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Do you know what famous clothing designer brand sourced handmade, vintage quilts from all over the country, through auctions, private collections, and antique shows like Brimfield, to use in creating his collection for Fall 2017 Fashion Week in NYC?
 
The designer is Calvin Klein. Read the article by Lili Göksenin, Raf’s Vintage Quilts at Calvin Klein Are Covetable, Political Fashion at Its Very Best, to see how Calvin Klein has used the quilts in his collection and in his displays.
 
How do you feel about how Calvin Klein used the quilts?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(image: GQ.com)
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Bubble Wrap, 83" x 83", by Stephanie Zacharer Ruyle and quilted by Christine Perrigo is a striking quilt on many levels. The design and the quilting come together and create a mix that makes your eyes wander back and forth. (Judge's Award, Katie Pasquini Masopust - AQS Paducah Spring 2017)

(Design Source: Based on a quilt originally made for QNNtv show "Quilt Remix: Vintage Pattern, Modern Twist." Inspired by Cow Paths by Maria Tavy Unhey in Easy Quilts Winter 2016, Fons & Porter.)

 

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Only 18 left to reach our goal! No Wait ~ only 2 left to reach our goal!
 
So which is it? 18 or 2? To reach our goal of 300 IMQE partners we only need 18 more partners! To reach our goal of all 50 of the United States participating--we need quilters from Hawaii and West Virginia. We have 8 US quilters waiting for international partners. Won't you join us?
 
Internationally, the United Kingdom now leads with 55 quilters, followed closely by Germany with 54 quilters. In the United Sates, California leads with 30 quilters and Texas is close behind with 28. Illinois is the next closest state with 15 quilters participating in IMQE.
 
So WHY join the International Miniature Quilt Exchange? Jean Amaduri, founder of the IMQE for Thimble and Thread in St. Louis, Missouri in 2000, offers us her insights:
 
  • Friendships are formed as we now leverage email and the internet.
  • We have had US and International Quilters make vacation plans so they can meet in person.
  • Thanks to the many translate programs available online – we are not limited by language.
  • An opportunity to try something new in the world of quilting, learn new techniques or how challenges are overcome from our International quilters.
  • Experience a cultural exchange – find out about the respective family, heritage and country.
 
"When you get an exchange quilt ... there is an emotional tug--one that shows a sisterhoor/brotherhood of quilters around the world."
 
Let’s break records with this exchange!
 
Quilters have until March 2018 to complete their miniature quilts.
1 International Quilter + 1 United States Quilter + A Passion for Quilting
= A Priceless Experience
You can check out the IMQE Guidelines here.
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Remember when Crayola announced they would no longer be making "Dandelion" yellow? Well, there's a new color in town. Meet "Bluetiful," aka Bea!

Click here to learn more.

Nickname: Bea

About Me: I may be shy at first, but I love to share BIG ideas with new people especially ideas for new inventions or creative projects.

Favorite Hobbies: Coding apps or video games and relaxing with DIY projects

What I Believe In: I'm a big advocate for arts-infused STEAM education, especially for inspired girls like me!

Where you can find me: Coming soon to a retailer near you!

 

 

 

 

 

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There are last minute openings for Ricky's La Veta Quilt Retreat for November 13-18, 2017. This is a great opportunity to attend an Independent Study retreat.

Come Quilt In Paradise!

This workshop is an Independent Study retreat. An independent study retreat is not a "do-your-own-thing" retreat. It is a “let’s-make-your-vision-a-reality” retreat! Connecting with your creative psyche, the workshop emphasizes design, composition, and originality. Planning, drafting, and originality are encouraged. Creating improvisationally is encouraged too. It is a week of learning and designing. 
 
You will explore your own original ideas while benefiting from Ricky's guidance. Alternatively, you may pursue one of Ricky's methods or techniques to help advance your quilting skills. There is a strong emphasis on creativity and the morning talks, round-table discussions, and journaling time is a vital part of the week's agenda.
 
Retreat Tuition is $950 and includes five days of study, five lunches, and six dinners.
Drive and shop hop along the way, or make a convenient flight into Colorado Springs which is a short hour and forty-five minutes away.
 

Click here for full retreat details.

Click here and email Justin Shults if you would like a last minute spot!

 

 

 

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Meg is holding up a souvenir bag from War and Pieced, the Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics.
 
The exhibit was organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York, in collaboration with the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, University of Lincoln–Nebraska. It is cocurated by Dr. Annette Gero, international quilt historian, author, and collector, and Stacy C. Hollander, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of Exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum.
 
War and Pieced is the first exhibition in the United States to showcase the spectacularly complex geometric quilts made exclusively by men using richly dyed wools derived from British military and dress uniforms. - American Folk Art Museum
 
Meg was at the American Folk Art Museum with TQS and will be introducing videos featuring the cocurators of the exhibit which will be coming soon. The ladies will tell us how these quilts were made, some with 14 layers of fabric, and discuss the times in which they were made. In the meantime, here are a few quilts from the fabulous collection. (The lights were dimmed in the gallery to protect the quilts.)
 
