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Inger Blood's Trip Around the World II was "inspired by an antique quilt from the early 1900s." With expert free motion quilting, ruler work, and machine piecing, it is no surprise to see why it won the Janome Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award in the Wall Quilt Competition at PIQF 2019. With all the quilting that was done, we're pretty sure you could wrap all the way around the world with the green thread used. Maybe even twice!

Trip Around the World II by Inger Blood of Camino, California won the Janome Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award in the Wall Quilt Competition at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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Last week we revealed to you the 2021 BOM, Color My World by Wendy Williams, and it has already been a rousing success. Today we thought we'd share Barbara Black's, the maker of the BOM and future TQS guest, own reveal about what it was like making such an amazing quilt and how she plans to guide you through making it as well.

Click here to learn about the 2021 BOM and Barbara's plans for helping you make it.

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Update (11/10/20) : Great News! Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window   has made it through to the next round of the 12th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards as a write-in candidate!

Ricky wants to thank all of you who voted and hopes you will continue to do so in the semi-final round.

Here's all you need to do.

1. Sign in or create a new FREE account at www.goodreads.com
2. Link for voting: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-childrens-books-2020
3. Deadline for this round is November 15th, 2020.

Original Article (11/7/2020)

The choice is yours. Vote for Ricky and Kat's book, Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window, in the 12th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers.

Tell your friends to vote for Lizzy!

1. Go to www.goodreads.com - Login - or create a fast/free account.

2. Go to this link: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2020

3. Locate the  MIDDLE GRADE & CHILDREN'S category.

4. Write in: Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window. That’s Lizzy with a Y.

Or copy... Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window... and paste in your vote.

(You'll need to be logged in to see the 'write-in' box.)

Hurry, Sunday, November 8, 2020, is the last day to vote in the Opening Round.

Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window is available in The Quilt Show shop.

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We all need a good foundation for our faces. Alex has thoughts on the background fabric for your Face Quilt. This is a fun class and there should be no UFO. Then you can use your quilt as an avatar on the new website coming in December.

Join Alex LIVE on November 6, 2020 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time.

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Okay - it's not exaclty Zoom, but Alex's cat, Sparrow, seems to be enjoying a conversation with an "interesting" choice of friend.

(It's an Internet rule that we have to show at least two cute cat pictures a year or we lose our license. Please don't send emails. It's out of our hands.)

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Based on a photo of her friend's kitten, Dot is probably the quilt in Carol Morrissey's Exaggerated Pointillism series with the most apropos name. The difficult part she says, as most painters and sketch artists would tell you, is getting the eyes just right. In this instance, Carol knocked it out of the park as Dot's eyes stare right back at you from any angle you look.

Learn from Carol in Show 2710.

Original Photos: Zumi Hidalgo

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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”

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Sue de Vanny took inspiration for Cat Groove from a number of different sources. The "artist Wassily Kandinsky, Feline salt and pepper shakers of the 60/70' and the music 'Something for Cat' from Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack." Winning Second Place Modern at PIQF 2019, this machine pieced and machine appliquéd quilt kicks it up a notch and gets the groove going like it's nobody's business.

Cat Groove by Sue de Vanny of Greenvale, Australia won Second Place Modern at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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This is going to be pure fun. What makes you unique? What are your interests? What events in your life do you want to remember? All of this can be put into your "face". Also, see faces that have been made by Freddy Moran. AND you can buy one. Take a look at the 12...whoops 2 have sold...the 10 faces quilts left for sale.

Alex goes LIVE on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2021 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm in London.

Click here to become a member.

Click here to buy a Freddy Moran quilt.

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Sue McCarty did it again and won the Janome of America Best of Show at AQS Paducah 2012 for Harmony Within. As you may recall, Sue's quilt also won Best of Show at Houston International Quilt Festival in 2011. Sue made this quilt for her husband on a longarm and "all the motifs are symbolic of the harmony two different sentient beings can find within marriage."

To watch an interview with Sue about the quilt, click here.

Learn from Sue here at The Quilt Show by watching Show 1208.

Here is a list of the top award winners at Paducah 2012.