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Marianne created the Lady Liberty Medallion in 1986 so that she could enter it into the Great American Quilt Contest.
Watch Marianne Fons in Show 2313: TQS Quilting Legend 2018.
Original Photo: John Anderson
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Here's the latest news from the Quilt Alliance.
| StoryBee Visits Caryl Bryer Fallert in Episode 11! |
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To close our year of StoryBee interviews with some of the most interesting people in the quilting community, we e-traveled to the home and studio of Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, an international award-winning fine art quilter. StoryBee host Frances O'Roark Dowell interviewed Caryl in her gorgeous spot on the Puget Sound in Port Townsend, Washington.
As a special holiday present to our newsletter subscribers, we're sharing Part 1 of Caryl's interview with you for free. Click to play Caryl's interview below. If you'd like to see Part 2 of this episode, a tour of Caryl's studio, and all past and future episodes, make sure to join or renew your membership today!
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For more information, contact Quilt Alliance office manager Debby Josephs by email or phone (828-251-7073).
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Alex has narrowed the list down to five names for her "unnamed quilt." They are:
Circle Game
Confetti
Tiddlywinks
Spot On
Lotz-o-Dotz
You have until Sunday Noon (PST), Dec. 23, to do so. The winner will receive a selection of Apliquick tools.
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Kathy McNeil's quilt, "Jingle Bells," won the Director's Choice award at Road to California 2014. "Jingle Bells" reflects Kathy's memories of a family Christmas sleigh ride. Kathy really wanted the snow to look like a watercolor painting done with fabric.
You'll get to learn more about Kathy's techniques when she comes to TQS in 2016. Star Members will be able to watch her soon in Show 1802: Fearless Quilting and Fabulous Results.
The Quilting on this quilt is amazing. Zoom in and enjoy.
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Seven Sisters Quilt. 2002 in Illinois. Maker unknown. Hand pieced and hand quilted.
Image Quilt Index.
Seven Sisters Quilts
By Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D.
Curator of Clothing and Textiles,
The Museum of Texas Tech University
New quilt block using vintage salesman sample fabrics by Qisforquilter
The Seven Sisters quilt pattern, with its tricky inset seams is a popular, but difficult, pattern to piece. The Museum of Texas Tech University is fortunate to have two wonderful examples of this challenging pattern. According to Nancy Cabot, who wrote about quilts in a syndicated column through the Chicago Tribune said in 1933, “The Seven Sisters quilt block is dedicated to ‘the seven lovely daughters of the Fowler family’ of Old Virginia.” Other names for the pattern were Seven Stars and Virginia Pride.
Seven Sisters Quilt probably made by Mattye Mae Taylor, 1890s. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joe Moody (Charlotte Lamb).
TTU-H2016-020-002. Photo courtesy of the Museum of Texas Tech University.
The first quilt to come into the collection was most likely made by Mattye Mae Taylor in Graham, Texas in the 1890s. When Mattye Mae died, the quilt was acquired by her sister Velma Pardue (Mrs. Charlie) in Olney, Texas. The complex block is often made using “solids” or fabrics that read as solids such as this one above, but, can also be made with a scrappy look. A search through The Quilt Index reveals a variety of ways the blocks can be put together.
The second Seven Sisters Quilt to come into the collection is this dynamic red and green 1870s version donated by Alice Larson. Ms. Larson has a terrific eye for collecting quilts and has donated several beauties that she has purchased at estate sales in the Dallas, Texas area. Not only is this quilt strikingly beautiful it is also an encyclopedia of late 19th century fabrics. The printed back on it may be an indication that it was from Pennsylvania, but more research would need to be done to confirm this.
Due to space limitations, we seldom collect more than one of a particular quilt pattern, but you can see that the red and green quilt was just too wonderful to have passed up.
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December is the month of celebrations and blessings, but it is also a time that we run ourselves ragged and say we are not going to do it next year!!! LOL...yeah right...I hope for stitchers and quilters around the world to thread together our collective joy and embrace each other with kindness.
I was invited to my friend Anne Bryson's home for a holiday gathering and you will be able to enjoy her decked out home on Quilt Roadies for a December 25th release date. But, in the meantime I thought I would keep up with the thread theme and share with you how she organizes her threads.
Organization is one of those traits that every stitcher aspires to, and yet only a few attain. But let me tell you, Anne has it down to a science, and if they gave out PhD's in thread organization she would be the head of that University Department! First, I must share with you that Anne quilts, embroiders, appliqués, cross stitches and English paper pieces. Which means we are talking serious thread accumulation. One of the number one tools she uses to organize...a peg board!
She gets the hooks and rings from office and building supply stores. And the funny thing is, I thought those holes in the tags of Weeks Dye Works were just for shop display...I never thought to use them myself!
For her DMC, and those threads that have no hanging tag, she places them in tiny plastic bags so you can see the color and number of the thread!
Her appliqué threads are stored in a special drawer, which was an option with her sewing table, and she also has available pre-wound bobbin threads in a variety of neutral colors which are from Superior Threads and fit most domestic machines.
Of course I am feeling smug because I do store my Valdani threads just like Anne, lol...a plastic Hot Wheels box from JoAnns!
If you want to know more of what Anne is creating and organizing check out her Instagram feed...you will be inspired for the New Year!!!
May your holiday season be filled with blessings!
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Erika Mulvenna at WeAllSew.com has another great tutorial for you. She found herself looking for something to help organize a pair of thread snips, needles, and pins for small hand sewing tasks. She made a few changes to her original scissors case to create this mini version with a needle minder and a handy side pocket. Not only is it super cute, but it’s super quick to make (and makes a great gift for friends that sew!).
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One of Martha Stewart's bloggers asked for help in giving her craft room a makeover. Well, Martha Stewart doesn't do anything half way. It took a total of four UPS trucks to deliver all of the furniture to go inside the room!
Click on Lean More to see a slide show of the makeover.
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