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Take a look at many of the different collars that Ruth Bader Ginsburg wore on the bench over the years and the stories behind each one.

From Time.com:

"Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American icon. The late Justice, who died on September 18, 2020 at the age of 87, was only the second woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, and a trailblazing feminist who enshrined equal protections for women into the law. Over her 27 years on the nation’s highest court, Ginsburg also became a fashion pioneer, bringing her unique style to the staid judges’ robes and subtly encoding meaning in her dress through an ever-growing collection of collars often given to her by colleagues and admirers."

Click Here to See the Collars.

(Photographs by Elinor Carucci For TIME)

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Escapade is a quilt by TQS favorite, and 2009 TQS Legend, Libby Lehman. It incorporates Libby's technique of Sheer Ribbon Illusion which creates an appearance of translucence on the surface of the quilt. Escapade is now in the collection of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY.

See The Full Quilt Here.

Watch Libby in Show 2713: Quilt Legends Masterclass and in her own Legends turn in Show 513: TQS Quilting Legend 2009.

EscapadebyLibbyLehman - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

EscapadebyLibbyLehman - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

EscapadebyLibbyLehman - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

EscapadebyLibbyLehman - 36 Piece Rotating

EscapadebyLibbyLehman - 100 Pieces Rotating

EscapadebyLibbyLehman - 289 Pieces Rotating

(Photo Courtesy of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY.)

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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 fourteenth quilt from the exhibition.

Title of Quilt: A Cloudy Day

Quilter's Name: Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Quilted By: Frank Palmer

Year Made: 2015

Quilt Size: 73" x 73"

Original Photos by Mary Kay Davis

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When Cindy Seitz-Krug created Alternative Grids she had two goals in mind: "To use a block pattern with large enough pieces to display my pretty polka-dot fabrics" and for the quilt to have "enough negative space in each block to exhibit the many grid-based quilting designs from my book and my weekly YouTube tutorials." She accomplished both as her quilt won Best Use of Negative Space Modern at PIQF 2019. With beautiful machine piecing and machine appliqué, Cindy has created a wonderful pattern that ebbs and flows throughout the quilt while still tying the whole thing together.

Alternative Grids by Cindy Seitz-Krug of Overgaard, Arizona won Best Use of Negative Space Modern at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Learn from Cindy by watching Show 2603: Cindy Seitz-Krug Quilting on Grid / Ricky Tims Quilt Words.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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Linda Steele designed a crazy quilt with a Christmas theme. She made the ornament blocks as part of the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2012, and in 2013 made the panel to go on top. Christmas Crazy was exhibited at IQF Houston 2013.

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So much feedback has gone to the creators of "Color of the Year", they have realized they got it wrong. Manufacturers, Designers and even Quilters have rejected the 2021 Colors of the Year, Illuminating and Ultimate Gray!

(Photo Credit: Pantone Color of the Year 2021 Video)

Now they are asking the public to select the newest "Color of the Year."  After months of research and testing they have narrowed it down to 3 selections. Come on Quilters, let's help them get it right this time. Send this to your friends and your guild members. Let's stack the results in our favor.

Here are the choices, Vote below and you'll see an early holiday surprise...maybe just not this holiday!

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Here is a wonderful quilt that reflects teamwork and the spirit of Christmas. We were going through past pictures and found this quilt made by Linda Neal. She took the pattern Baltimore Christmas by Pearl Pereira and made some fun additions. The quilt was amazingly quilted by Jackie Brown. The border snowman design and the lace on the edges add to an already winning quilt pattern.

BUT Capt'n John had to laugh at the necklaces on the reindeer.

BaltimoreChristmasbyLindaNeal - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

BaltimoreChristmasbyLindaNeal - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

BaltimoreChristmasbyLindaNeal - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

BaltimoreChristmasbyLindaNeal - 36 Pieces Rotating

BaltimoreChristmasbyLindaNeal - 100 Pieces Rotating

BaltimoreChristmasbyLindaNeal - 289 Pieces Rotating

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By Heart (Let the Season Join Us All By Heart) by Ricky Tims and Scott Avery is a brand new song of hope and connecting during these trying days. Listen, and watch the video, below and enjoy some new holiday music from The Quilt Show's resident musician-in-chief. Then, if you haven't checked it out yet, go get a ticket and watch Ricky's virtual Christmas concert, Comfort and Joy!, streaming from December 18, 2020 through January 1, 2021.

Ricky is joined for this one-of-a-kind Christmas concert by Kat Bowser, keyboardist for Lady A (formerally Lady Antebellum) Jonathon Long, and newcomer and singer/songwriter Allison Mahal. It's experience for the holidays that you don't want to miss! Tickets are on sale now with single tickets being $25 and group tickets, two or more people watching, being $40.

Both Single and Group Tickets are available.

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Take a look back on every color that Pantone has selected and have a look at some old favorites, and the ones you don't like as much too. Can you remember what all of the colors were?

Click Here to See Every Pantone Color of the Year. (Click the Arrows to Scroll Through Each Year)

 

 

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We continue our selection of quilts exhibited in 2019 at the Houston International Quilt Festival as part of their 45th Anniversary, the Sapphire Anniversary. The Sapphire Celebration exhibit is described as:

"Quilters have long used the color blue to symbolize trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Sapphire is also the chosen gem to celebrate 45th anniversaries—which International Quilt Festival is doing this year (2019)! These new and antique blue and white quilts will be suspended from the ceiling in a spectacular and unforgettable display."

To be a part of the exhibit, quilts had to fit the following criteria:

• Entries may be Traditional, Modern or Art.
• Entries must have been made between 1974 and 2019.
• The minimum size is 50” x 50”