Try your hand at creating a block that incorporates a copyright free image of your choosing onto a pieced background. Go to our Project page for the pattern cutting and assembly directions.
See a sneak peek at our Little Scraps of Magic quilt WIP. The completed quilt will hang in our booth at Houston Quilt Festival this fall.
Kumiko Funaki took first in the Small Wall Quilts Hand Quilted category with "Rose Garden". Kumiko made this quilt with paper-pieced foundation hexagons.
It is based on the design source, "Applique Rose Garden Vintage Album Patterns', by Faye Labanaris.
The amazing BERNINA 880 has a feature for designing your own, original decorative stitches. Nina and Connie show you how.
To watch other BERNINA Educational Videos, click on to the left of your screen.
Pumpkin Peel was created by Mary Elizabeth Kinch and is in her book, Small Pieces, Spectacular Quilts. Pieced by Biz Storms, Toronto, Canada, 2011.
Original quilting design and machine quilting by Sandra Reed.
Original photo: Gregory Case Photography.
Watch and learn from Mary in Show 1502: Small Pieces, Big Impact.
Pumpkin Peel by Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating
Pumpkin Peel by Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating
Pumpkin Peel by Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating
Pumpkin Peel by Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 100 Pieces Rotating
Pumpkin Peel by Mary Elizabeth Kinch - 289 Pieces Rotating
Original Photo: Gregory Case
Gina Perkes received a new toy over the 4th of July Weekend. What would you do if this showed up on your doorstep? It's a brand new, Vision 2.0 by Gammill.
Star Members can watch Gina in Episode 308: Artistry on a Long arm where she shows Ricky a few Long arm tricks. Wonder what kind of tricks she'll learn with her Vision 2.0?
Name: Dandelion Block
Designer: Lauren Vlcek
Begins: July 14, 2014
Show 1501: Discover Sensational Surface Design
Price: Free to Star Members
Description: Try your hand at creating a block that incorporates a copyright free image of your choosing onto a pieced background.
You must be logged in as a Star member to download the patterns. If you are not logged in, you will have to login and then return to the TQS Show Techniques page.
Become a Star member.
While recently taping new episodes for The Quilt Show, we came across this wonderful exhibit, Northern California Inspirations by the Studio Art Quilt Associates Northern CA/NV Region.
Pride of Barbados/Mask by Jane Dunnewold was inspired by photographs taken in the Perth Natural History Museum. It was part of the Sacred Planet Series exhibited at the Boger Gallery and the Schweinfurth Center for the Arts. Jane digitally prints photographs onto cloth. To learn more, click here.
Star Members can watch Jane in Episode 1501: Discover Sensational Surface Design.
(Photo: Gregory Case Photography)
Pride of Barbados/Mask Jane Dunnewold - 36 pieces non-rotating
Pride of Barbados/Mask Jane Dunnewold - 98 pieces non-rotating
Pride of Barbados/Mask Jane Dunnewold - 300 pieces non-rotating