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Patricia Belyea of Okan Arts recently visited the Beauty of Japan exhibit at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum.

Patricia writes:

"The collection of exceptional silk quilts were made by women just like us—women determined to transform little bits of fabric into textile treasures. (Okay, our Japanese counterparts have achieved a superstar level of mastery!)"

Click here to see photos and read the entire article.

 

Beauty of Japan
La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum
June 22 – October 2, 2016

Guest Curator: Sachiko Yoshida
Show Sponsors: Ako Shimozato of Kimono Blossom and Glenys Baker
Museum Director: Amy Green
Installation Curator: Kathleen Kox
Catalog Designer: SuSan Riedel

 

 

 

 

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Ricky is celebrating 13 years of the publication of his first book, "Convergence Quilts," and is offering you a challenge.  Here are the basics.

The Challenge: 

To make a Convergence Quilt that is either a Harmonic Convergence or a Grand Convergence where at least 1/4 of the fabric used in the quilt features the Mystery Challenge Fabric. General instructions for making both the Harmonic Convergence and the Grand Convergence will be included with the challenge fabric when shipped.

Deadline for purchasing the Mystery Convergence Quilt Entry Fabric is September 15, 2016.

The submission deadline for your quilt is midnight (USA Mountain Time) October 15, 2016.

Prize winners will be announced on November 7th, 2016.

The Prizes:

Grand Prize - An award certificate, one-yard of each of the Ricky Tims Hand-dyed fabrics - 47 yards in total, plus $250 - a $1425 Value

Best Harmonic Convergence - An award certificate, 10 Yards of Ricky Tims Hand-dyed fabric of your choosing, plus $50. A $300 Value

Best Grand Convergence - An award certificate, 10 Yards of Ricky Tims Hand-dyed fabric of your choosing, plus $50. A $300 Value

The Top Ten Finalists - In addition to the three top prizes, ten additional quilts will be selected and featured as the top ten finalists. 

All 13 of the prize-winning quilts (the three prize-winners and the top ten finalists) will be featured in a special article on the Ricky Tims blog and newsletter and on the Daily Blog at TheQuiltShow.com.



 
 
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Leni Levenson Wiener always wanted to make a "Postage Stamp" quilt.  She writes, "Each square of the quilt is 1″ finished, and every one of them must be unique to the quilt—no fabric used twice. The result is a symphony of color and pattern, exactly what I love about quilts in the first place."
 
Here she talks about her journey and walks you through creating your own "Postage Stamp" project at WeAllSew.com.
 
 

Star Members can watch Leni in Show 1413: From Film to Fabric: Photos as Inspiration.

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Or, did you know all Pantone colors are mixed by hand? Take a peek inside the Pantone Color Factory, the place where they decide upon the "Color of the Year," and are still dependent on the human eye.
 
Designers and artists all over the world use Pantone’s color guides to make sure their blue is actually blue. Like a Webster’s dictionary for color, Pantone guides are a standard against which anyone can check their own work. Those standards are created at Pantone’s factory headquarters in Carlstadt, New Jersey. In this video, Quartz talks to the workers who maintain and enforce those standards.
 

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One of the advantages of attending a TQS Taping is that sometimes you can purchase the artist's work right there on the set.  Such was the case with Tamara Leberer's work in Show 1901: Silk Fusion. Hosts and crew alike were fighting over her quilts.  Both Alex and Mary Kay were victorious. Can you guess which one Alex bought and which one Mary Kay bought?

Shamen by Tamara Leberer

Silk City by Tamara Leberer

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'Queen Cotton' is a Technicolor film from wartime England, 1941, which shows the manufacture and design of both woven and printed cotton fabrics.  Make sure to stay until the end to see the fabulous fashion show made by top designers from cotton cloth.

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Tracy Bloom at KTLA.com recently reported:

"A brilliant new blue pigment that was discovered in a “happy accident” by an Oregon State University chemist recently has gained nationwide attention, and the color is expected to be available for commercial purchase at some point.

The pigment was discovered while OSU chemist Mas Subramanian and his team were experimenting with new materials for use in electronics applications, OSU reported in a news release from last year.

As part of the experiment, they mixed manganese oxide with other chemicals and put them in a furnace that reached nearly 2,000 degrees in temperature.

The result: a “near-perfect” blue pigment that will not fade, even in oil and water."

Click here to read the entire article.

YInMn is seen in a photo released by Oregon State University in 2015.

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Enjoy the view as Tamara Leberer shares some of her beautiful Silk Fusion pieces with TQS.  Want to learn how make your own?  Star Members can watch Tamara do her thing in Show 1901: Silk Fusion.

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow

 

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Lynette Anderson, designer of the TQS 2015 BOM, was introducing Tracy Mooney to her two new lines from RJR Fabrics when Tracy asked her about her early influences in quilting.  Who do you think they were?

Star Members can learn more about Lynette in Show 1601: Trunk Show, Travel Talk, and Tools & Techniques.

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Alex and Ricky made a change to the set in Show 1901: Silk Fusion between their two demonstrations with Tamara Leberer. Did you spot the difference?  If you did, enter the contest below.  One entrant with the correct answer will be selected randomly on July 16, 2016, to receive a Silk Fusion Starter Kit.  Good Luck!

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