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Thread selection, eye colors, lace, quilting, pearls?--so many details begin to take shape as the quilt progresses. Gail is an artist with a unique eye for the details. Click play and join in on the journey.
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This Mother's Day enjoy the creative process of Gail Thomas as she designs and creates, Grandmother's Legacy. Click below to watch the previous slideshows. Part 4 shows the finishing and backing.
Answer: Alex is the one with her back to authority. Some things never change.
To start at the beginning, click on the parts in order. (Click the arrows in the bottom right of the slideshow to proceed at a fast pace.)
In the meantime, everyone here at TQS would like to thank Gail for her generosity in allowing us to share in this quilt journey.
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Want to see how Marci makes her quilts? Star Members can watch Show 1810: Quilting Tools and Techniques.
Will-O-Wisp by Marchi Baker. Photo by Gregory Case.
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Master of Thread Artistry: Ted Storm
by Lilo Bowman
Ted Storm, winner of the 2007 Robert S. Cohan Master Award for Thread Artistry at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, took a few minutes out of her busy schedule to chat with The Quilt Show about her early introduction into the world of quilting, and to share the stories behind a few pieces of her amazing work.
Ted, who grew up in Holland, learned needlework in school and by watching her grandmother stitch embroidery. From an early age, Ted demonstrated a flair for embellishment and making collages with fabric.
During her last year, of what in the US would be the equivalent of high school, Ted's textile arts teacher recognized the young woman's talents, and suggested that she attend a school specializing in textile design. Ted visited the school and realized immediately that this was the field for her. The school only accepted 28 students for the four-year program, and of the 28, only seven graduated with a masters degree in textile design.
While Ted was in the last year of the program, her high school mentor was killed in an automobile accident. This affected Ted so deeply that she almost gave up her studies, but she decided to continue, as that is what her teacher would want her to do.
After graduation, Ted was offered a position teaching textile arts. In the meantime, she continued exploring her own work, mostly wallhangings, and accepted commissions to create pieces for the lobbies of various architectural firms in Holland.
During this time, Ted became interested in applique, but was told by a quilt-shop owner that applique was NOT quilting. Shortly after, a friend advised Ted to go to Salzburg, Austria, for an upcoming quilt show. Desperate to find someone to teach her about applique, Ted followed her friend's advice. In 1988, she attended Quilt Expo Europa, in Salzburg. The experience completely changed her life. While sitting in the audience at one of the events, she met Lois K. Ide, from Bucyrus, OH, who was to become her new mentor. Lois had brought fat quarters of fabric to share, a tradition Ted knew nothing about. The two began chatting and Ted asked, "Do you know how to applique?" Lois did and invited Ted to her home in Ohio to learn.
Over 1988 Easter break, Ted spent a week with Lois in Ohio, learning everything possible about quilting and applique. Ted came to consider Lois as her "quilting mother", a generous teacher who was completely open and willing to share all her knowledge with a new friend.
Holland's Glorie, 63" x 63"
Upon returning to Holland, Ted wanted to make a thank-you gift for Lois that would represent Holland. She dcided to use a piece of her grandmother's Royal Delftware as the inspiration for the quilt that would later be titled Holland's Glorie. Practicing her skills as taught by Lois, she made two samples before beginning the larger quilt.
When it was finished, Holland's Glorie was entered into the 1992 Quilt Expo, in The Hague, Netherlands, and won both 1st Place and Viewer's Choice. Ted says that it was a real shock to the Dutch quilting world at that time, as her quilt was nothing like the quilts and designs that were being made in Holland. As a result of the notoriety, she left her "regular" teaching job and began traveling and teaching quilting full time.
Nocturnal Garden, 80" x 80"
Even with a very busy teaching schedule, Ted continues to set aside time to devote to her personal work. Nocturnal Garden, which was inspired by Holland’s Delft history, includes a variety of needlework elements, including hand applique, hand embroidery with shisha mirrors and beads, trapunto and hand quilting. The quilt has won several major awards, including Best of Show in Houston in 2001.
Spring of Desire, 80" x 80"
A more recent quilt, Spring of Desire, tells a very personal story. According to tradition in Holland, a bride carries a handkerchief on her wedding day. Ted has been fortunate to inherit the handkerchief that has been carried by each young bride in her family since 1829. This family heirloom inspired her to create a quilt based on the design of this delicate, batiste piece of family history. Once again, she combined applique, trapunto, and shisha mirrors (over 280 of them!) in the quilt, which is done entirely by hand. The best part, however, is what the viewers do NOT see.
Spring of Desire, Label
The label on the back of the quilt incorporates a piece of Ted's wedding dress, as well as that of her mother. Also included in the label are the dates of family weddings when the handkerchief has been carried by the Bride, starting in 1829. What a wonderful tribute to family history...
Remember, it all began with sharing fabric and a conversation with a generous quilter!
To learn more about Ted Storm, visit her website here.
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Alex leads off the show with some great tips for turning T-shirts into a quilt. There are tricks that make them easier to handle. She also demos a super fast needle turn appliqué look using a stabilizer.
Quilting Engineer, Marci Baker, then shares her passion for simplifying quilt making using a variety of tools and techniques. She shares a clever triangular log cabin block using 1½” strips. She also has tips for improving accuracy when chain piecing. Marci has great organizational ideas that allow quilters to ”seamlessly” return to old projects without making errors. Learn her secrets for creating both the Tumbling and Hollow block designs, including fabric selection, creating units and strips. There are a variety of Marci's quilts to see showing the benefits of these clever tricks. It's not all about quilting as Marci shares her penchant for taking photos of state and provincial capitals.
Show 1810: Marci Baker - Quilting Tools & Techniques debuts on Sunday, May 8, 2016.
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Laura Coia shows you how to make a Chevron Quilt with no half square triangles, no set in seams and no squares. It is strip pieced with just 5 long rows. You'll put this together in no time at all!
Click here to see more from Sew Very Easy.
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February 28, 2009
These are the life lessons you and quilting have taught me:
Love your craft. Be proud of tiny stitches. Respect tradition. But learn something new, try something hard, make a new tradition. Then pass it on the next generation .
See things with different eyes. Look for the small treasures. Find the happiness and solace in your work.
Share your passion. Quilt with a friend, or friends, or many friends. Be generous with your time, your advice, your praise, your ideas, your fabric. There is joy in giving something from your heart. It comes back to you many-fold.
The quilt you are working on is never your last quilt. But some projects seem to go on forever. Know when enough is enough. Don’t obsess over the stuff that doesn’t matter.
Tell your story. Embellish it a little.
Always Have fun. And keep the magic in your life.
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You might be surprised to see what love of country caused Navy Captain William Driver to hide in a quilt. Put yourself in his place. Your family has a precious heirloom, Old Glory, the flag that inspired our nation and Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner. The Confederates are coming, they want to destroy that flag and they know you have it!
What would you do? (I wonder just how big that quilt was...)
We found this Patriotic Heart Block. A sweet size to tuck in the corner of your next quilt, or on the back, to show your work is "Made in America" and you are proud of it.
Click here for pattern for the Patriotic Heart Block from WeeFolkArt.com.
(Photo: WeFolkArt.com)
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In the previous lesson with Christa Watson at WeAllSew.com, you basted your quilt. Now you'll learn to machine quilt it using a decorative stitch. This is probably one of the quickest quilting designs to do, so you can literally finish it up in a weekend!
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