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Make your own updated version of the traditional Rail Fence with this quick-and-fun pattern designed by Ricky and demonstrated in Show 1013: Journaling Through (and On) Quilts.

Click here for project download.

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One of his earliest hand dyed experiments, Kevin Womack used one large piece of Shibori fabric in his quilt Network and added more elements on top to see if the integrity of the fabric still shined through all the quilting.

You can learn from Kevin in Show 2704.

NetworkbyKevinWomack - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

NetworkbyKevinWomack - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

NetworkbyKevinWomack - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

NetworkbyKevinWomack - 36 Pieces Rotating

NetworkbyKevinWomack - 100 Pieces Rotating

NetworkbyKevinWomack - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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One of his earliest hand dyed experiments, Kevin Womack used one large piece of Shibori fabric in his quilt Network and added more elements on top to see if the integrity of the fabric still shined through all the quilting.

Learn From Kevin in Show 2704.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Kevin Womack and Ricky started making this vase quilt during the taping of Show 2704. Now, Kevin has finished the quilt and wanted to show everyone at The Quilt Show how it turned out. We think it looks "a-vase-ing".

Learn From Kevin in Show 2704.

Original Photo: Kevin Womack

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TQS continues its feature of quilts from the exhibit Log Cabin Today! Presented by Brigitte Morgenroth, a series of log cabin quilts created by Brigitte Morgenroth that were featured at the Houston International Quilt Festival in 2015. The exhibit is described as:

"Twenty-five years ago, Brigitte Morgenroth discovered quilting when she lived in Bophuthatswana (a former homeland in South Africa) and Libya. She creates modern and interesting Log Cabin quilts, with her choice of expressive colors and material, combined in different variations and arrangements: Log Cabin with a twist, triangular, undulating, or pineapple. Silk and polyester satin are her favorite materials, sometimes combined with patterned cotton. Mainly, she sews large quilts and sometimes smaller, more sophisticated ones. All of her quilts are hand-quilted. She gives this old pattern a modern, interesting character."

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Lahala Phelps spent each day for four years on her quilt, Joy In The Journey, and loved every minute of it. Inspired by Fraktur folk art by the Pennsylvania Dutch, the quilt was a culmination of hard work and determination that paid off.

Joy In The Journey by Lahala Phelps of Washington, Utah was featured in the Appliqué, Large category at Houston 2019.

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Alex discusses ideas for setting your blocks and gives you an assignment to make other quilt blocks. We are getting close now.

Can you see the hidden stars in Alex's test setting? Alex's design wall picture is below the video.

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Kevin Womack's Tempest features his own hand dyed fabrics and was made to show off the fabric just as much as his quilting skill, that's why the pieces are so large.

You can learn from Kevin in Show 2704.

TempestbyKevinWomack - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

TempestbyKevinWomack - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

TempestbyKevinWomack - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

TempestbyKevinWomack - 36 Pieces Rotating

TempestbyKevinWomack - 100 Pieces Rotating

TempestbyKevinWomack - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Kevin Womack's Tempest features his own hand dyed fabrics and was made to show off the fabric just as much as his quilting skill, that's why the pieces are so large.

Learn From Kevin in Show 2704.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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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”