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If Carol Morrissey featured one grandchild in one of her quilts, you knew she was going to feature the others. In Kora, Carol presents another magnificent quilt in her Exaggerated Pointillism style, this time featuring her granddaughter. While Pointillism in the art world features dots of the same size and pure color, in Carol's style she utilizes different sized circles and whatever colors blend best to bring out the work's image.

Learn from Carol in Show 2710.

Original Photos: Zumi Hidalgo

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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 eighth quilt from the exhibition.

Title of Quilt: Strings Of Florid Blooms

Quilter's Name: Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Quilted By: Shelly Pagliai

Year Made: 2014

Quilt Size: 90" x 90"

Original Photos by Mary Kay Davis

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For Charlotte Wright and Jessica Schick, quilting was not their career, but they "love the artistry and creativity involved in quilting." That's what Purple Crossroads means to them though, it "represents the paths we take to balance our other careers and our love of quilting." Based on Summer Wine by Jenny and Simon Haskins, the quilt features stunning machine piecing and appliqué along with digitized embroidery design across both silk and cotton fabric.

Purple Crossroads by Charlotte Wright and Jessica Schick of Stillwater, Oklahoma was featured in the Embellished category at Houston 2017.

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Lori Kennedy of WeAllSew has your next holiday obsession all lined up for you, free-motion quilting turkeys for Thanksgiving. Lori says, "Stitch the adorable, Turkey Tom on your next quilt! He looks great in the center of a block, or stitch a flock of gobblers in a row to fill a border."

Click here for tutorial.

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Join Ricky this Sunday, November 15, 2020, for The Lizzy Albright Facebook Popcorn Party. It's a Popcorn Party, where a plethora of posts pop up perpetually every 3-5 minutes for about 75 minutes. Starting at 3PM Eastern, Noon Pacific, it's a totally new concept! Don't Miss It! Follow along with the hashtag #POPSOMEPOPCORN.

It's interactive and fun for all ages. There will be images, illustrations, videos, stories, and more. Plus, door prizes too!

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TheQuiltshow.com is bringing Dee Christopher to share her shortcuts to quilting excellence. For Beginners and Intermediates, this class will be filled with tips and tricks from someone who has taught quilting for over 20 years and has heard the questions students most want answered. Join Dee for her first class which she calls "My Favorite Quilting Tools".

There will be six more classes of Tips and Basics and after that she will start on projects you will love doing together to reinforce what you have learned. It's all FREE from TheQuiltShow.com.

Dee will be teaching in her classroom called "Dee's Saturday Sampler" on TheQuiltshow.com blog, the TQS Facebook, Alex Anderson's Facebook, Ricky Tims' Facebook and the TQS YouTube channel. It's a fun gathering that will be LIVE on Saturdays beginning November 14, 2020. 

Join Dee this Saturday at 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London Time. 

If you are interested in the products mentioned in Dee's class, click here. 

See the product list below the video. You can print it out by clicking the Gear above the LIKE symbol and choosing pdf.

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Fancy Shawl Dancer was created by Linda C. Anderson and won 3rd Place: Art Pictorial at Road to California 2015. It measures 41" x 57" and was completed in 2014.

Artist statement: "Having seen local Indians dance with this eye-stopping dress and mesmerizing movement reflecting a butterfly, I knew I had to capture that feeling and motion. The dark sky makes me think of dream catchers in the Southwest, as well as Starry Night by Van Gogh. I used 100% cotton and hand painted all the fabric used. I machine stitched the raw-edged appliqué."

Click here to see the Zoom Quilt for close up details.

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Taking inspiration from a photo she took of a bullfrog in her certified wildlife habitat, i.e. her backyard, Carol Morrissey's Kevin is a painted wholecloth quilt which also includes some ink. It is a recent work of Carol's that breaks from her Exaggerated Pointillism series, showing her interest has not faded from different types of quilt making.

Learn from Carol by watching Show 2710.

KevinbyCarolMorrissey - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

KevinbyCarolMorrissey - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

KevinbyCarolMorrissey - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

KevinbyCarolMorrissey - 35 Pieces Rotating

KevinbyCarolMorrissey - 99 Pieces Rotating

KevinbyCarolMorrissey - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Zumi Hidalgo

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Taking inspiration from a photo she took of a bullfrog in her certified wildlife habitat, i.e. her backyard, Carol Morrissey's Kevin is a painted wholecloth quilt which also includes some ink. It is a recent work of Carol's that breaks from her Exaggerated Pointillism series, showing her interest has not faded from different types of quilt making.

Learn from Carol in Show 2710.

Original Photos: Zumi Hidalgo

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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”