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We haven't run out of award-winning quilts by Cindy Seitz-Krug just yet. Here's a list of just some of the awards for Sweet Surrender (68" x 68"): 

• American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show, Nashville, TN: Best Machine Workmanship
• Machine Quilter’s Expo: Best Machine Quilting, Sit Down Machine
• Machine Quilter’s Expo: 1st Place, Wallhanging
• National Quilting Association Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting on a Stationary Machine
• Houston International Quilt Festival: 3rd Place, Merit Machine Quilting
• Best of the Valley Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting

Watch Cindy in Show 2603.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Today we continue our selection of quilts recently displayed at the Spring Paducah 2019 show featured as part of The 14th Quilt Nihon Exhibition. The exhibit is described as:

"Organized by the Japan Handicraft Instructors' Association, the Quilt Nihon Exhibition is one of the most prestigious international quilt contests in Japan. The exhibit features 42 quilts from the "Innovative Traditional" category, which will later be exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art."

Please enjoy the thirty-sixth quilt from the exhibition by Kayoko Hata.

Title of Quilt: 25th Anniversary

Quilter's Name: Kayoko Hata

Dimensions: 67" x 67"

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A Garden is a Lovesome Thing by Barbara E. Nagengast Lies was inspired by Barbara's own photographs. Each detail, whether flower, petal, or bug, was created using needle-turn appliqué. Barbara's love for textiles and flowers certainly shines through in this beautiful quilt.

A Garden is a Lovesome Thing by Barbara E. Nagengast Lies won First Place, Pictorial, sponsored by AccuQuilt, at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2019.

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Ricky sat down with a 3-time visitor to The Quilt Show, Gyleen Fitzgerald. They talked about her book, her pineapple ruler, and how it all started for Gyleen more than 10 years ago with a phone call from Alex. Make sure you watch until the end of the video where we share Gyleen's exhibit, The 10th Anniversary: Trash to Treasure Pineapple Challenge, Take 2.

Watch Gyleen in

Show 909: Techniques, Tips...and Turning "Trash" into "Treasure"

Show 1403: Build Beautiful Quilts with Butterfly Seams

Show 2012: Modern Scrappy Quilts

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Cindy's quilt, Simply Santa Fe, is another multi-award-winning quilt in which she used machine piecing, hand appliqué, trapunto by machine, and machine quilting on a home sewing machine. Here are some of the awards Cindy's quilt has won.

• American Quilter's Society, Lancaster, Best of Show
• Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2nd Place, “Traditional”
• National Quilters Association, 1st Place, “Pieced”
• Machine Quilters Showcase, 2nd Place, “Just for Me”

Watch Cindy in Show 2603.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Have you been following Ann Myhre's West Coast journey in her Airstream trailer? (Click here for Part 1: Lil Airstream and here for Part 2: Colorpods). Each week of her journey she'll be sharing a small project, and States in Stitches is great fun for travelers.

In this video, Ann shares what it's like to live down at the Noyo Harbor and to visit the nearby beaches. She's procured some incredible pieces off the beaches that one day will be used in some artwork. In the latter part of the video, Ann shows how to make a quilted road map to keep track of all the states visited. She calls it States In Stitches.

A few kits are available in Ann's Etsy shop at AnnMyhreDesigns. More kits will be available upon her return to Denver in March. 

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Linda Anderson created Pensive Pause from an original photo taken while she was on a trip to India. Using machine quilting, appliqué, and painting, Linda has created an amazinging real, vibrantly dressed woman, taking a moment of respite from the crowd.

Pensive Pause won First Place, Painted Surface, sponsored by TheQuiltShow.com, at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2019.

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Headed to QuiltCon in Austin this year? Can you spare two hours to volunteer in the Quilt Alliance booth? We'll be spreading the word about labeling and documenting quilts, selling our KidsQuilt kits and telling visitors all about our upcoming Quilters Take Manhattan* event. 

What's in it for you? A super cute Quilt Alliance tee, a chance to meet other quilters, and a big thank you from the non-profit Quilt Alliance! Full details and a signup form can be found here!

And even if you're not headed to QuiltCon, you can always support the Quilt Alliance at www.quiltalliance.org.

*Quilters Take Manhattan will return in September 2020! Read the media release.

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Lilo recently visited the European Patchwork Meeting in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France and discovered a wonderful exhibit they were featuring there. Swiss quilt group patCHquilt was celebrating their thirtieth anniversary by putting on a showcase of 100 challenge quilts for the occasion. The challenge was open to all members of the group of every skill level and each quilt had to adhere to the following criteria:

• Works must be original, not from a kit and must include a red border.
• They must be 30 cm wide, 120 cm long, and displayed portrait style.
• The quilt must include at least 1/2 of the Edelweiss fabric (that each person received), and feature a piece of that same fabric that is 10 cm x 10 cm in size.

To join in the celebration with patCHquilt, we will be featuring four of the challenge quilts each week that were displayed as part of the exhibition at the European Patchwork Meeting.

Please enjoy the next four quilts from Soraya Moresi, Stephanie Wedel, Susanne Neuhauser, and Susi Albrecht-Suter.

Title of Quilt: Wine Serving Dwarf

Quilter's Name: Soraya Moresi

Title of Quilt: Short Alpine Wander

Quilter's Name: Stephanie Wedel

Title of Quilt: The Long Way

Quilter's Name: Susanne Neuhauser

Title of Quilt: My Switzerland

Quilter's Name: Susi Albrecht-Suter

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