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Looking for a way to sort all those hexies you've been making lately? TQS member QuilterLynn gives a nod to Libby Lehman and organizes (by color) her little gems and notions in a Superior Thread organizer. What a clever girl!!
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We love that Lou Ann decided to base her quilt on the lawn chairs in her backyard. She thought it might be conducive to conversation. We agree!
Conversations by Lou Ann Smith was part of the Abstract Large exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston 2018.
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As we clean up the site and move forward, TheQuiltShow.com wants to become your personal quilt trainer. Here is our first piece of advice. (The cat was not hurt..embarrassed maybe...)
Set reasonable goals...... (Music by AWOLNATION, "Sail"). We can't all be Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry or Janet Stone or Sherri Reynolds right off the bat.
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Shelley Tobisch's friends Carrie Lakatos (maker) and Faith McCleod (quilter) are responsible for this "plum" beauty of a quilt, Plum Pudding. It's an example of precision piecing at its finest.
Watch Shelley and learn more about precision piecing in Show 2506.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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Yoko Nagakubo's quilt, To Live, is a beautiful expression of life as she gives tribute to those who lost everything and those who survived a powerful earthquake which destroyed her town. An enormous tree and background of stunning pieced blocks is enhanced with appliquéd leaves and branches. It truly is a tree of life. Don't miss the stars created by the amazing piecing in the first detail picture.
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 fifteenth quilt from the exhibition by Yoko Nagakubo.
Title of Quilt: To Live
Quilter's Name: Yoko Nagakubo
Dimensions: 83" x 77"
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This quilt is Winter Squash (90" x 73") by Maren Johnston of Santa Barbara, California, US. Honorable Mention, Abstract-Large, category sponsored by Elna.
Artist's Statement: "Organically grown vegetables from our garden are the inspiration for this quilt. I love the tangle of vine and leaf as these hearty plants take over a plot. Sometimes, the mystery squash emerging from the compost pile can produce the tastiest fruit. Freely cut and then pieced, this original design was started in a Nancy Crow class."
Winter Squash by Maren Johnston was part of the Abstract Large exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston 2018.
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Shelley wanted to pull all the colors out of her stash for this amazing scrap quilt. While the colors are beautiful, it's the precision piecing that leads the way in Appleyard Lane.
Learn how Shelley gets those fine points in Show 2506.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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September 2019 Update:
They've done it again! Diamond Effervescence has won Best of Show at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah Fall 2019. Congratulations!
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Diamond Effervescence, by Beth Nufer & Clem Buzick, won the BERNINA 1st Runner Up Award at the Pacific International Quilt Festival 2018. It's easy to see why.
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