Celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19th - ALL DAY
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Celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19th - ALL DAY
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San Diego, California, USA - The new Visions Art Quilt Gallery continues its inaugural year of exhibitions with a joint show of leading quilt artists. The focus of the Gallery is to display the quilt medium as fine art.
The current exhibition Three Voices/Three Visions, opened August 26, showcases the work of three remarkable artists: Elizabeth Barton, Katie Pasquini-Masopust, and Fran Skiles.
For more informatio see Visions Art Quilt Gallery.
Color, texture and inspiration - what more could a quilter ask for? Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22 & 23 - 9:00 - 4:00 - free. Featured artist - Valori Wells. For information please call 925-447-0280 concerning classes and lectures - we would love to see you!
YIPEE! Quilting in the Garden is around the corner. Next weekend, September 22 & 23 Alden Lane Nursery op, Livermore, CA opens their doors to quilters world wide. Hours - 9:00 - 4:00, Saturday and Sunday - admission free - classes and lectures still open- Please call 925-447- 0280 for more information regarding prices and schedule. See you there!
Yet another Super Seminar under our belts - We, Ricky, Libby, Justin, Pat and myself always feel a little torn when it is time to go home. New faces, new friends and just an all around SUPER time for us. Knoxville - thank you for opening your generous arms to us. It was GREAT meeting so many of YOU - we had a WONDERFUL time!! Livermore, CA - you are NEXT - my home town.
Susan Cleveland, quilt designer, author and teacher will be our guest artist in chat room "Featured Guest" Monday September 17 at 6:00pm Pacific/9:00pm Eastern. Susan will share with us more tips on how she adds piping to curves to avoid curved piecing. Her piping technique adds just the right amount of "pop" to many of her award winning quilts.
"Fun in the Fall" by NancyAnn1959
All of you that have been working on our Fishing With Pop Pop project should at this point have all of the major segments ready. Now the fun begins. You can add personal touches to make the quilt all your own. "Fun in the Fall" has some great ideas that you may want to incorporate in your piece. If you look closely there are rabbits and trees that extend into the border. Let NancyAnn1959 be an inspiration for your masterpiece. And be sure to let us all see your quilt in the Quilt Gallery. Every day we are getting closer to our goal of 36,000 quilts. For Part #4 directions click here.
"Triangle Terpsichord" by SandiH
Has this ever happened to you? You buy a pattern for a quilt, begin working on it only to find that you are in way above your skill level? No amount of fussing and fidgeting with the quilt helps. The excitement has totally been ruined by the frustration of not getting all of the parts to fit together. Don't throw it out or use it to mop up that oil spill in the garage. Maybe it's time to set the quilt aside for a bit of a rest.
SandiH purchased this quilt pattern from Keepsake Quilting in 1993. A beginning quilter at the time, she soon found herself frustrated by the borders. They just would not fit. So she set the quilt aside. Nine years, and many quilts later, she was able to sew the borders on with no problem. Her skill level had improved greatly over the years.
Why don't you dig out a UFO from that black hole in your closet and see if the quilt that frustrated you in the past is now a piece of cake to complete. You just might be surprised how much you have learned. And be sure to post a photo of your completed work. You just might be the winner of a Ricky Tims' Rhapsodie Quilt. Click here for the details.
Our journey continues - only to greet an astonishing wilderness adventure. Remember to put all this excitement (and most of the colors) into your fishing with Pop Pop quilt.