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Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks to Libby Williamson (Show 2311) to see what she does with her teabags and to hear about her quilt Etiquette in Connecticut on another inspiring installment of Quilt Stories. And stay around until the end to see her studio!!!

You can watch Lisa here at TQS in Show 2503.

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Quilters need to join together in joy. Alex has a special quilting guest and prizes to give away. Be ready to smile.

Click here to enter the giveaway!

Click here to download the pattern(s) for Alex's Holiday quilt.

Join Alex LIVE on Monday December 21, 2020 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.

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Here's a great block.  We think it might be called "crossroads."  What do you think it's called?

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Naomi Yamamoto has created a beautiful goldfish pond in her quilt Kingyo (Goldfish) with hand appliqué, hand quilting, and embroidery. Take a closer look to see how she does it. Kingyo was exhibited at PIQF 2013 as part of the Innovative Category.

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Leap of Faith was created by Mary Elizabeth Kinch and inspired by the colors she saw in a photograph containing seeds and peanuts and is in her book, Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts. Pieced by Mary Elizabeth Kinch (2007) and machine quilted by Sandra Reed.

Click Here to See the Full Quilt.

Learn from Mary, and see the quilt, in Show 1502: Small Pieces, Big Impact.

Leap of Faith - Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

Leap of Faith - Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

Leap of Faith - Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

Leap of Faith - Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 100 Pieces Rotating

Leap of Faith - Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Gregory Case Photography

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Leap of Faith was created by Mary Elizabeth Kinch and inspired by the colors she saw in a photograph containing seeds and peanuts and is in her book, Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts. Pieced by Mary Elizabeth Kinch (2007) and machine quilted by Sandra Reed.

Learn from Mary, and see the quilt, in Show 1502: Small Pieces, Big Impact.

Original Photo: Gregory Case Photography

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Awestruck at the Kelp Forest by Cynthia Minoli was inspired by a visit she took the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California with her granddaughter. Featured at PIQF inn 2019, Cynthia loved how "the kelp forest sways with the current, making you feel so small," like her granddaughter pictured at the bottom of the quilt. Utilizing machine appliqué and machine quilting, "the construction was completed was raw edge appliqué and free motion quilting."

Awestruck at the Kelp Forest by Cynthia Minoli of Galt, California was featured in the Wall Category at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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The Quilt Alliance's Running Stitch podcast is back for an all new season and their first guest is none other than our own Ricky Tims. Read below to see what the Quilt Alliance has to say:

"Running Stitch is back for Season Two, again digging into the QSOS oral history archive to explore the meaning of quilts in American life. In this episode, host Janneken Smucker talks to quiltmaking legend Ricky Tims about the role of creativity in his life. As a quiltmaker, musician, composer, co-host of The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, and founder of Quilt Life magazine, Ricky embodies creativity. We’ll revisit his first interview for the QSOS project, recorded two decades ago in 2000, and continue the conversation with a new interview exploring the intersection of music and quilting, his perspective on the creative spirit, and Ricky’s new novel, Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window, co-written with Kat Bowser."

Click Here to listen to Ricky's Episode. (Listen Below for a teaser of the Podcast)

Subscribe at: Apple Podcasts – Spotify – Google Podcasts – Stitcher

Also available on Quilt Alliance website. (See who else is coming up this Season and who was on Season One)

From the Quilt Alliance:

Running Stitch, A QSOS Podcast is hosted by Janneken Smucker, Professor of History at West Chester University. Join us as we explore quilt stories, revealing the inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations of contemporary quiltmakers by drawing from Quilters' S.O.S. — Save Our Stories, the long running oral history project created by the non-profit Quilt Alliance in 1999.

Quilts and quiltmaking serve as a lens to examine some of today’s most pressing issues, including activism, public health, politics, race, and the economy. We’ll dig into the QSOS archive to listen to excerpts from past interviews, and bring back interviewees to ask them about what they are working on and thinking about presently. Upcoming guests include Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Carolyn Mazloomi, Thomas Knauer, Melanie Testa, and Jinny Beyer.

And here's the trailer for the rest of Running Stitch Season Two:

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Alex is giving away a whole bunch of great goodies and gifts for your quilting pleasure, but you can't win if you don't enter!

You'll need to scroll down the blog window to enter your information.

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The Endless Dance of the Ponytail is the cover of Leni's book, Photo-Inspired Art Quilts: From Composition to Finished Piece. It measures 29" x 30" and was created in 2008.  

Take a closer look at the ponytail, Leni says, "Combining patterns in commercial fabric is what gets me motivated. Finding the unexpected pattern that does what I want in the ensemble is the thing that keeps me going."

Star Members can watch Leni in Show 1413: From Film to Fabric - Photos as Inspiration (which features this quilt) and Show 2204: The Human Form from Portrait to Art Piece.

(Book Photo From Leni Levenson Wiener's Website)