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Fussy Cutting on a Mariner's Compass by Kathy K. Wylie

We told you that Kathy K. Wylie recently won Best of Show at the Pacific International Quilt Festival 2019 and we recently checked up on her Facebook page and saw she was working on this fussy cut Mariner's Compass. We can't wait to see where this is going.

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Join Ann Myhre for her Gypsy Satchel Class and Scrap Busting

In this final video with Ann Myhre, you’ll see a few ideas on how to work with small fused scraps of fabric to make a sample mosaic piece.

If you want to participate in Ann's giveaway, click here for instructions.

Here is Part 3 of Ann's Scrap Busting Series.

In this video Ann shares her scraplique method and also how to use fabric scraps to make a cute little monogrammed bag that can be used to carry projects or your watercolors, inktense pencils, and journal. You'll see how to use an iPad and the Procreate App to go from photo to line drawing and then make it into an appliqué.

If you want to participate in Ann's giveaway, click here for instructions.

Here is Part 2 of Ann's Scrap Busting Series.

In this video, she shares ideas on how to make a piece of scrap fabric on fusible interfacing and then use it to make smaller shapes for appliqué or motifs with recycled pull tabs and bottle caps.

Quilters and Gypsy Satchel Stitchers! Got Scraps? In this 4-part series, Ann will be sharing a few different ways on how to use bits and pieces of fabrics, threads, yarns and beads to create artful motifs, appliqués and art pieces.

Here is Part 1. If you want to participate in Ann's giveaway, click here for instructions.

In this last lesson of the Gypsy Satchel, you'll work the last bit of embroidery, make a beaded tassel and a crazy patchwork lining. Ann hopes you had fun on this gypsy journey!

In Lesson Five, you'll do needle turn appliqué with detailed embroidery and then stitch on all the crochet and knit leaves and flowers you made last week.

Some kits are still available in Ann's Etsy store: AnnMyhreDesigns.

In Lesson Four, you'll be knitting and crocheting the leaves and flowers that will allow your satchels to be even more fabulous!

In Lesson Three, you'll be working with beads across the top and in the lace trim, making peyote stitch wraps and pompoms, and creating beaded buds and fabri-gami.

In Lesson Two, you'll work the background embroidery: fly stitch, lazy daisies, french knots, couching, and adding beads. After completion of this tutorial, you'll be sure to enjoy the beautiful color and texture you've added to your satchel!

In Lesson One, you’ll create the base of the bag and the crochet lace trim. You’ll learn increasing and decreasing in crochet, an extended crochet chain, and crochet lace trim which will be sewn on to the bag when completed.

Click here for supply list.

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Join Ann Myhre for her latest class. (You can also watch Ann here at TQS in Show 2507.)

Make yourself a Gypsy Satchel! Grab your dancin' shoes and your new little hand crafted wrist satchel for a night out on the town! This project was designed to be that sweet little evening bag we’re always on the hunt for to go out galivanting in style!

The base of the bag is made in crochet, and in subsequent lessons you'll learn needle turn appliqué, dimensional appliqué, pompom making, beading, knitting, couching, embroidery and tassel making. Kits are now available in Ann’s Etsy shop and comes in 9 colorways.

A cross body quilted bag (see below) is also in the works that you can make with your own fabrics, which will feature a flap that you can adorn with all the new stitching moves you can use!

You can use a kit or hunt for any scraps of yarns, threads, beads, and fabrics you might have at home. A link to the supply and materials lists is provided below.

There will be six lessons every Sunday beginning October 20, 2019. The first lesson will be the Base of the bag, the handles, and the crocheted trim.

Here's an intro video from Ann:

Cross Body Bag

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SAQA’s Martha Sielman to Lecture at IQF/Houston

Going to the Houston International Quilt Festival (IQF/Houston)?

Don’t miss the chance to learn about art quilts with Martha Sielman, Executive Director of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA). She will present The Art Quilt Movement—Innovation & Change over 50 Years, listed as Lecture #748 in the event program. She will speak on Saturday, November 2, from 11 AM to noon. You can register for her insightful talk at quilts.com/quilt-festival-houston-schedule-of-events.html.

Martha’s lecture accompanies the premier of SAQA’s exhibition Layered & Stitched: 50 Years of Innovative Art at IQF/Houston. The exhibition brings together seminal pieces from the 1960s through today. Together, the works make it clear that experimentation has always guided the evolution of the art quilt, as has the drive for the work to be recognized as a fine art medium.

Today, artists continue to push boundaries, working with new forms, materials, and digital technologies to create imaginative new work. Increasingly, art quilts are exhibited in fine art museums and major venues around the world. Learn how this art form developed from work created by isolated makers, primarily located in Ohio and California, into today’s international movement supported by thousands of artists worldwide.

In addition to the exhibition and Martha’s lecture, you can explore the topic more through Art Quilts Unfolding, a 352-page book published by Schiffer Books. It provides a historical overview of the medium with full-color images of 400 masterpieces, profiles of 58 influential artists, movement milestones, and significant collections. If you can’t attend Houston to see Layered & Stitched or buy your book in person, the book is available at saqa.com/store for $49 plus shipping.

Here are just a few of the quilts included in Layered & Stitched: 50 Years of Innovative Art.

Yvonne Porcella

Come Again Kabuki

85 x 77 inches

2005

Charlotte Yde

Steen’s Quilt

59 x 59 inches

1979

Michael James

Bouree

46.5 x 46.5 inches

1992

Nancy Erickson

The Purple Lynx

36 x 40 inches

2014

Susan Shie

Tropical New York

90 x 90 inches

1988

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Alex catches up with Barbara Black

Alex Anderson talks with Barbara Black about her (click here to see) Best of Show Quilt, the Sizzle Block of the Month, and what's happening in Houston this year.

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TQS Puzzle: "Pink Oyster Mushrooms" by Sarah Ann Smith

Pink Oyster Mushrooms was juried into the 10th and final Dinner at Eight exhibit. You can learn all about the quilt at Sarah Ann's website, click here.

Watch Sarah in Show 2508.

PinkOysterMushroomsbySarahAnnSmith - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

PinkOysterMushroomsbySarahAnnSmith - 96 Pieces Non-Rotating

PinkOysterMushroomsbySarahAnnSmith - 299 Pieces Non-Rotating

PinkOysterMushroomsbySarahAnnSmith - 35 Pieces Rotating

PinkOysterMushroomsbySarahAnnSmith - 96 Pieces Rotating

PinkOysterMushroomsbySarahAnnSmith - 299 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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See "Pink Oyster Mushrooms" a quilt by Sarah Ann Smith

Pink Oyster Mushrooms was juried into the 10th and final Dinner at Eight exhibit. You can learn all about the quilt at Sarah Ann's website, click here.

Watch Sarah in Show 2508.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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The 14th Quilt Nihon Exhibition: "Iris" by Mayumi Watanabe

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 twentieth quilt from the exhibition, IRIS by Mayumi Watanabe.

Title of Quilt: Iris

Quilter's Name: Mayumi Watanabe

Dimensions: 68" x 67"