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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 tenth quilt from the exhibition.

Title of Quilt: Leona

Quilter's Name: Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Year Made: 2013

Quilt Size: 69" x 78"

Original Photos by Mary Kay Davis

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Pokey Bolton, the creater of Craft Napa, wanted to share this exciting message with you about the Virtual Craft Napa Artist Market - Uncorked At Home. Here's what she had to say:

Our Virtual Artist Market will take place Monday, November 30th at 2:00 PM Pacific/ 5:00 PM Eastern

This upcoming Cyber Monday, we will be hosting our Virtual Artist Market where teachers and companies will be coming on LIVE to showcase limited edition art offerings and specials exclusive to Craft Napans.

Mary Fons from Quiltfolk Magazine will kick things off with some Quiltfolk news and offerings, and a number of artists will be featuring everything from fabrics, art supplies, kits, one-of-a-kind mixed media jewelry, patterns, books...all of the fun things! Pokey will also be doing several door prize drawings for some incredible prizes, including a number of fat quarter stacks courtesy of Windham Fabrics. 

How to participate: This will be a webinar hosted via ZOOM. (Be sure to download the Zoom app if you haven't already.) Please click this link to confirm your spot!

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v63XztpdQbWJmybx5EMfJA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

When: Monday, November 30th at 2:00 PM Pacific, 3:00 PM Mountain, 4:00 PM Central, 5:00 PM Eastern

The Artist Market will last about 90 or so minutes, and teachers and companies will be sharing links to their stores where you can purchase goods directly. So be sure to be at your computer and have your credit card ready to do some fun shopping!

Again--don't forget to click the above link and confirm your spot!

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Wanting to create a "portrait of a fun 1960s neighborhood", Catherine Jarett made Flamingos In My Yard from a Carolyn Friedlander pattern with her own appliqué additions in the mix. Winning Best Longarm Machine Workmanship Modern at PIQF 2019, this yard is also covered in machine piecing and machine appliqué. Maybe they should have just stuck with lawn flamingos.

Flamingos In My Yard by Catherine Jarett of Walnut Creek, California won Best Longarm Machine Workmanship Modern at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis

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Abandy Faith, known professionally as FaithfulArtng, is a multimedia fabric collage artist who transforms fabric waste into art, with all of the works being 100% fabric. Her fabric of choice is ankara fabrics and we were amazed at the work and detail she puts into piece of art.

Click Here to go to her website to see more of her fabulous art.

(Photo Credit: a BleNd by FaithfulArtng)

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Featuring circular designs created with Applipops, Maybel is the name of both this quilt and Pokey's airstream trailer. Pokey named it after a goat that she saw on Instagram that was pregnant with four kids. To her, the pregnant goat resembled the shape of her airstream and now this quilt adorns the trailer wherever it travels to.

Learn from Pokey by watching Show 2711.

MaybelbyPokeyBolton - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

MaybelbyPokeyBolton - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

MaybelbyPokeyBolton - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

MaybelbyPokeyBolton - 36 Pieces Rotating

MaybelbyPokeyBolton - 100 Pieces Rotating

MaybelbyPokeyBolton - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Kristin Goedert

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Featuring circular designs created with Applipops, Maybel is the name of both this quilt and Pokey's airstream trailer. Pokey named it after a goat that she saw on Instagram that was pregnant with four kids. To her, the pregnant goat resembled the shape of her airstream and now this quilt adorns the trailer wherever it travels to.

Learn from Pokey in Show 2711.

Original Photos: Kristin Goedert

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Ricky has a brand new Christmas concert called Comfort & Joy! coming this December. Watch the announcement video below and see what Ricky has to say.

From Ricky:

"Announcing a heartwarming, stay-at-home Christmas concert to brighten your holiday season. I’m including new arrangements as well as a few “best of” moments.

Joining me will be the amazing Kat Bowser as well as the keyboardist for Lady Antebellum, Jonathon Long. You will also meet newcomer and singer/songwriter Allison Mahal.

Begins streaming on December 18th, 2020. Tickets on sale now!"

Both Single and Group Tickets are available.

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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”

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Come see what collage quilter Emily Taylor has to offer as she presents demos on parchment painting and color theory in collage quilting. Then join Susanne Jones as she gives The Quilt Show a tour of the THEIRstory exhibit at Houston 2019.

Watch Emily and Susanne in Show 2712, when it debuts Sunday, November 29, 2020.

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Now here's something you don't see everyday, blue elephants! More to the point, Indigo Elephants. Andrea Schwenk's quilt contains "dyed silks, cottons and lace with natural indigo" from her garden." Made with machine piecing and machine appliqué, this is no quilt to shake your trunk at.

Indigo Elephants by Andrea Schwenk of Kerken, Germany was featured in the Wall category at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) 2019.

Original Photos: Lucas Davis