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Claire Victor's Paper Cuts looks like an arts and crafts project right before you begin, except in this case her quilt is finished. She "envisioned this quilt as pieces of colored paper, suspended, some intersecting." Winning Best Modern Design at Pacific International Quilt Festival 2019, this English Paper Pieced quilt's "strong geometric shapes and colors have a retro as well as modern feel."

Paper Cuts by Claire Victor of Scottsdale, AZ won Best Modern Design at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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The end is in sight! As you are getting all your blocks done, you are probably thinking about the layout of your blocks and Barbara Black has some helpful hints on how to do that. She also shares her latest appliqué blocks.

It's always a good idea to check out Barbara's tips as they can usually be applied to your everyday quilting as well as the BOM.

Click here for details on Barbara's blog on Month 11 Tips.

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Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks to Sheila Frampton Cooper (Show 1306) about her quilt, Ruins of Roussillon, which was inspired by a village in France. Sheila is renowned for her intricate piecing, which she creates one piece at a time, often building upon a central nucleus for a design.

Learn all about the work that went into making this complex quilt in another installment of Quilt Stories.

You can watch Lisa here at TQS in Show 2503.

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Wendy Williams has created this wonderful Block of the Month 2021 pattern, "Color My World", exclusively for TheQuiltShow.com. Beginning January 1, 2021, you will be able to download the new pattern each month. Then Nov 1, 2021 you will get the Nov and Dec patterns. That way if you join now you will get every pattern and not miss one.

This pattern usually retails for $50- $75, but as a Premium (Star) Member of TheQuiltShow.com you get the complete year for just $39 during this sale. Your payment gets you a full one year membership to The Quilt Show Website. So, besides the free pattern you get to see the shows, classes, and interact on the forum with others doing the Block of the Month 2021.

Barbara Black will be doing FREE Facebook/YouTube LIVE teaching to help you along. This quilt can be done by confident beginners, so you can absolutely make this exciting quilt.

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Do you know the name of this block featuring Jinny's fabulous fabric?

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From Janna Thomas' book, Courtship Quilts, Love's Labyrinth inspires you to add romance to your quilts with the language of love - flowers!

Star Members can watch Janna in Show 1803: It's All in the Border.

Original Photo: Janna Thomas

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Utilizing Edyta Sitar's Star of Bethlehem pattern, Marilyn Larson and Barb Simons created Aurora, a beautiful beauty of color fit for its storybook character's namesake. With exceptional piecing, longarm quilting, creative "glow" blocks, and a pieced diamond border, Marilyn and Barb's quilt won Best Use of Color - Traditional at the Pacific International Quilt Festival 2019.

Aurora by Marilyn Larson and Barb Simons of Willow City, North Dakota won Best Use Of Color - Traditional at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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Color My World by Wendy Williams

The Color My World Pattern is FREE to all Star Members!

I travel the path of life as a quilter gathering impressions of the places I go to and all the details that bring those places to life. Here in Color My world, you can share my world travelling the roads through cities, neighbourhoods, and streets that are universal to us all. 

I have chosen 4 iconic skyscrapers that represent the diversity of our world and have meanings and memories of our travels whether they are in real life or through images in photos. 

I have created a round setting for the houses and buildings which is a theme that I keep revisiting. The round shape appeals to me in that it is representative of our world but also the design element of the curve softens the sharp lines that the houses and buildings create. The circle makes an interesting path for the eye to follow as it works its way around the quilt. I enjoy designing quilts that keep the viewers interest. I first used this in my quilt ‘Round the Garden’ which is possibly the quilt that I am best known for. I have reused the circular design in ‘Over the Hill’ and another recent quilt called ‘Full Circle’. Many of my quilts feature wool or wool felt applique however I also love to make sampler quilts which lend themselves to block of the month quilts, for me it is all about my love of color and design. 

The roads add more repetition to the design which also adds a calming feature adding contrast to all the solid bright color. The mariner’s compass was a fitting inclusion in the centre and the cool lightness and brightness of the blue draws your attention to the centre and invites the eye to continue to explore. 

I chose to make this quilt with houses and buildings using foundation piecing. I love the accuracy of this method and with freezer paper, it is so much more user friendly than having to have a pattern for each piece and then the loathsome task of ripping away the paper when the blocks are completed. 

I fell in love with Marcia Derse fabrics a few years ago and when Windham released her ‘Art History’ range with the beautiful shot cotton colors, I knew I had to use it somewhere. It is such a joy to play with the colours in each block and notice how the colors change depending on how we group together. This colour play gives the maker a chance to explore color and its relationships with other hues. 

The muted, painted design for the background is an interesting contrast to all the solid colour, it adds an unexpected splash of pattern which allows the solid colors to take centre stage. I love the randomness of the pattern which allows it to blend beautifully when used in either small or large pieces and somehow becomes a neutral with a bit of extra punch and fun.

BOM 2021 Products Now Available for Purchase in The Quilt Show Shop

Kits are available for $279.99 and come with a choice of background.

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If you choose to make the quilt from your own fabrics, an introduction to the pattern and fabric requirements can be downloaded by clicking here.

Not a Star Member?

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LIVE on Sunday Nov 1, 2020, Alex Anderson will reveal The Quilt Show exclusive Block of the Month made by ....???? See the quilt and learn all about it at 1pm PST, 4pm EST, and 8pm London time.

See the Kits Here: 

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Which kind of quilter are you? Vote below.

Previously we asked how you stored your stash, what's on your design wall, how do you quilt your quilts, and how do you baste your quilts? This week we want to know, "How do you hang your quilts?" Push pins? A beautiful quilt hanger? OR, do you actually put them on your bed?

(Picture by Lauren Vlcek)