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Blue Tulips on Pink Skies was machine quilted in a traditional style with feathers, stipple quilting, and curvy lines. Sue Nickels' quilting designs were inspired by Amish Bars quilts. Cotton fabric, thread, and cotton-blend batting were used to create this lovely quilt, which also appears on the cover of her book, Machine Quilting: A Primer of Techniques.

Learn how to do feather quilt design in our new Masterclass, Show 2802: Quilting Design Masterclass.

See more of Sue quilts, and some of her daughter Ashley's, in Show 1808: A Quilting Family From Vintage to Modern.

Original Photos: Gregory Case

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We continue our selection of quilts exhibited in 2019 at the Houston International Quilt Festival as part of their 45th Anniversary, the Sapphire Anniversary. The Sapphire Celebration exhibit is described as:

"Quilters have long used the color blue to symbolize trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Sapphire is also the chosen gem to celebrate 45th anniversaries—which International Quilt Festival is doing this year (2019)! These new and antique blue and white quilts will be suspended from the ceiling in a spectacular and unforgettable display."

To be a part of the exhibit, quilts had to fit the following criteria:

• Entries may be Traditional, Modern or Art.
• Entries must have been made between 1974 and 2019.
• The minimum size is 50” x 50”

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Sometimes the history of quilt can be lost to time (always remember to label your quilts). This Center Medallion and Broderie Perse Quilt; United States, ca 1840 by an Unknown maker "once had papers attesting to its New Jersey origins. But it was stolen from the auction hall in Massachusetts from which it was purchased." Featured at Houston 2017 in the Broderie Perse category, "the birds and flowers scattered on the quilt were finely cut from a variety of English chintz fabrics." Take a look and see what history you can find buried beneath its stitches.

Center Medallion and Broderie Perse Quilt; United States, ca 1840 by an Unknown Maker was featured in the Broderie Perse category at Houston 2017.

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In Kaleidoscopic XXXIX - Right and Wrong Sides Together, the left kaleidoscope was pieced traditionally by sewing the right sides of the fabric together. The segments of the right kaleidoscope are identical to the left, but are pieced with the wrong sides of the segments together. A single layer of black tulle covers the right kaleidoscope.

Star Members can watch Paula at work in Show 2010: Easy Piecing with Complex Fabrics Makes Stunning Quilts.

Dimensions: 45" x 85"

Textiles: All fabric designed by Paula Nadelstern with the exception of the batiks and netting

Techniques: Machine pieced, machine quilted (2015)

Original Photos: Mary Kay Davis

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Here's the latest from the Kentucky Quilt Project on Shelly Zegart and the Governor's Award:

Why Quilts Matter documentary producer to be honored with the state’s most prestigious arts award in online presentation on January 26th.

We are so proud to announce that Shelly Zegart has been honored with Kentucky’s most prestigious arts award, the Governor's Award in the Arts, in recognition of her decades of work elevating the art of quilts internationally.

Shelly, along with the full slate of honorees, will be highlighted online in a prerecorded ceremony on January 26th at 11 AM that will be broadcast on the Kentucky to the World’s Facebook page, the Kentucky Arts Council’s Facebook page, the Governor's Awards in the Arts Facebook event page and the arts council's YouTube channel.

Shelly received the Folk Heritage Award, which is presented to individuals who have made an outstanding effort to perpetuate and promote Kentucky’s unique artistic traditions. She joins the ranks of such luminaries as Bluegrass Musician JD Crowe, African American Folk Artist Marvin Finn, International Ballet Dancer Wendy Whelan and many more.

A globally recognized expert on American quilts and a community leader in Louisville, Shelly is an avid collector, exhibition curator, author, lecturer and appraiser of fine quilts. Her curated quilt exhibits have been featured across the United States and abroad. Her lectures cover all aspects of quilts, from history to aesthetics. “This recognition is one to which ANY artist, arts advocate, or arts presenter of significance in Kentucky aspires to,” says Shelly. “My Governors Award in the Arts brings the extraordinary vision and aesthetic achievements of Kentucky quilt making to the attention of the public, and respects and celebrates the medium of quilting as a form of artistic expression.”

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The idea for Margaret Abramshe's beautiful quilt, San Antonio, came from the simplest of activities, a walk. "This piece began with a walk along San Antonio's riverwalk in the downtown area. It was a rainy morning. Just as the rain stopped and the sun peeked out, I snapped a photograph from my camera phone." Featured at Houston 2019 in the Naturescapes category, Margaret whipped up her quilt using machine quilting, professional fabric printing, and painting to convey the serene view she witnessed that morning.

San Antonio by Margaret Abramshe of St. George, Utah was featured in the Naturescape category at Houston 2019.

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Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks to Paula Nadelstern (Show 307, Show 508, Show 2010) about her kaleidoscopic quilt, the amazing fabric she designs, and learns about her quilt Kaleidoscopic XLI on another fascinating installment of Quilt Stories.

You can watch Lisa here at TQS in Show 2503.

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Class Starts Tuesday January 19, 2021

It's time to start a new project with Alex. Today she begins teaching how to make The Birdhouse Quilt and will explain the many ways to appliqué it. It's learning, it's fun, and you get a happy quilt to hang in your kitchen as we look to brighter days. Use your own fabric or use the delicious Kona Bundle that Alex is using.

Click Here to Get the Introduction Pattern.

Alex will be LIVE on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at 10am PDT, 1pm EDT, and 6 pm London. Get your fabric now and be ready to learn, create, and smile.

LIVE lessons are always recorded and will be available to watch after their initial broadcast.

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Alex returns to tell you all about her time at Craft Napa. What classes did she take? Who did she see in her ZOOM classes? What new quilting techniques did she learn? It's all right here in Alex's Craft Napa Update.

Alex will be LIVE on Monday, January 18, 2021, at 10am PDT, 1pm EDT, and 6 pm London.

LIVE lessons are always recorded and will be available to watch after their initial broadcast.

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Kayoko Hata made A Soft Breeze in commemoration of her 60th birthday. It is hand-appliquéd, hand-quilted, and hand-embroidered. It was featured at Spring Quilt Market 2015. The most fascinating thing to see is how Kayoko utilized yo-yos throughout the quilt, with all the blocks seemingly held together by hundreds upon hundreds of handmade yo-yos.

A Soft Breeze by Kayoko Hata was featured at Spring Quilt Market 2015.

Don't Forget To ZOOM In and see all the yo-yos one by one.