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Pat Holly makes miniature quilts beyond compare, some even not so miniature (wait until you see her latest quilt). The detail and complexity of her designs is unmatched. Take a moment to enjoy some of her spectacular quilts.
To learn more about Pat and her quilts, watch Episode 608: Mastering Machine Appliqué.
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Periodically in a work shop I throw out the question - What is (or was) your profession? Mine is an easy answer - I am a quilter! Before that, I was the telephone answering lady at Sears and worked at a Deli slicing meat -So besides the fact you are a quilter - what other hats have you worn in your adult life?
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Strange, weird, and wonderful are all adjectives that can be used to describe almost any quilt. We want to know "What was the most unusual, interesting, wonderful, or just plain weird subject you've seen as the basis of a quilt?"
Ferret, from the UK, took a small object from the electronics world and turned it into a larger-than-life, actual, working electronic circuit. (Stay tuned, you'll be learning more about Ferret in the future.)
Submit a comment and tell us what's unusual.
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If you are a lover of traditional textile arts and garments, and find yourself in the upper Midwest over the next few months, you won't want miss "A Homespun Life: Textiles of Old Russia," an exhibition featuring over 100 pieces produced during the 19th and 20th centuries in the villages of Russia.
Running now through September 26, 2010 at the Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis, MN, this exhibit includes a wide range of daily household textiles and artifacts, as well as items typically reserved for special occasions. You'll be dazzled by embroidered towels, woven rugs, bed skirts, stunning clothing, and more. For additional information, click here.
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Splendor in the Grass by Melinda Bula. Best of Show 2009 at Chicago International Quilt Festival
Quilts Inc., producers of International Quilt Festival, have just announced that Spring Festival 2011 will now be held in Cincinnati, Ohio. The new festival will be held in the Duke Energy Convention Center on April 8-10, 2011. The move was prompted by many of the suggestions made by quilt show attendees.
The new location will provide more access to parking, lodging, and restaurants. Karey Bresenhan says that" We've enjoyed making new friends at our Chicago-area show and we're looking forward to seeing many of them just about 300 miles away in our new location...we're really sincere in our desire to see out and act upon well-thought-out suggestions for improving our shows to make them as appealing to quilters and quilt lovers as possible." For more information about the upcoming Chicago Quilt Festival, April 16-18, 2010 click here. Splendor in the Grass by Melinda Bula was voted Best of Show in 2009. See more of Melinda's work in Episode 501 here.
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Welcome to the TQS "Quilt of the Week."
Each week someone at TQS will select a quilt they find interesting in the Quilt Gallery and will share it with all of our other wonderful members. This week's quilt was selected by Lilo and is called Blocks in Bloom by TQS member, santacarver1.
It is based on the pattern Plaids in Bloom by Cindy Marshall. It measures 44" x 44" and is made from 100% cotton.
Blocks in Bloom has a little bit of everything from whimsical hand applique to hand and machine quilting.
Click here to see more of santacarver1's quilts and to learn more about the Albany, Oregon resident.
Click here or on Quilt Gallery above on the navigation bar, to see the more than 16,000 quilts currently on view at TQS.
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The Musicians (above) and detail (below) by Suzanne Marshall.
Suzanne Marshall played a major role in my development as a quilter. In 1991 when I met her, she was already well-established and her quilts had won many awards and been widely published. Her works are beautifully hand stitched and she has two quilts in the National Quilt Museum that won Best Hand Workmanship at the AQS shows. Two weeks ago she won Best Hand Workmanship at the AQS show in Lancaster, PA.
She does needle turn applique and almost always outlines her applique with embroidery stitching. She also uses embroidery to add details to the work. It is very rare that she does any machine quilting so 99% of it is all done by hand - and she quilts without a hoop or a frame.
During my recent homecoming trip to St. Louis I had the opportunity to visit with Suzanne and her husband Garland. I'll be working on an article about Suzanne for The Quilt Life so look for that in an upcoming issue.
Suzanne loves recreating images from very old engravings, tapestries, and other design sources - especially if they have critters. She gets even more excited if the critters are unusual or odd. She said, "I love it when my quilt makes me laugh while I'm working on it!" The designs for her new quilt "The Musicians" were in a volume of illustrations from 1565. Watch her on Episode 203 of The Quilt Show.
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Photo by Gregory Case Photography
Join us for Episode 608 as award-winning quilt artist, Pat Holly, shares her techniques for making perfect, teeny-tiny berries and other applique designs...by machine! Pat also shows us how she uses decorative machine stitching to create background fabric for her applique work and reveals her personal sampler book of decorative stitches. Then we step back in time to visit the Regency Period, and Alex--inspired by the stitching on an antique sleigh quilt--demonstrates a beautiful hand featherstitch. To watch the show, click here.
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We at TQS are always amazed at who the quilting bug bites! Who is the most "unlikely" quilter you have ever met? (and I certainly hope "she" doesn't think this machine is up for grabs)
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