Daily Blog

  24

fShare

Tweet

Want a great tip that will help you with your machine quilting? Watch what Laura Coia from SewVeryEasy does with a "snow carpet." Do you think MacGyver would know what to do?

  5

fShare

Tweet

These ladies certainly are, even if it is a bit windy. Enjoy a vintage video from the late 50s, early 60s, featuring "ship-shape" fashion. You might even notice a little bit of patchwork inspiration.

  10

fShare

Tweet

Betty Pillsbury put a lot of love and special stitches into her quilt, Crazy Diamonds. She used all the "techniques she could muster," including: Painting, Beading, Embroidery (silk ribbon, stainstitch, Brazilian, chenille, surface, and more). We saw this quilt displayed as part of the "In the American Tradition" Exhibit at Houston 2014. Read the story and then look at all the revealing close ups.

  4

fShare

Tweet

Houston had many exciting things happening when TheQuiltShow.com arrived at The George R. Brown Convention Center for Quilt Market and Festival.  Quilt Market hadn't started yet and the vendors were building their booths. We took a quick stroll around the area. Besides the quilting, there were preparations for Halloween, a car exhibit, a concert, an Egyptian festival, and the World Series all on the same 3 blocks.

  1

fShare

Tweet

 Michele's quilt "Floridian Splendor" provided a stunning backdrop for Michele's show.

Star Members can watch Michele and see the quilt in Show 2109: Inventive Products & Binding Unusually Shaped Quilts, also featuring Laura Wasilowski.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

  0

fShare

Tweet

Help the victims of the Santa Rosa and Napa fires who have lost their homes. Many victims have only the clothes they were wearing. Let's see their future homes filled with bed-sized quilts made with love.

They are seeking donations of bed-sized quilts only. Please, no throw or crib-sized quilts. Donations of children's pillowcases also requested.

For donation information, click here or contact: Happinessisawarmquilt@gmail.com.

Now accepting donations for Happiness is a Warm Quilt:

Eddie's Quilting Bee
https://www.facebook.com/eddiesquiltingbee/
480 S. MATHILDA AVE. SUNNYVALE, CA 94086
408-830-9505
INFO@EDDIESQUILTINGBEE.COM
Open Weds-Sunday

  4

fShare

Tweet

Michele uses bits of dryer sheets, netting for produce, candy wrappers, and scraps of leather in her work. She places them on top of a surface painted design in a layer-by-layer effect which she finishes off using her Innova longarm. Michele’s collage work and her use of out-of-the-ordinary mediums cause her quilts to stand out.

Star Members can watch Michele in Show 2109: Inventive Products & Binding Unusually Shaped Quilts, also featuring Laura Wasilowski.

  3

fShare

Tweet

306 IMQE Partners and counting!

We did it and there are more US Quilters looking for International Partners!

What do Sylvia and Jeanette have in common? They have a lot in common!! They are both quilters, members of TheQuiltShow.com and are participants in the International Miniature Quilt Exchange. Not only have they exchanged email and learned about one another – they had the opportunity to meet at the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara, California. Despite personal challenges, they made the effort to meet and were thrilled to see each other.

We asked Sylvia and Jeanette, "What made their partnership so special?" Sylvia summed it up best:

The IMQE was my first effort to engage with other quilters from faraway places. Being matched with Jeanette from Devon, UK seemed prophetic, as one of my favorite places in the world is not far from her home! Admittedly, I was a bit intimidated by her long history of quilts and blue ribbons. When I learned she was going to see her juried quilt at Pacific International Quilt Festival, at her ill son’s urging, I just had to book a flight from San Diego to San Jose to meet her, at my ill husband’s urging. It seemed we were meant to meet. According to my husband, Lon, I relish a good challenge and needed to get past feeling intimidated. And I did.

Upon meeting, we were instantly bonded. It seems strange, but we both felt something had drawn us together...similar tastes in quilts, colors, techniques, travel, etc. Photos and email exchanges followed, and here we are. For my part, I feel so fortunate to have met Jeanette and her husband Malcolm. It is one of those unexplainable, yet ‘meant to be’ things. My quilting will be forever better thanks to this magical meeting. By the way, her quilt in the PIQF was beautiful. Thanks, IMQE!”

The key “take away” to any partnership is reaching out to each other, sharing ideas and staying in touch. We have 6 US Quilters looking to have the same experience as Sylvia. If you are an international quilter looking for a unique quilting experience – now is the time to join IMQE.

Quilters have until March 2018 to complete their miniature quilts.

Get all the details here.

1 International Quilter + 1 United States Quilter + A Passion for Quilting = A Priceless Experience

Take a look at our gallery of Ricky’s miniature quilts.

You can check out the IMQE Guidelines here.