recipe on our Projects page.
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Here's a cute project we found on We All Sew from Bernina. It's from Quilting Kari Carr of New Leaf Stitches and she calls it her "Straight and Narrow" Quilt. Kari gives you the free pattern for the project and shows you how to combine stitches to create a nifty method of "straight line" quilting that's a bit different from the norm.
Here's your chance to use the different stitches on your sewing machine. It's also a great opportunity to use the stitch techniques you learned in "Name that Stitch" with Libby Lehman.
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Okay this product is so cool, that Rob went back to the Stkr It booth to see how it really worked. It's a method for labeling your quilts that allows you to record information, photos, stories, and even songs that are associated with your quilt.
For more product information click here.
We apologize for some of the sound quality, but we really wanted you to see how this product worked.
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Today's TQS Zoom Quilt is by Yaeko Noguchi of Saitama City, Japan. Summer Garden won 3rd Place, Large Wall Quilts, Hand Quilted at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2013. Here is her quilt description, "Morning glories, coxcombs, sunflowers, and unknown flowers bloom every year from seeds of previous flowers. Yakeo hand quilted these flowers in an original summer garden hoping they would bloom again next summer." The quilt measures 81" x 81."
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While at Portland Market, Rob Appell stopped by the booth of Stephanie Marie Designs and spoke with pattern and fabric designer, and part of the RJR Fabrics family, Stephanie Wright.
Stephanie explains, "In my fabric collections, I bring traditional and contemporary design together. I draw inspiration for my patterns and fabric designs from a blend of modern and vintage looks. Blending the old with the new, mixing textures, time periods, styles, and colors provides a dynamic canvas for innovative design and a great original look!"
Stephanie began her career in quilting working at the quilt shop of her mother, Audrey Wright (to watch a TQS interview with Audrey, click here.)
When she turned 19, along with her mother, she launched Starwood Pattern Company, a wholesale distribution company representing over 200 quilting and sewing product companies. Simultaneously, she pursued a college degree in marketing from Wichita State University, which she eventually earned in 2007. While working to build Starwood, Stephanie and Audrey created their own pattern line, which they aptly named, Legacy Patterns. After many years of designing patterns under the Legacy branding, Stephanie decided to branch out and Stephanie Marie Designs took root.
Click here for Stephanie's Pattern
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Ricky's Historic Route 66 Tour is just around the corner. They head out of Chicago on June 16th and finish up in Los Angeles on June 29th while passing through Missouri, Oklahoma, Santa Fe, and New Mexico. On the tour Ricky will be offering historical information and each day there will be a theme. If you'd like to learn more about the tour, click here.
Ricky, however, isn't the only one fascinated by this historic travel route. This year at Road to California they premiered the Route 66 Traveling Quilt Exhibit. The intent was to have a collection of quilts representing the eight states that create the route. We were lucky enough to have photo man, Gregory Case, at Road to California this year and he brought us back some great pictures of the exhibit. If you'd like to learn more and see more photos of the Route 66 quilts, click here and here. You can also learn more at Jukebox Quilts.
The exhibit was curated by Patt Blair and Kelly Gallager-Abbott and sponsored by Ginger's Quilt Shoppe.
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The stunningly colorful and diverse works of Romare Bearden (1911-1988) and Sedrick Huckaby (b. 1975) are currently on view at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, TX. The selection of Bearden's works, featuring his Odyssey series of collages and watercolors, and Huckaby's painting, Hidden In Plain Site, form a wonderful juxtaposition of vision by two outstanding African-American artists.
Romare Bearden (1911–1988) Home to Ithaca, 1977 Collage© Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Courtesy of the Mount Holyoke Art Museum missed.
Huckaby, who says that he was heavily influenced by Bearden, uses his grandmother (Big Mama) and the quilts she made as the subject for many of his works as an expression of the art she created using bits of cloth. This quiet and unassuming artist shares more about his work and vision in a recent Swathmore College interview here.
For more information about the Amon Carter exhibit, as well as other locations for the Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, click here.
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It's time to let TQS take you on a journey around the globe. For the next thirteen weeks, we'll be sharing amazing images of colorful, inspirational places. While not immediately quilt-related, many of these beautiful scenes will no doubt get your creative juices flowing. So, grab a cup (or glass) of your favorite beverage and let us sweep you away on a magical journey.
We are so lucky to have friends willing to "take us along" on their travels.This time, it's Cheryl Lynch (Episode 811: Quilt a Fiesta with Tile-Inspired Quilts) who shares her visit to Holland. The photos are so vivid that you can almost smell the flowers.
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What is the Maker Faire? According to their website at www.makefaire.com, it is part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these "makers" come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned.
Enjoy just a bit of the Maker Faire San Mateo 2013 from a "textile and craft" perspective.
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