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We saw Kyouko Tashiro's quilt, In Early Summer, 79" x 79", at Paducah Spring 2017 in the Hand Quilted Quilts Category. It is beautiful in all aspects, but we were especially drawn to how the center medallion was created by the appliqué and how the circle of flowers and wavy quilting added movement to a square quilt. Do you get the same feeling?
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Susana Hunter made do with what she had and managed to create 100 quilts by hand in her lifetime. Her improvisational style would look right at home in a modern museum. Learn more about her in this segment for Henry Ford's Innovation Nation.
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UPDATE: The Quilt Alliance really needs volunteers on:
Wednesday night, November 1st (7:30-10:00 pm) and Sunday, November 5 (2:00-4:00 pm).
Going to Quilt Festival in Houston this year? Can you spare two hours to volunteer with the Quilt Alliance booth? They will be spreading the word about labeling and documenting quilts, selling memberships and showing off their 2017 contest quilts. Everyone who volunteers will receive free admission to the show on the day that they work, a stylish QA logo tee, a QA logo tote filled with goodies and a big hug!!
Help them keep the stories alive as they turn 25! They celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2018 and they need your help to continue the work of documenting, preserving and sharing the rich and important history of quilts and their makers. Join the Quilt Alliance!
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Bethanne writes about her quilt, October Sky:
This is the third in a series of silk dupioni quilts done in my pictographic quilting style. I love everything about a Pennsylvania fall ... the colors, the smells, the harvest and all the busy critters. With this quilt, I tried to capture that feeling using all original hand drawn motifs that are free-motion quilted. The beaded details are tiny applique tubes individually stuffed with beads and hand tied off. The center medallion and binding feature handmade beaded piping. Derwent Inktese pencils were used on parts of the quilt to create shading.
Bethanne's quilt has won over 20 major awards including:
Click here to see it as a Zoom Quilt.
Star Members can watch Bethanne make a beaded border and more in Show 2107: Extraordinary Binding Techniques & Amazing Fabric Collage.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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Bethanne Nemesh won 1st Place in the Large Quilts: Quilting is the Star category at Fall Paducah 2017 with her quilt, Into the Westward Sun. Take a closer look at the pictures and then go to the bottom to see her interview with Bonnie Browning. You can learn her techniques in Show 2107: Extraordinary Binding Techniques & Amazing Fabric Collage which just premiered this week. Take note of the special beading in the border. Star members can watch now. Not a Star Member?
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Celebrating the dazzling work of world-renowned artist Kaffe Fassett, this vibrant exhibition showcases a wide range of textiles from a career spanning over 50 years. Our gallery has been transformed with pools of vibrant colour, providing the perfect backdrop for Kaffe’s distinctive knitwear, tapestry, quilts and more.
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"Quilters Take Manhattan," put on for the last seven years by the Quilt Alliance, took its final bow this September. In the future, the Alliance will be focusing their efforts in other areas, including the Quilt Story Road Show:
"For the past seven years, we have proudly presented this Big Apple event featuring some of the quilt world's most talented and fascinating speakers. We raised important operating funds and signed on many enthusiastic new members. We're so excited to take this celebration of quilts, stories and friends to new communities starting in 2018, our 25th anniversary year.
Quilt Story Road Show, our new education and outreach program inspired by QTM, will be offered for a fee to guilds, groups, museums, quilt shows, exhibitions, shops, businesses and communities across the U.S. who want to document, preserve and share the stories of quilts and quiltmakers in their community. These one to two day events will demonstrate and offer hands-on training in oral history, quilt labeling, and other ways to ensure that quilts and their stories do not fade away. Register here to have information emailed to you about our 2018-2020 programs."
-Amy Milne - Executive Director
Here are a few memories from Quilters Take Manhattan 2017.
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The quilts at AQS Paducah Spring 2017 seemed overwhelmingly great. Many quilts that caught our eye were not award winners, but we thought they certainly could be. For example, this hand quilted piece by Linda Roy; we loved it and thought it was award worthy, but it did not win a ribbon at Paducah. Well, Linda's quilt, Aztec Sunset, came back and won Best of Show at AQS Lancaster 2017. We thought so, Linda.
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Learn more about Bethanne and her work in Show 2107: Extraordinary Binding Techniques & Amazing Fabric Collage.
(Note: This video was shot on a "hot" set during the taping of The Quilt Show. You will notice background noise and activity.)
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