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Announcing the "new" New Quilts from an Old Favorite 2022

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The National Quilt Museum’s New Quilts from an Old Favorite (NQOF) competition and exhibition took some time off to regroup, refresh, and redesign. After some serious thinking and tweaking of the guidelines, they are now ready to invite quilters from around the world to enter their outstanding quilts in this “favorite” competition.

The quilts selected as finalists make up the exhibition at The National Quilt Museum and also travel to other venues across the country. This is your opportunity to be as creative and original as you can imagine with fabric, thread, and batting.Never fear—they are still including an interpretation of a traditional block (old favorite)—the difference now is it is your choice. You choose which traditional block to use, whether it is Log Cabin, Bow Tie or Carolina Lily – it is up to you on how you want to incorporate it in your original design.

The “new” change is your quilt must follow a theme and this year’s theme is Shakespeare: William Shakespeare to be exact--English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist.

The significant changes are:

• Prize money:

First Place — $4000;

Second Place —$2000;

Third Place — $1000;

• Award winners and finalists: receive a NQOF custom label for their quilts and a NQOF Gallery Guide
• Frequency of competition: will be held every TWO years

Judging is based on your innovative use and interpretation of a traditional block and the 2022 theme.

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We haven't run out of award-winning quilts by Cindy Seitz-Krug just yet. Here's a list of just some of the awards for Sweet Surrender (68" x 68"): 

• American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show, Nashville, TN: Best Machine Workmanship
• Machine Quilter’s Expo: Best Machine Quilting, Sit Down Machine
• Machine Quilter’s Expo: 1st Place, Wallhanging
• National Quilting Association Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting on a Stationary Machine
• Houston International Quilt Festival: 3rd Place, Merit Machine Quilting
• Best of the Valley Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting

Watch Cindy in Show 2603.

SweetSurrenderbyCindySeitzKrug - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

SweetSurrenderbyCindySeitzKrug - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

SweetSurrenderbyCindySeitzKrug - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

SweetSurrenderbyCindySeitzKrug - 36 Pieces Rotating

SweetSurrenderbyCindySeitzKrug - 100 Pieces Rotating

SweetSurrenderbyCindySeitzKrug - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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We haven't run out of award-winning quilts by Cindy Seitz-Krug just yet. Here's a list of just some of the awards for Sweet Surrender (68" x 68"): 

• American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show, Nashville, TN: Best Machine Workmanship
• Machine Quilter’s Expo: Best Machine Quilting, Sit Down Machine
• Machine Quilter’s Expo: 1st Place, Wallhanging
• National Quilting Association Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting on a Stationary Machine
• Houston International Quilt Festival: 3rd Place, Merit Machine Quilting
• Best of the Valley Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting

Watch Cindy in Show 2603.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Today we continue our selection of quilts recently displayed at the Spring Paducah 2019 show featured as part of The 14th Quilt Nihon Exhibition. The exhibit is described as:

"Organized by the Japan Handicraft Instructors' Association, the Quilt Nihon Exhibition is one of the most prestigious international quilt contests in Japan. The exhibit features 42 quilts from the "Innovative Traditional" category, which will later be exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art."

Please enjoy the thirty-sixth quilt from the exhibition by Kayoko Hata.

Title of Quilt: 25th Anniversary

Quilter's Name: Kayoko Hata

Dimensions: 67" x 67"

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A Garden is a Lovesome Thing by Barbara E. Nagengast Lies was inspired by Barbara's own photographs. Each detail, whether flower, petal, or bug, was created using needle-turn appliqué. Barbara's love for textiles and flowers certainly shines through in this beautiful quilt.

A Garden is a Lovesome Thing by Barbara E. Nagengast Lies won First Place, Pictorial, sponsored by AccuQuilt, at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2019.

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Ricky sat down with a 3-time visitor to The Quilt Show, Gyleen Fitzgerald. They talked about her book, her pineapple ruler, and how it all started for Gyleen more than 10 years ago with a phone call from Alex. Make sure you watch until the end of the video where we share Gyleen's exhibit, The 10th Anniversary: Trash to Treasure Pineapple Challenge, Take 2.

Watch Gyleen in

Show 909: Techniques, Tips...and Turning "Trash" into "Treasure"

Show 1403: Build Beautiful Quilts with Butterfly Seams

Show 2012: Modern Scrappy Quilts

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Cindy's quilt, Simply Santa Fe, is another multi-award-winning quilt in which she used machine piecing, hand appliqué, trapunto by machine, and machine quilting on a home sewing machine. Here are some of the awards Cindy's quilt has won.

• American Quilter's Society, Lancaster, Best of Show
• Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2nd Place, “Traditional”
• National Quilters Association, 1st Place, “Pieced”
• Machine Quilters Showcase, 2nd Place, “Just for Me”

Watch Cindy in Show 2603.

SimplySantaFebyCindySeitzKrug - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

SimplySantaFebyCindySeitzKrug - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

SimplySantaFebyCindySeitzKrug - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

SimplySantaFebyCindySeitzKrug - 36 Pieces Rotating

SimplySantaFebyCindySeitzKrug - 100 Pieces Rotating

SimplySantaFebyCindySeitzKrug - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Cindy's quilt, Simply Santa Fe, is another multi-award-winning quilt in which she used machine piecing, hand appliqué, trapunto by machine, and machine quilting on a home sewing machine. Here are some of the awards Cindy's quilt has won.

• American Quilter's Society, Lancaster, Best of Show
• Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2nd Place, “Traditional”
• National Quilters Association, 1st Place, “Pieced”
• Machine Quilters Showcase, 2nd Place, “Just for Me”

Watch Cindy in Show 2603.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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In this show, Debbie Grifka shares her minimalist approach to creating Modern quilts. Often inspired by photographs, she walks through the basics of creating a quilt based on a photo of the Canterbury Cloisters. Debbie also discusses her 100-day project, and several ways to make bias tape for your quilts.

Cheryl Phillips loves circles and shows Alex and Ricky a simple process for working with circles by using her Cut A Round tool.

Watch Debbie and Cheryl in Show 2604, when it debuts Sunday, February 9, 2020.

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Have you been following Ann Myhre's West Coast journey in her Airstream trailer? (Click here for Part 1: Lil Airstream and here for Part 2: Colorpods). Each week of her journey she'll be sharing a small project, and States in Stitches is great fun for travelers.

In this video, Ann shares what it's like to live down at the Noyo Harbor and to visit the nearby beaches. She's procured some incredible pieces off the beaches that one day will be used in some artwork. In the latter part of the video, Ann shows how to make a quilted road map to keep track of all the states visited. She calls it States In Stitches.

A few kits are available in Ann's Etsy shop at AnnMyhreDesigns. More kits will be available upon her return to Denver in March.