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Ricky's new book, Kool Kaleidscope Quilts: Simple Strip-Piecing Technique for Stunning Results, is hitting the bookshelves so we thought we'd revisit the TQS Member's Kool Kaleidoscope quilts.
If you want to learn more or see them all, head on over to Show & Tell. If you see one you like, drop a note to the member who made it. It will make their day.
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Tour Cindy Needham's Studio.
You can also learn from Cindy here at TQS in Show 1606: Stencil Magic, from Heirloom to Today's Quilts and Show 202: Antique Linens and Texile Revival.
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Port of Cassis by Lenore Crawford is a stunning quilt of a small village on the Mediterranean near Monte Carlo. Lenore was inspired by a photo that she took at dusk. The light at that time of day allowed her to capture the reflection of the buildings on the water.
It is a multiple award-winning quilt incluidng Outstanding Art Quilt at Road to California 2011, Moda Best Wall Quilt 2011 in Paducah, Kentucky, Third Place, Innovative at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXII, and Second Place - Art-Pictorial at IQA Houston 2010.
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Using a photo of a stargazer lily that she took in her mother's garden as the basis, the main reason that Andrea Brokenshire wanted to create Stargazer Splendor was to make the anthers, "the part of a stamen that contains the pollen", of the flower. Enthralled with their texture, and their contrast against the fuchsia color, it was this feature that Andrea focused her work on for this piece. As a surprise bonus, there's is a bug hiding in the quilt too. Can you spot where it is?
Did you find the bug? Click Here to see the Full Quilt and find it. (Hint: It's somewhere in the second photo)
Learn from Andrea in Show 2803.
StargazerSplendorbyAndreaBrokenshire - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating
StargazerSplendorbyAndreaBrokenshire - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating
StargazerSplendorbyAndreaBrokenshire - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating
StargazerSplendorbyAndreaBrokenshire - 35 Pieces Rotating
StargazerSplendorbyAndreaBrokenshire - 99 Pieces Rotating
StargazerSplendorbyAndreaBrokenshire - 300 Pieces Rotating
Original Photo: Zumi Hidalgo
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Perennial TQS favorite Julie Silber has a brand new show that she has put together with her quilting friends: Alden O'Brien, Barbara Brackman, Debby Cooney, Lynne Bassett, and Merikay Waldvogel. It is called, what else, 6 Quilts With 6 Know-it-Alls and we're pretty sure you're going to love it.
Watch the first episode below and read what it's all about:
"Welcome to the maiden voyage of the quilt history confab, '6 Quilts with 6 Know-it-Alls'! This show, hosted by respected quilt collector and historian Julie Silber, is lots of things: roundtable discussion, kaffeeklatsch, history lesson ... At its heart, '6 Quilts with 6 Know-it-Alls' is no more and no less than six friends sharing with each other their vast knowledge on their favorite topic ever: quilt history!"
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TQS continues its feature of quilts exhibited in 2020 at QuiltCon as part of The Quilts of Victoria Findlay Wolfe exhibit. The exhibit is described as:
"Purposeful play is a deliberate free-form practice with one goal in mind: to ultimately improve the outcome of the finished product while capturing a thought, emotion, or technique. Always fascinated by color, pattern, and quilters who came before us, Victoria Findlay Wolfe found her life's true joy in exploring her grandmother's quiltmaking as a starting point.
Her diverse and exciting body of work stirs quilters worldwide to dig deeper, take risks, and experiment with fabric. This retrospective exhibit features a selection of Findlay Wolfe's inspiring quilts and the stories behind them."
Please enjoy Victoria's twentieth quilt from the exhibition.
Title of Quilt: Cascade
Quilter's Name: Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Quilted By: Shelly Pagliai
Year Made: 2016
Quilt Size: 74" x 90"
Original Photos by Mary Kay Davis
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Using a photo of a stargazer lily that she took in her mother's garden as the basis, the main reason that Andrea Brokenshire wanted to create Stargazer Splendor was to make the anthers, "the part of a stamen that contains the pollen", of the flower. Enthralled with their texture, and their contrast against the fuchsia color, it was this feature that Andrea focused her work on for this piece. As a surprise bonus, there's is a bug hiding in the quilt too. Can you spot where it is?
Did you find the bug? (Hint: It's somewhere in the second photo)
Learn from Andrea by watching Show 2803.
Original Photos: Zumi Hidalgo
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Sometimes we want to view the world through a different lens, and that is how Sandra Ruano Navarro wanted the viewpoint of her quilt to be. Ipsum "was inspired by the Modernist movement, specifically in the pictorial movement of Cubism." Featured in the Appliqué, Small category at Houston 2018, "it is based on the geometric deconstruction of a landscape, applying different patchwork techniques for its assembly." Its focal point is "a scene of daily life in the Playa de las Canteras (Gran Canaria), with its fishing boats and its surroundings within the city" manipulated with hand piecing, appliqué, picture piecing, and vertical panel design to bring a lush beach scene to life out of only structured piecing.
Ipsum by Sandra Ruano Navarro of Madrid, Spain was featured in the Appliqué, Small category at Houston 2018.
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To encourage people to read, Ricky has some exciting events and activities to celebrate National Reading Month all month long! So get your copy of Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window and get ready to join in on all the excitement that is going to happen!
More details will be released throughout February as we ramp up! Stay tuned to social media to learn more! Be sure and get a copy of Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window so you are ready for a read-along with Ricky and Kat Bowser when we begin March 1, 2021! You won’t want to miss this!
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Join instructor Dee Christopher in this FREE quilt along as she begins work on Jen Kingwell's wonderfully scrappy quilt, Long Time Gone, in her Saturday Sampler Class.
Featuring a puzzle of beautiful blocks, a signature of Jen Kingwell’s style, the quilt is made up of traditional patchwork elements coming together in a modern explosion of color.
Dee will be teaching in her classroom called Dee's Saturday Sampler on TheQuiltshow.com blog, the TQS Facebook, Alex Anderson's Facebook, Ricky Tims' Facebook and the TQS YouTube channel.
Join Dee this Saturday, February 6, 2021, at 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London Time.
LIVE lessons are always recorded and will be available to watch after their initial broadcast.
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