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As Seen on Show 2405

More products from Show 2405

The Quilters Select Rotary Cutter has an innovative ambidextrous design that ensures precise cutting in either your left or right hand, and a unique and easy magnetic blade replacement so you’ll never drop a blade again! 

Quilters Select Self-Healing Rotary Mats are usable on both sides with a light background on one side and a dark background on the other, so that you can get maximum contrast and visibility when cutting fabric. 

Quilters Select Rulers have a unique non-slip coating that keeps them in place as you cut, even on slippery or silky fabrics. No more wandering cuts! 

Sunflower's Chain piecing cutter is a fast and efficient way to cut your chain pieced units apart. 

Clover Fine Patchwork Pins are just .04 mm around, making them slide easily into fabrics without hanging up. They can also be used on delicate fabrics like silk without fear of leaving a mark. 

The Panasonic Freestyle Cordless Portable Iron offers the convenience of cord-free pressing and comes in its own carrying case!

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Burst by Marge Tucker was the winner of the Best Machine Quilting ribbon at QuiltCon 2019. Marge challenged herself to create an improvisationally pieced Dresden Plate quilt. We think she rose to the challenge.

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Jenny K. Lyon (Show 2404) tells Alex about what is new with her, including:

• Her morning routine
• "Brain Dumping"
• Trapunto
• Whole Cloth quilt
• And more

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Jenny's quilt, Midnight Garden, is based on the drought-tolerant landscaping at her California home. It features stunning quilting and a touch of trapunto.

Watch Jenny K. Lyon in Show 2404.

MidnightGardenbyJennyKLyon - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

MidnightGardenbyJennyKLyon - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

MidnightGardenbyJennyKLyon - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

MidnightGardenbyJennyKLyon - 35 Pieces Rotating

MidnightGardenbyJennyKLyon - 100 Pieces Rotating

MidnightGardenbyJennyKLyon - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Jenny's quilt, Midnight Garden, is based on the drought-tolerant landscaping at her California home. It features stunning quilting and a touch of trapunto.

Watch Jenny K. Lyon in Show 2404.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Alex and Ricky are joined one the set by Barbara Black and Bill Volckening. Barbara has worked in the educational office at the Houston Quilt Festival for 20 years. Learn about her quilt beginnings and her very famous quilt. Barbara also shares her thoughts on the three things you do wrong in quilting, gives you tips for achieving a beautiful binding, and teaches you how to add a sleeve.

Also in the show, Bill Volckening shares his elegant antique quilts. Bill has over 500 quilts in his collection that cover the years 1750-2008. He then displays elegant quilts that debunk the myth that quilts in America were only made from scraps as utilitarian.

Watch Barbara and Bill in Show 2405 when it debuts Sunday, February 24, 2019.

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From beads and buttons, to fringe, felting, and feathers, the Wearable Art competition at the Pacific International Quilt Festival has something for everyone. Here are just a few examples from PIQF 2018.

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While we were at QuiltCon, we snuck up on the Quilt Alliance while they were taping a "Go Tell It at The Quilt Show!" interview with the QuiltCon BOS Winner, Leanne Chahley and her quilt, Smile. It was a video within a video :) Watch the video and find out how the quilt came together. And, a great big thank you to the Quilt Alliance for allowing us to shadow them.

Smile by Leanne Chahley (and international friends) won Best in Show at QuiltCon 2019.

And here's the back...

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After you catch up with Jenny K. Lyon in this video, take a look at the quilt she talks with Alex about in that video. It's a whole cloth quilt made from cotton/muslin and dates to 1830-1850. The binding is button-hole stitched. They believe it was made in France.

IQSC: Byron and Sara Rhodes

Collection: Dillon Collection

Native Pattern Name: Courtepoine de mariage

Click on See the Quilt to go to the International Quilt Study Center site. From there you'll be able to zoom in on the quilt and see the detailed quilting.

Photo: International Quilt Study Center

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Every so often you run across a group of women who are Inspiration Central! The gals at Olde World Quilt Shoppe are such a group. Not only will they help you with a stitching problem, they will help you choose a new project, LOL!...and, maybe they will help you over a fear you might have.

I have always had a zipper phobia...it goes back to Home Ec class where my girlfriend Colleen and I attempted to sew a dress. Let's just say that none of the major clothing designers were banging down our door. What I do have is a desire to make bags, especially thread bags, and this group has the process down pat!

With emotional support, I now have all the pieces needed to make a bag...when, I actually get to the zipper part, I will let you know how it goes...or maybe I will convince Robin to put the zipper in...I hear begging and recruiting one's girlfriend is an option, LOL.

I think making an effort when you travel to find stitching groups can push your envelope to either finish some projects or start new ones! I currently have this project on the back burner, and seeing Monica's top all put together and embellished almost makes me want to take a U-turn and head back to the Bee Hive!



...and the stitching on Phyl's quilt is an absolute inspiration. I can't wait to see where this journey takes me next...I am sure there is another stitch group just around the corner!

Stay tuned and travel along with us on Quilt Roadies...where we are connecting one quilter and one shop at a time!!