 
 
"Colonial Soldier's Intricately Pieced Quilt" - 1890 - India
 

"Beaded Soldier's Quilt" - 1860-1870 - India
 

"Turkish Wars" Intarsia Quilt - 1719

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BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
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In the Fall of 1991 quilting was my new-found obsession. I was devouring everything I could possibly learn about it. Crazy patchwork was one of those things I had read about and tried. I had the idea to create a whimsical quilt where a cold and perplexed Santa was stuck outside looking in. 
 
The original quilt was improvised using nothing more than a sketch I drew as a guide. Over the years, I felt a pattern might be too complex. However, I came to realize that with some very small alterations to the original I could offer a manageable and doable paper-pieced pattern. Here it is! Released just in time to finish before the holidays. This wall quilt has only seven paper-pieced sections and measures 40” x 46”.
 
The pattern includes the full-size paper pattern so there’s no enlarging. Easy-to-understand instructions are included.
 
This fun, NEW pattern will be printed-on-demand, and will ship in the order received.
ONLY $21.95 
Click here to PRE-ORDER YOURS TODAY!
 

 

 
 
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We are almost done with our 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Quilter! Each week I have been thinking..."What do I think the next habit will be?!" We are in the transition period of one Quilt Roadie adventure to the next and so there is reflective time on where we have been, where we are going and what I have accomplished. G has piles of videos to edit and we have lots to share in this second season of Quilt Roadies! I hope you will subscribe and travel along with us.

As many of us are...I am my own worst critic. I get lots of mail about, "How do I get so much done?" And when I look at the photos I share on Instagram and Facebook...most of them are process photos. Not the finished product, lol. What I can say about my stitching is...I rarely sit without taking a stitch or two. I learned this from my friend Sandy who lives a busy life helping run a farm. Her sewing room is very compact and only about 3 feet from the kitchen where she makes lunch and dinner for her family crew! Prolific is a word I would use for her AND what she shared with me years ago is that if she had 15 minutes between tasks she would sew a seam or take a stitch and all those 15 minutes added up to a finished quilt. I took this lesson to heart.

Thus...A Stitch in Time Saves Nine is #6 of the Habits of a Highly Effective Quilter. As I did research on this proverb, I interpreted its meaning to us as quilters...that if you only take a stitch or two...you will eventually get to the end of your creation. It is when you do the self talk about not having enough time to sit and stitch that quilts languish. I have projects scattered about the house in various stages, which means that when I sit, there is a project that wants a stitch or two!
 
 
 
I also pay attention when I am on the road to how other quilters are saving time! When the owner of the shop in Hot Springs, South Dakota, Heartsong Quilts, (don't you love that name) shared a binding tip with me I was all about it!!! I know the judges out there are screaming foul...that all quilt bindings need to be hand sewn...but really, as she shared with me, our quilts for the most part are machine pieced, machine quilted, and the binding is machine sewn to the quilt. So why does the final step need to be hand sewn?



On her quilts she chooses a decorative stitch that she likes and fun thread for the final binding stitch and it looks wonderful. If you stitch the primary attachment stitch for the binding onto the back of the quilt and then flip it over to the front, you can create a perfect decorative stitch on the front...A Stitch in Time Saves Nine...the quilter's way!!!

Have a great week and be sure to keep up to date with us on Instagram, Facebook, Quilt Roadies (YouTube) and on wooliemammoth.blogspot.com. Just so you know, I do check every request to follow on Instagram and Facebook and if I can't figure out if you are a quilter because your site is totally private, I will pass to weed out the non-quilter requests, LOL

Click here for Anna's YouTube Channel.

 



 
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Keiko Hasegawa won a prize for her quilt, Canon, during Quilt Week Yokohama 2011. In looking back at amazing quilts, we wanted you to take a look at the Hexies and the fabric cuts.The purposeful cutting choices make the quilt even more of a treasure.

 

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This week, as we end our focus on Balance, we look at the term Radial Balance, meaning a design where all of the elements are equally balanced around, toward or away from a central point. Unlike other forms of balance that use either a horizontal or vertical axis, radial balance has all of the interest radiating out from the center like the rays of the sun or spokes on a bicycle wheel. The examples below help to illustrate the definition.

 



Below on the left is a fabric with bilateral symmetry, while the right has radial symmetry.


Designs can be round or square. Kaleidoscope images are radial. A Radial design can be very effective, as it draws the eye into the center of the design. Examples of Radial balance that can be found both in nature and man made ojects include:

Cathedral Rose Windows (e.g. Notre Dame Cathedral)
A halved orange or grapefruit
Merry go round
Bicycle spokes
Umbrellas
Mandalas
Starfish
Snowflakes
Umbrellas

                              


Let's use the example of Dad's Lonestar by Ricky Tims. Did you notice how all of the elements spin around while at the same time move your eye from the center outward? Also, the brilliance of the yellow star in the center vibrates, which enhances this same outward movement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Examples of quilts featuring Radial Balance:

.  Quilt - Life by Yoshiko Katagiri

 

Practice Exercise: Create Your Own Radial Balance Design:

Design your own Radial Balance design with just a few simple tools.

Design your own Kaleidoscope Name design. Click here.

 

 
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