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Alexandra Hindrischedt created her quilt, Little Blue Bird, based on one by Margaret Docherty with the title Little Brown Bird. For Alexandra, this quilt was a labor of love. "I sewed all the appliqué by hand, they are partly stuffed and decorated with embroideries. There are also trapunto blocks done by hand at the top. I did the longarm quilting myself." Winning First Place Traditional at the World Quilt Competition at PIQF 2019, Little Blue Bird is a wonder to behold with some piece of hand appliqué or machine quilting catching your eye at every turn. Can you spot the little blue bird?

Little Blue Bird by Alexandra Hindrischedt of Germany won First Place Traditional in the World Quilt Competition at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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Laura Wasilowski was a surprise guest last week at Alex's Holiday Party. As a gift for Alex she wrote the Song of 2020 highlighting how she feels about the past year and all its "fun". If this doesn't bring a smile to your face, nothing will.

Thank you Laura for sharing your gifts of song and creativity.

Laura is a TQS favorite. Learn from her in Show 303: Fearless Fusing, Show 1009: "Stamp Out" Fabric, and Show 2109: Inventive Products & Binding Unusually Shaped Quilts.

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Which kind of quilter are you? Vote below.

You're in the quilting zone all day long; what do you listen to? Is it time for TV? Do you pop in an audio book? Are your iTunes cranked? Do you open the window and listen to the sound of crickets and the trilling of a lark? OR, is it quiet time, no sounds but the gentle hum of your machine or the quilt thread tiptoeing through the layers?

(Picture by Lauren Vlcek)

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Take a look at many of the different collars that Ruth Bader Ginsburg wore on the bench over the years and the stories behind each one.

From Time.com:

"Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American icon. The late Justice, who died on September 18, 2020 at the age of 87, was only the second woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, and a trailblazing feminist who enshrined equal protections for women into the law. Over her 27 years on the nation’s highest court, Ginsburg also became a fashion pioneer, bringing her unique style to the staid judges’ robes and subtly encoding meaning in her dress through an ever-growing collection of collars often given to her by colleagues and admirers."

Click Here to See the Collars.

(Photographs by Elinor Carucci For TIME)

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TQS continues its feature of quilts exhibited in 2020 at QuiltCon as part of The Quilts of Victoria Findlay Wolfe exhibit. The exhibit is described as:

"Purposeful play is a deliberate free-form practice with one goal in mind: to ultimately improve the outcome of the finished product while capturing a thought, emotion, or technique. Always fascinated by color, pattern, and quilters who came before us, Victoria Findlay Wolfe found her life's true joy in exploring her grandmother's quiltmaking as a starting point.

Her diverse and exciting body of work stirs quilters worldwide to dig deeper, take risks, and experiment with fabric. This retrospective exhibit features a selection of Findlay Wolfe's inspiring quilts and the stories behind them."

Please enjoy Victoria's fourteenth quilt from the exhibition.

Title of Quilt: A Cloudy Day

Quilter's Name: Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Quilted By: Frank Palmer

Year Made: 2015

Quilt Size: 73" x 73"

Original Photos by Mary Kay Davis

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When Cindy Seitz-Krug created Alternative Grids she had two goals in mind: "To use a block pattern with large enough pieces to display my pretty polka-dot fabrics" and for the quilt to have "enough negative space in each block to exhibit the many grid-based quilting designs from my book and my weekly YouTube tutorials." She accomplished both as her quilt won Best Use of Negative Space Modern at PIQF 2019. With beautiful machine piecing and machine appliqué, Cindy has created a wonderful pattern that ebbs and flows throughout the quilt while still tying the whole thing together.

Alternative Grids by Cindy Seitz-Krug of Overgaard, Arizona won Best Use of Negative Space Modern at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Learn from Cindy by watching Show 2603: Cindy Seitz-Krug Quilting on Grid / Ricky Tims Quilt Words.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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So much feedback has gone to the creators of "Color of the Year", they have realized they got it wrong. Manufacturers, Designers and even Quilters have rejected the 2021 Colors of the Year, Illuminating and Ultimate Gray!

(Photo Credit: Pantone Color of the Year 2021 Video)

Now they are asking the public to select the newest "Color of the Year."  After months of research and testing they have narrowed it down to 3 selections. Come on Quilters, let's help them get it right this time. Send this to your friends and your guild members. Let's stack the results in our favor.

Here are the choices, Vote below and you'll see an early holiday surprise...maybe just not this holiday!

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By Heart (Let the Season Join Us All By Heart) by Ricky Tims and Scott Avery is a brand new song of hope and connecting during these trying days. Listen, and watch the video, below and enjoy some new holiday music from The Quilt Show's resident musician-in-chief. Then, if you haven't checked it out yet, go get a ticket and watch Ricky's virtual Christmas concert, Comfort and Joy!, streaming from December 18, 2020 through January 1, 2021.

Ricky is joined for this one-of-a-kind Christmas concert by Kat Bowser, keyboardist for Lady A (formerally Lady Antebellum) Jonathon Long, and newcomer and singer/songwriter Allison Mahal. It's experience for the holidays that you don't want to miss! Tickets are on sale now with single tickets being $25 and group tickets, two or more people watching, being $40.

Both Single and Group Tickets are available.

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Take a look back on every color that Pantone has selected and have a look at some old favorites, and the ones you don't like as much too. Can you remember what all of the colors were?

Click Here to See Every Pantone Color of the Year. (Click the Arrows to Scroll Through Each Year)

 

 

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We continue our selection of quilts exhibited in 2019 at the Houston International Quilt Festival as part of their 45th Anniversary, the Sapphire Anniversary. The Sapphire Celebration exhibit is described as:

"Quilters have long used the color blue to symbolize trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Sapphire is also the chosen gem to celebrate 45th anniversaries—which International Quilt Festival is doing this year (2019)! These new and antique blue and white quilts will be suspended from the ceiling in a spectacular and unforgettable display."

To be a part of the exhibit, quilts had to fit the following criteria:

• Entries may be Traditional, Modern or Art.
• Entries must have been made between 1974 and 2019.
• The minimum size is 50” x 50”