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Rosa's quilt is made up of 196 different appliqué blocks and the whole thing just seems to shimmer.

Want to learn how to appliqué like Rosa? Watch Show 1912: Hand Appliqué Revolution: From Frustration to Perfection.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Alex met Award-winning quilter Claudia Pfeil in Houston 2016 and they discussed her quilt, "Paradox." This quilt is made completely from silk and, as you'll learn, is quite heavy. Claudia shares her secrets for working with silk, what to do when the colors run, and how to create interest by varying your quilting designs.

Claudia also talks about her shop, Quilt & Co, in Krefeld, Germany.

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'Tis the season and this delightful fabric candy canes have no calories! Make a bunch or make just one, these adorable holiday treats will have your mouth watering and your machine motoring.

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What is the PANTONE Color of the Year? Greenery! According to their website:

"A symbolic color selection; a color snapshot of what we see taking place in our global culture that serves as an expression of a mood and an attitude.

A refreshing and revitalizing shade, Greenery is symbolic of new beginnings.

Greenery is a fresh and zesty yellow-green shade that evokes the first days of spring when nature’s greens revive, restore and renew. Illustrative of flourishing foliage and the lushness of the great outdoors, the fortifying attributes of Greenery signals consumers to take a deep breath, oxygenate and reinvigorate.

Greenery is nature’s neutral. The more submerged people are in modern life, the greater their innate craving to immerse themselves in the physical beauty and inherent unity of the natural world. This shift is reflected by the proliferation of all things expressive of Greenery in daily lives through urban planning, architecture, lifestyle and design choices globally. A constant on the periphery, Greenery is now being pulled to the forefront - it is an omnipresent hue around the world.

A life-affirming shade, Greenery is also emblematic of the pursuit of personal passions and vitality."

Click on the color to go to the video:

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Have you been reading all of the "Let's Get Organized" articles here at TQS? Click here to take a look.

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It is the countdown to Christmas and all the stitchers of the world who celebrate are counting down with a build up of calluses on the tips of their fingers. I am in the same boat and yet I have been given a gift...a Jury Summons. Yep, jury duty in the middle of December The thing is, I believe it is the responsibility of every citizen to understand and participate in our judicial system. Our system of jury duty can be traced back to the Magna Carta and a right to a jury trial is granted to defendants to prevent oppression by the Government. With all that said...what is a stitcher to do in the middle of December on jury duty???

These type of events are exactly why I spend at least once a month on a prep day! Prepping projects for car rides, doctor's waiting rooms...and jury duty. I am NEVER caught with an empty hand. All I have to do is dig through my basket for just the right project, pack it up, and head off to the Court House. I highly recommend this way of controlling one's life and emotions, LOL. Scheduling a prep day means only one day of mess. I keep everything that is prepped in a laundry basket and depending on the mood, I know I can find just the right project to stitch. You'll have to check out my Instagram or Facebook page to see which project I decided to take :)

Be sure you hop on over to the Woolie blog where we are in the middle of the 12 Days of Christmas Give Aways.

Also have a treat of a video on the Quilt Roadies...Fabric Depot!!!

Enjoy the Christmas slide show of our local drug store...yep, drug store...can you believe it! Have a wonderful week!!!

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TQS was invited to view The California Art Quilt Revolution: From the Summer of Love to the New Millennium currently on exhibit through January 15, 2017.  Here are a few tidbits from the exhibit.

The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles presents a groundbreaking exhibition that looks at the emergence of the Studio Art Quilt Movement in the 1960s and 1970s and the significant role California played in the creation of this new art form.

The studio art quilt was the result of a complex intersection of art, craft, universities, and the traditional American quilt. Three national cultural developments resulted in the re-evaluation of quilts as a suitable art medium and increased artists’ awareness of quilts: the art museum’s legitimization of the quilt as art, the junction of art and craft at the university level and social political and fashion trends that brought quilts to national prominence. 

California artists were among the first to embrace the quilt medium as their primary means of expression and charted new territory in art and quilt making, leading the nation in creativity and innovation. The art quilt pioneers transformed a functional domestic object into an art form and inspired subsequent generations of quilt artists.  Their legacy continues in the work of today’s artists, who are reinterpreting the quilt medium with non-traditional materials and pushing the boundaries of what can be called a quilt.

This exhibition includes work by twenty five artists, including pioneers of the art quilt movement such as Jean Ray Laury, Yvonne Porcella, Joan Schulze and Therese May, and highlights works by late 20th and 21st century artists such as Alice Beasley, Judith Content, Joe Cunningham, Linda Gass and Susan Else.

These exhibitions and related programs are supported in part by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Silicon Valley Creates, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and California Arts Council; by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose; and the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association.

Museum and Museum Store hours are: 11:00am-4:00pm Wednesday through Friday; 11:00am-3:00pm Saturday and Sunday; closed Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays. Admission is $8.00 general; $6.50 students and seniors; and free to Museum members and children 12 and under. Admission is ‘pay what you can’ on the first Friday of each month. The Museum of Quilts & Textiles is located at 520 South First Street in downtown San Jose. For more information, call 408-971-0323 or visit www.sjquiltmuseum.org.