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How to Participate:
The National Quilt Museum Annual Benefit Auction is a two tier auction. The auction will be exclusively online from April 7th – April 24th at 10pm. At this point all leading bids will be transferred to the live auction. If you are the leading bidder on an item on April 18th when the online auction is ending you will receive an email telling you that you are the leader and giving you an opportunity to make one more “highest bid” going into the live auction. 
 
The Live auction will take place on April 25th at 6pm at the Convention Center in Paducah, Kentucky. A proxy bidder will be representing all online bidders at the live event. All winners will be contacted by email within 48 hours of the live auction ending.
 
 

Click here to REGISTER TO BID.

Click here for the AUCTION HOME.

   
About the Museum
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Shipping is available for all auction items. Shipping for most quilts will run between $7.00 to $10.00  If you would like other items shipped you will be billed actual shipping costs.

 

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When Alex and Ricky went to visit with Heidi Kaisand, they filmed in this lovely full-service quilt shop on the south side of the historic square in Winterset, Iowa. Enjoy a visit to the Piece Works Quilt Shop.
 
To learn more about Heidi and her love of wool and embroidery stitches, watch Show 2408.
 

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In Barbara's blog this month she shares more tips for Sizzle Month 4, including cutting tips that get her the fastest and most accurate results.
 
Barbara also suggests:
Watching Show 2401 again to see Becky pin and sew that small circle in place. Start at about 31 minutes to see this all-important step.
Watch Becky's Goldsmith's video Pinning and Sewing the Center Circle - even though it focuses on working with Block 8, the sewing process to set-in the circle is very similar.
 
 
 
 

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MJ writes, "Historic Willett Distillery (Bardstown, KY) inspired this piece. Using the amber, orange, and cherry hues of my favorite cocktail, the blend of design elements became Old Fashioned New."

Watch MJ in Show 2407.

OldFashionedNewbyMJKinman - 32 Pieces Non-Rotating

OldFashionedNewbyMJKinman - 98 Pieces Non-Rotating

OldFashionedNewbyMJKinman - 299 Pieces Non-Rotating

OldFashionedNewbyMJKinman - 32 Pieces Rotating

OldFashionedNewbyMJKinman - 98 Pieces Rotating

OldFashionedNewbyMJKinman - 299 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: John Anderson

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MJ writes, "Historic Willett Distillery (Bardstown, KY) inspired this piece. Using the amber, orange, and cherry hues of my favorite cocktail, the blend of design elements became Old Fashioned New."

Watch MJ in Show 2407.

Original Photo: John Anderson

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Here are the quilts for the nineteenth team from the over 320 teams that participated in the International Miniature Quilt Exchange (IMQE). 201 teams submitted their quilts to be a part of the Exhibition in Houston 2018 and we are featuring the 24 teams selected for the first IMQE Exhibition.

Click here to learn more about the International Miniature Quilt Exchange (IMQE).

Enjoy the quilts from Team 394 created by Wai Kuen Hon and Mary Schwarzenberger.

Title of Quilt: Qi Pau

Quilter's Name: Wai Kuen Hon

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

When TQS announced the IMQE entry, I was intrigued but also partially hesitant to take part in the exchange. Knowing that I have a busy schedule, I still decided to give it a try, just to see how far I can go. During the time I corresponded with my quilt partner Mary Schwarzenberger via e-mail, we exchanged ideas on the fabric choices and colors to be used for the quilt. Mary even invited me to visit her web page and I was very impressed by her work. Through her work, I can see that Mary is a very dedicated fiber artist and that motivated me to push myself further. For this 20” x 20” batik quilt, I incorporated traditional costume Qi Pau as my design element, as this quilt not only showcase my culture but also my heritage as a Malaysian Chinese. The batik prints are acquired from local batik maker and also from overseas artisan. I quilted along the different prints design from each segment to made it look more interesting. The time consuming part of creating this quilt was my very first attempt at making the frog closure as I had to confined the frog closures within the 1/4” height, for this is the requirement from the organizer. I’m glad to take on this challenge, as I realized my abilities to create is limitless. Thanks to the organizer and the people behind the scenes who made this project possible.

 

Title of Quilt: Wavelength III

Quilter's Name: Mary Schwarzenberger

Location: Milford, New Jersey, USA

My piece is comprised of 3 layers of hand-dyed silk dupioni. The layers have been sewn and manipulated using a faux chenille technique. The inspiration for this comes from ripples and waves on the ocean, which is a recurring theme in my work. No other setting instills such a calming mood, yet at the same time it also exhilarates. Such seemingly paradoxical emotions occur when all the senses are engaged. As a child, I had to be dragged off the beach! It's very exciting to know that a piece of my work will travel across the globe to Kuala Lumpur in Malasia, an area of the world that I yearn to visit someday to explore culture, people, and local textiles. It would be wonderful if I could visit this country and meet my creative partner! In this exchange I was paired with a woman who shares many traits with me, although she is in another hemisphere. We are both busy people who take time to create art so that we can make our world a better place. I am grateful to have found my passion and since I retired, I am happy to pursue my creative endeavors full time. In 2015 I was diagnosed with cancer and happily it was discovered at an early stage. With fabulous treatment, I am happy to report that I am considered NED (no evidence of disease). With the "Life is Short" lesson driven home by that experience, I am so grateful to be alive! My art has been extremely therapeutic in healing!

 

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Linzee Kull McCray's Red Rover collection was inspired by the age-old idea that at the end of a summer day, nothing is better than gathering outside with family and friends. 

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The grown-ups relax on the porch to talk about neighborhood news and swap recipes, while the children play games under the shade of the oak trees—Simon Says, Mother May I, Capture the Flag, and of course, Red Rover. 

Red Rover is based on actual feed sack prints, the very fabrics that children may have worn as they played under the trees. The bright, clear colors of Red Rover work well all together and in two- and three-color combinations, as well—blue and yellow; blue, green and yellow; and red and green. 

They are just the thing for a summer picnic quilt!

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Scroll to the bottom of the blog to see who made the quilt.

 

 

Bold and Beautiful was made by the 2018 BERNINA Educator of the Year, Nina McVeigh! And, the best part? Nina came to the set because she is going to be on the show. She walks Alex through using the BERNINA longarm to create "quilts" out of watercolor paint and paper, shows examples of quilting on leather, and walks Ricky through attaching beads using the sit-down longarm.

You can watch Nina in our BERNINA Educational Videos Classroom.

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There has got to be a better way to say it!

Watch Hollis Chatelain in Show 1207.

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MJ writes, "Copper Queen was inspired by the magnificent column still that reigns over Angel's Envy Distillery (Louisville, KY). Glowing with colors of ochre, salmon, magenta, and fuchsia, the three-story-tall still is an honest-to-god 'thing of beauty'."

Watch MJ in Show 2407.

CopperQueenbyMJKinman - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

CopperQueenbyMJKinman - 96 Pieces Non-Rotating

CopperQueenbyMJKinman - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

CopperQueenbyMJKinman - 35 Pieces Rotating

CopperQueenbyMJKinman - 96 Pieces Rotating

CopperQueenbyMJKinman - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: John Anderson