4
The International Great Quilt Festival is immense in so many ways—inspiration, excellence, and delight. What Patrcia Belyea of Okan Arts shares with you is just the tip of the needle of what’s displayed in the vast Tokyo Dome.
Patricia will be coming to TQS in 2020. Stay Tuned.
Shigeko Sato, 2nd Place:
3
Sharon Schamber shows you 6 Basic Stipples in this 35 minute video in our WATCH>FEATURED GUEST DVD section. So, pull up your machine in front of the TV and learn the 6 stipples and practice them during the game. This is how you can become a Super Quilter.
In this DVD tutorial, Sharon teaches how to create free motion stipples. You will quickly be able to add texture and depth in your quilts. Featured Stipples include: Serpentine (aka: puzzle, meander); Pebble (aka: circle); Echoed Teardrop; Wavy Grid; Bubble in a Bubble; and Wood Grain.
(Then join us and get all the other DVD classes streamed anytime you want. It's part of your Star Membership. Plus, Capt'n John is making more stamp sets while watching the Super Bowl.) The button will take you to the DVD page so you can see all the lessons. Just scroll down to Sharon's video and open it up. It is Free through Super Bowl Sunday.
4
Cindy's quilt, A Splendid Display, has won its share of awards. It's not hard to see why:
Learn more about Cindy and her quilts in Show 2603.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
11
Have you been following Ann Myhre's West Coast journey in her Airstream trailer? (Click here for Part 1: Lil Airstream.) Each week of her journey she'll be sharing a small project and now for Part 2 from Ann:
"Here is a little bit of my journey this week where I melted wax, recorded the frogs, went winery hopping and boon docking on their vineyards. The latter part of the video I show how to make these colorpods out of old cardboard yarn holders and toilet paper rolls. I Don't throw anything away! hehe. Thanks for coming along on my journey. On to Mendocino today as per Alex Anderson who says it is non-negotiable!"
13
This is one of those quilts that stops you in your tracks. Promised Season by Sachiko Chiba of Japan won First Place, Merit Quilting, Hand, at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2019, but it's not just the millions of hand stitches that make this quilt, take a look at the hand appliquéd flowers and leaves. Then, take a breath...
5
Cherry of Cherry Blossoms and WeAllSew.com is sharing a sweet mini quilt tutorial for Valentine’s day. This little quilt is easy and fun, you just need a few scraps in shades of pink and red, one or two white backgrounds, and your favorite sewing machine! So gather your supplies and make something pretty for the 14th! Finished size: 19″ x 24″
3
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:
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 Nicole Favre, Paola Zanda, Sibylle Habegger, and Sonya Graf.
Title of Quilt: Highlands
Quilter's Name: Nicole Favre
Title of Quilt: Helvetia
Quilter's Name: Paola Zanda
Title of Quilt: Edelweiss in the Red Dawn
Quilter's Name: Sibylle Habegger
Title of Quilt: My two Loves
Quilter's Name: Sonya Graf
2
I had an extraordinary time at The Road to California! The quilts were spectacular and the vendor mall was rock on...but, truly it was the people I met both Quiltroadie friends, and the designers that keep on rolling out patterns for us to fall in love with! So many quilters came the week before the show to learn from these wonderfully creative teachers.
22
It took over 10 years and many, many tiny stitches, but they were all worthwhile. Elsie's beautiful quilt, Summertime, won Best Hand Quilting at Road to California 2020. She even hand appliquéd the binding. Summertime also won First Place, Handmade at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2019.
18
Anaya with Oranges by Bisa Butler, 2017
Cotton, organza, chiffon, lace and netting 36 x 20 inches Courtesy of the Dimmitt Davies Collection.
Mark your calendar for an exciting and breathtaking exhibition. The Katonah Museum of Art (Ketonah, New York, USA) spring exhibition, Bisa Butler: Portraits, March 15 – June 14, 2020, will be the first solo museum exhibition of the Ghanaian-American artist’s work and will feature approximately 25 of her vivid and larger-than-life quilts. These works capture African American identity and culture.
Butler, a formally trained African American artist of Ghanaian heritage, broaches the dividing line between creating with paints on canvas and creating with fiber by fashioning magnificent quilts and elevating a medium hitherto designated as craft into one that is clearly high art.
While quilts have historically been isolated in the history of art as the products of working women, Butler’s work not only acknowledges this tradition, but also reinvents it. Continuing with an aesthetic set in motion by artists such as Romare Bearden and Faith Ringgold, Butler forges an individual and expressive signature style that draws upon her own cultural background and experiences.
Broom Jumpers by Bisa Butler, 2019,
Cotton, silk, wool and velvet
98 x 58 inches
Mt. Holyoke College Art Museum
These vibrant portraits of African American life and the tales the quilts tell are largely based on photographs from which Butler takes inspiration. She creates a story around each image, and, in her choice of fabrics, she uses texture, color and the cultural origin of the cloth as part of a personal iconography that makes statements about society and identity.
African painted cotton and mud cloth tells the story of her ancestral homeland, vintage lace and aged satin might demonstrate the delicacy and refinement of times past while multi-colored organza and layered netting can convey a story of someone colorful and multifaceted.
The constructed nature of the work with its reliance on piecing and stitching acknowledges the traditions of needlework normally associated with women and domesticity. Butler subverts this notion through her choice of motifs, embellishments, patterning and scale, all drawn from African textiles. What results are stunning works that transform family memories and cultural practices into works of social statement.
Dear Mama by Bisa Butler, 2019, Quilted and appliqued cotton, wool and chiffon 73 x 53 inches, Scott and Cissy Wolfe, Rancho Santa Fe, CA.
Along with the exhibition, The Katonah Museum (which is less than 50 miles from Manhattan in NYC) has a number of exciting programs planned that will broaden your understanding of her work and the importance of story telling through the medium of fabric.
Following the KMA, the show will travel to the Art Institue of Chicago from September 5, 2020- January 24, 2021.
Gift Memberships
Give a Full Year of Quilting
.jpg "2019 Sponsor - BERNINA Q 24")
Learn about
Apliquick appliqué tools!
Watch Show 1912
with Rosa Rojas (free!)
Apliquick - 3 Holes Microserrated Scissors
