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Melissa Sobotka's quilts have won major awards. Two of them specifically, "Silk Road Sampler" and "End of the Spin," appear to be inspired by various collections. This visit to a hardware store in Phoenix, AZ, might just be the place for you find your own collection to inspire that award-winning quilt.
Want to learn more about Melissa? Click here.
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Jenny Bowker shares her studio and work, including her method of creating her quilt, "The Quiltmaker." There are also photos of the work of the Tentmakers of Cairo. Since 2007 she has worked with the Tentmakers to get their magnificent work out into the wider world.
Star Members can learn more about Jenny in Show 1804: Quilting Outside the Blocks.
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Have you ever wondered what the backs of some of your favorite quilts from the Museum's collections look like? Now is your chance. All the quilts in this exhibit are hung so you can see both sides of some very famous quilts.
The quilt below is "Corona #2: Solar Eclipse" by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry. Click on the photos to see the whole back and front of the quilt.
Click here for more information about this historic quilt and how it was made.
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QuiltCon West 2016 is the largest modern quilt show of its kind and attracts attendees from around the world. This year the show is being held in Pasadena, CA and includes a juried modern quilt show, and of course vendors, lecture and workshops from top modern quilting instructors. TQS is in Pasadena this year and wants to share some of the innovative and modern designs seen at the show.
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Tuesday evening, February 17, 2016, David Taylor’s home in Steamboat Springs, CO caught fire from an explosion. Steamboat Today reported, "It is thought that snow falling from a roof triggered an explosion at a Steamboat Springs duplex Tuesday night …” David is an award-winning quilt artist and a beloved quilt teacher who has also been featured on TheQuiltShow.com. David was was not home at the time. He was teaching in Chicago.
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In this video tutorial, Angela Walters from Quiltingismytherapy.com demonstrates how to use rulers on your domestic sewing machine or sit-down longarm.
Star Members can watch Angela in Show 1306: No-Pin Curves and Quilting "Modern" also featuring Sheila Frampton-Cooper.
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Rhonda Pierce, Marketing Director and Sewing Educator for SCHMETZneedles.com discusses SCHMETZ Household Needles and how to read the SCHMETZ needle package.
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Have you visited RJR Fabric's Pixie Party? This is a terrific program brought to you by Cozy Quilt Designs® and RJR Fabrics. Each month they release a new quilt and kit that features pre-cut fabrics. Here is a colorful quilt from their January release, "Cotton Rainbow." Watch the video to see how simple it is to put together.
Click here to learn more and to find participating Pixie Party shops.
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Hand appliqué, hand quilting, thread painting and fabric painting highlight Part 3 of these quilts from AQS QuiltWeek Phoenix 2016.
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(Image from beebeautiful)
Last week we shared ideas for using 1" strips of scrap fabric. This week we return to highlighting ways to incorporate assorted scraps into new quilts. These ideas will certainly cull that scrap pile significantly. Rebekah from beebeautiful made this stunner of a log cabin quilt (above) using her scraps.
Need some ideas for creating a more contemporary Log Cabin? Check out Jacquie Gering's super tips for shaking things up in Show 1202.
Here's another example: Colorful log cabin blocks with strips that are all relatively the same width.
Want to make a more traditional-looking quilt? How about adding some fun background fabric to a square-in-a-squre Sawtooth Star? Lynn Harris of LittleRedHen string-pieced triangle units using 2 1/4" strips. The background fabric features the streets of Paris. And, did you notice the scrappy binding? We shared that idea in Week 4 of our Let's Get Organized series.
How about blocks of strips in different lengths? The sky's the limit when it comes to busting that stash of scraps!
And here's another stunning take on a String Quilt.
Want one more idea? We found this very addictive ongoing project (Circa 2016) currently running at the Temecula Quilt Company. Those little jewles are so darn cute. Who wouldn't want to make a bunch of these darling blocks every week? Next week we are back to work on clearing out/reducing your stash of magazines and patterns.
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