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Want to see more work by the Hoop Sisters? Here they are sharing some of their beautiful quilts.
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This beautiful quilt by The Hoop Sisters features a center medallion surrounded by undulating curves and a curvy appliqué border. A decorative flange echos the curves while stunning Sharon Schamber quilting highlights the quilt.
Star Members can watch The Hoop Sisters in Show 2206: The Magic of Quilting in a Hoop.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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In 1856, William Henry Perkin, then age 18, was given a challenge by his professor, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, to synthesize quinine. In one attempt, Perkin oxidized aniline using potassium dichromate, whose toluidine impurities reacted with the aniline and yielded a black solid, suggesting a "failed" organic synthesis. Cleaning the flask with alcohol, Perkin noticed purple portions of the solution.
Suitable as a dye of silk and other textiles, it was patented by Perkin, who the next year opened a dyeworks mass-producing it at Greenford on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in Middlesex.[10] It was originally called aniline purple. In 1859, it was named mauve in England via the French name for the mallow flower, and chemists later called it mauveine.[11] By 1870, demand succumbed to newer synthetic colors in the synthetic dye industry launched by mauveine.
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Colleen Harradine does and she made a quilt to prove it. Strike Up a Friendship with a Redhead is Colleen's way of addressing as she puts it, "the bizarre and increasing antipathy towards redheads!" In her quilt she lovingly highlights many famous redheads throughout history. Did she miss anyone?
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As part of International Quilting Weekend we will be picking prize winners on Monday March 19. We have lots of great prizes to give away—including a Limited Edition BERNINA 530 125th Anniversary Edition Sewing Machine with 24k Gold plated foot!
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This beautiful Feathered Star design was the 2013 EmbroidaBlock of the Month. It was the first collaboration between The Hoop Sisters and Sharon Schamber.
Star Members can watch The Hoop Sisters in Show 2206: The Magic of Quilting in a Hoop.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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Mitsuko's quilt won Best Use of Embellishment at the Pacific International Quilt Festival.
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In 1989, the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society organized a “Quilters’ Day Out” on the third Saturday of March to celebrate the rich tradition of quiltmaking in Kentucky. In 1991, National Quilting Association officers were so enthused with the concept and success of “Quilters’ Day Out” that they voted to take it to a national level.
The first National Quilting Day was observed in 1992 and since then it has grown into a global celebration for all quiltmakers and quilt lovers. Helen Storbeck, one of the founders of National Quilting Day, wrote in The Quilting Quarterly, “Groups of quilters were encouraged to hold special events, publishers and shop owners were invited to sponsor promotions especially for quilters and it quickly became a grassroots endeavor with quilters in every part of the country participating. In the first year of National Quilting Day, quilters in other countries asked to participate. They were welcomed with open arms. As our feelings of a community network has evolved to include a world community, it is only appropriate that quilters and quilt lovers everywhere united to give recognition to the special art form.”
The Quilt Alliance would love to hear how you mark this year’s 27th anniversary of National Quilting Day. Post your photos on the National Quilting Day Facebook page.
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