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This is a beautiful feathered star block. This block was pretty easy to guess; do you think you can guess the rest of the blocks? Play the game and find out.

 
 

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Laura at SewVeryEasy has a great tote bag tutorial. The use of a recessed zipper makes this a great traveling bag. It is easy to make and no pattern is needed. Just use a few simple shapes and a seam allowance of your choice.

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Barbara Vlack is an EQ (Electric Quilt) pioneer and expert. She used the EQ software program to design her fabulous appliqué quilt, Hana-Goyomi. She worked with a traditional quilt template and added her appliqué details. Patricia Belyea (Okan Arts) talks to her about the process and shares photos of her design process, inspiration, and appliqués.
 
 

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TQS has recently featured Denim artist Ian Berry's work. (Click here to see.) We wanted to show you how denim was used in an Award-Winning Quilt by Noriko Nozawa. It's fun to see the denim used in log cabin squares, and the stitching of hands in pockets in very well done. Some areas are quilted heavily and some very lightly. This quilt won 2nd Place Wall Quilts - Stationary Machine Quilted at Spring Paducah 2018.

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Linda Pumphrey created a quilt from Mountain Mist Pattern 44, copyright 1934. This pattern title was copyrighted during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s. The pattern for this piece says, “In answer to the demand for really new pieced quilt patterns, we offer this highly interesting original design that included appliqué stars to heighten the effect.” We feel it looks modern today.

Click here to see a photo of a "Hollywood" quilt actually made in 1934 by an unknown maker. (International Quilt Study Center & Museum).

Watch Linda Pumphrey in Show 2212: For the Love of Red and White.

HollywoodbyLindaPumphrey - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

HollywoodbyLindaPumphrey - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

HollywoodbyLindaPumphrey - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

HollywoodbyLindaPumphrey - 35 Pieces Rotating

HollywoodbyLindaPumphrey - 100 Pieces Rotating

HollywoodbyLindaPumphrey - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Linda Pumphrey created a quilt from Mountain Mist Pattern 44, copyright 1934. This pattern title was copyrighted during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s. The pattern for this piece says, “In answer to the demand for really new pieced quilt patterns, we offer this highly interesting original design that included appliqué stars to heighten the effect.” We feel it looks modern today.

Click here to see a photo of a "Hollywood" quilt actually made in 1934 by an unknown maker. (International Quilt Study Center & Museum).

Watch Linda Pumphrey in Show 2212: For the Love of Red and White.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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WeAllSew Tutorial:
 
Quilt author, teacher, and judge, Annie Smith writes, "One recurring problem with quilts entered for competition is the binding: unfilled binding, overfilled binding, uneven binding and the trend to stitch the binding to the back of the quilt and topstitch it on the front. In all my years of judging, I have seen just one quilt that had perfectly machine top-stitched binding on it. The rest were marked down because of the problems with inaccurate stitching."
 

In this post, Annie will give you all of her tips and tricks for accurate binding, some you may know and some that will be new to you. Annie is going to take you step by step.

 
 
Star Members can watch Annie in Show 209: Fabric Detective.
 
 

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"Hollywood" was created from a 1934 Mountain Mist pattern. Here Linda Pumphrey talks about it with the Quilt Alliance in a "Go Tell It at the Quilt Show!" interview. This interview was filmed at the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo in Raleigh, NC in 2017.
 

"It is another one of those quilts where you see more the longer you look at it, thanks for sharing." - Joan Elkins

Star Members can watch Linda Pumphrey in Show 2212: For the Love of Red and White.
 
 

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Swan Sheridan's quilt, Chemical Attractions, began as an accident of sorts. It started out as an appliqué pillow sample and ended up a stunning quilt based on chemistry. And while the appliqué is beautiful, we love the truly unique geometric and "orbital" quilting.
 
 
The photos are from AQS QuiltWeek Paducah Spring 2018.
 

 

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This quilt won an Honorable Mention at Houston 2017 in the Innovative Piecing category. It is also very Innovative in Design. Yoshiyuki created it in memory of a summer bike ride. You can see the mountains and feel the movement. Then get up close and see the piecing. The quilt measures 79" x 64" and uses machine piecing and was quilted on a stationary machine. We took these pictures at AQS Spring Paducah 2018.