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Colleen Harradine does and she made a quilt to prove it. Strike Up a Friendship with a Redhead is Colleen's way of addressing as she puts it, "the bizarre and increasing antipathy towards redheads!" In her quilt she lovingly highlights many famous redheads throughout history. Did she miss anyone?
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Here's your opportunity to increase your chances of winning the Grand Prize in our International Quilting Weekend (March 16-18), the BERNINA B 530 Gold Edition.All you have to do is complete the puzzle and then enter your finishing time and e-mail into the survey below. Once you have completed the survey, you'll automatically receive an additional entry into the drawing for the BERNINA.
The quilt is "Reaching Blue Sky" by Edyta Sitar.
Star Members can watch Edyta in Show 2201: It's All About Scraps & the TQS BOM 2018 Patchwork Barn Quilt.
Original Photo: Edyta Sitar
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As part of International Quilting Weekend we will be picking prize winners on Monday March 19. We have lots of great prizes to give away—including a Limited Edition BERNINA 530 125th Anniversary Edition Sewing Machine with 24k Gold plated foot!
After you enter the contest below, see Free Shows March 16-18 and Shop for Specials:
Scroll down to see the rest of the prizes!
Entering is easy- just complete the tasks below. The more tasks you do, the more entries you get!
Check out the other prizes!
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Here's your opportunity to increase your chances of winning the Grand Prize in our International Quilting Weekend (March 16-18), the BERNINA B 530 Gold Edition.All you have to do is complete the puzzle and then enter your finishing time and e-mail into the survey below. Once you have completed the survey, you'll automatically receive an additional entry into the drawing for the BERNINA.
The puzzle is based on The Hoop Sister's Goose Tracks quilt. Star Members can watch The Hoop Sisters in Show 2206: The Magic of Quilting in a Hoop.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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This beautiful Feathered Star design was the 2013 EmbroidaBlock of the Month. It was the first collaboration between The Hoop Sisters and Sharon Schamber.
Star Members can watch The Hoop Sisters in Show 2206: The Magic of Quilting in a Hoop.
FeatheredStarbyTheHoopSisters - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating
FeatheredStarbyTheHoopSisters - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating
FeatheredStarbyTheHoopSisters - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating
FeatheredStarbyTheHoopSisters - 35 Pieces Rotating
FeatheredStarbyTheHoopSisters - 100 Pieces Rotating
FeatheredStarbyTheHoopSisters - 300 Pieces Rotating
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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This beautiful Feathered Star design was the 2013 EmbroidaBlock of the Month. It was the first collaboration between The Hoop Sisters and Sharon Schamber.
Star Members can watch The Hoop Sisters in Show 2206: The Magic of Quilting in a Hoop.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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Mitsuko's quilt won Best Use of Embellishment at the Pacific International Quilt Festival.
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In 1989, the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society organized a “Quilters’ Day Out” on the third Saturday of March to celebrate the rich tradition of quiltmaking in Kentucky. In 1991, National Quilting Association officers were so enthused with the concept and success of “Quilters’ Day Out” that they voted to take it to a national level.
The first National Quilting Day was observed in 1992 and since then it has grown into a global celebration for all quiltmakers and quilt lovers. Helen Storbeck, one of the founders of National Quilting Day, wrote in The Quilting Quarterly, “Groups of quilters were encouraged to hold special events, publishers and shop owners were invited to sponsor promotions especially for quilters and it quickly became a grassroots endeavor with quilters in every part of the country participating. In the first year of National Quilting Day, quilters in other countries asked to participate. They were welcomed with open arms. As our feelings of a community network has evolved to include a world community, it is only appropriate that quilters and quilt lovers everywhere united to give recognition to the special art form.”
The Quilt Alliance would love to hear how you mark this year’s 27th anniversary of National Quilting Day. Post your photos on the National Quilting Day Facebook page.
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Only a small percentage of quilters ever display their quilts in public. Sure there are a few confident souls who enter a quilt in a show...and, a few more that actually integrate their creations into their home decor. But, a majority of quilters make quilts to use or to gift to someone else. Lately I have had the pleasure of running into Quilts in Public Places...and the more I think about it, the more I think every quilter can find all kinds of interesting places to share their quilts! All it takes is asking...I would love to see a regular quilt display in every library, city hall, school, hospital, assisted living facility, Welcome Center...the possibilities are endless and a quilt revival would begin. Rather than keep those piles of quilts folded up in the closet find a place where they can be shared.
What started all these ideas bouncing around in my head was as I was helping my sister get to her gate at the airport I stopped short when I saw a whole display of wall hangings in the airport. Charlyn Hughes of Bend, Oregon had a wonderful display that honored nature. What a lovely place to hang quilts for stressed people to stop and enjoy. I hope you enjoy the slide show and maybe open your mind to the possibility of displaying your quilts in a public place.
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Click here for Anna's YouTube Channel.
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We caught up with TQS guest Mel Beach at QuiltCon 2018. She talked about the creation of her quilt "Peace by Piece." Mel demonstrated the technique for creating this quilt in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt.
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