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Carolyn Konig recreated this beautiful medallion quilt after seeing it displayed at the Quilts 1700-2010 Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, 2010. The 1797 Sundial Coverlet is available as a BOM on Carolyn's site and uses a combination of techniques including appliqué, embroidery, hand piecing, patchwork, and fussy cutting.

You'll want to take a closer look at the clam shells, birds, flowers, butterflies, hearts, cross, maps, scissors, sundial, and so much more.

Click here to go to Carolyn's website and Purchse the Pattern. (Prices in Australian)

Watch Carolyn in Show 1411: Create Old World Charm with a Quilter from "Down Under".

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Sue Nickels is currently featured in our Quilting Design Masterclass, so we thought we'd share how she managed to put together this fabulous quilt, New York State of Mind, while working with her sister, Pat Holly (Show 608). In this AQS Quilt of the Week interview, they talk about the quilt and how they managed to create it while living many miles apart. Check out  the close-ups below the video.

The Interview video is beneath the Full Quilt Photo.

Learn more about Quilting Design from Sue in Show 2802: Quilting Design Masterclass.

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Blue Tulips on Pink Skies was machine quilted in a traditional style with feathers, stipple quilting, and curvy lines. Sue Nickels' quilting designs were inspired by Amish Bars quilts. Cotton fabric, thread, and cotton-blend batting were used to create this lovely quilt, which also appears on the cover of her book, Machine Quilting: A Primer of Techniques.

Learn how to do feather quilt design in our new Masterclass, Show 2802: Quilting Design Masterclass.

See more of Sue quilts, and some of her daughter Ashley's, in Show 1808: A Quilting Family From Vintage to Modern.

BlueTulipsonPinkSkiesbySueNickels - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

BlueTulipsonPinkSkiesbySueNickels - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

BlueTulipsonPinkSkiesbySueNickels - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

BlueTulipsonPinkSkiesbySueNickels - 36 Pieces Rotating

BlueTulipsonPinkSkiesbySueNickels - 100 Pieces Rotating

BlueTulipsonPinkSkiesbySueNickels - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Gregory Case

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Blue Tulips on Pink Skies was machine quilted in a traditional style with feathers, stipple quilting, and curvy lines. Sue Nickels' quilting designs were inspired by Amish Bars quilts. Cotton fabric, thread, and cotton-blend batting were used to create this lovely quilt, which also appears on the cover of her book, Machine Quilting: A Primer of Techniques.

Learn how to do feather quilt design in our new Masterclass, Show 2802: Quilting Design Masterclass.

See more of Sue quilts, and some of her daughter Ashley's, in Show 1808: A Quilting Family From Vintage to Modern.

Original Photos: Gregory Case

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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”

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Sometimes the history of quilt can be lost to time (always remember to label your quilts). This Center Medallion and Broderie Perse Quilt; United States, ca 1840 by an Unknown maker "once had papers attesting to its New Jersey origins. But it was stolen from the auction hall in Massachusetts from which it was purchased." Featured at Houston 2017 in the Broderie Perse category, "the birds and flowers scattered on the quilt were finely cut from a variety of English chintz fabrics." Take a look and see what history you can find buried beneath its stitches.

Center Medallion and Broderie Perse Quilt; United States, ca 1840 by an Unknown Maker was featured in the Broderie Perse category at Houston 2017.

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Take a closer look at Noriko Endo's Autumn Freshet quilt exhibited at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah.

Noriko uses bits of fabric as color in her quilts, also known as Confetti Naturescapes. She layers the bits of fabric onto batting, adds a covering of tulle, and then machine quilts them into place.

Don't Forget to ZOOM in on the full quilt and on the great detail shot by clicking below.

Click here to go to Noriko's website.

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In Kaleidoscopic XXXIX - Right and Wrong Sides Together, the left kaleidoscope was pieced traditionally by sewing the right sides of the fabric together. The segments of the right kaleidoscope are identical to the left, but are pieced with the wrong sides of the segments together. A single layer of black tulle covers the right kaleidoscope. The quilt measures 45" x 85" and all of the fabric was designed by Paula with the exception of the batiks and tulle. It is machine pieced and machine quilted.

Star Members can watch Paula at work in Show 2010: Easy Piecing with Complex Fabrics Makes Stunning Quilts.

KaleidoscopicXXXIXRightandWrongSidesTogetherbyPaulaNadelstern - 32 Pieces Non-Rotating

KaleidoscopicXXXIXRightandWrongSidesTogetherbyPaulaNadelstern - 98 Pieces Non-Rotating

KaleidoscopicXXXIXRightandWrongSidesTogetherbyPaulaNadelstern - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

KaleidoscopicXXXIXRightandWrongSidesTogetherbyPaulaNadelstern - 32 Pieces Rotating

KaleidoscopicXXXIXRightandWrongSidesTogetherbyPaulaNadelstern - 98 Pieces Rotating

KaleidoscopicXXXIXRightandWrongSidesTogetherbyPaulaNadelstern - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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In Kaleidoscopic XXXIX - Right and Wrong Sides Together, the left kaleidoscope was pieced traditionally by sewing the right sides of the fabric together. The segments of the right kaleidoscope are identical to the left, but are pieced with the wrong sides of the segments together. A single layer of black tulle covers the right kaleidoscope.

Star Members can watch Paula at work in Show 2010: Easy Piecing with Complex Fabrics Makes Stunning Quilts.

Dimensions: 45" x 85"

Textiles: All fabric designed by Paula Nadelstern with the exception of the batiks and netting

Techniques: Machine pieced, machine quilted (2015)

Original Photos: Mary Kay Davis

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Here's the latest from the Kentucky Quilt Project on Shelly Zegart and the Governor's Award:

Why Quilts Matter documentary producer to be honored with the state’s most prestigious arts award in online presentation on January 26th.

We are so proud to announce that Shelly Zegart has been honored with Kentucky’s most prestigious arts award, the Governor's Award in the Arts, in recognition of her decades of work elevating the art of quilts internationally.

Shelly, along with the full slate of honorees, will be highlighted online in a prerecorded ceremony on January 26th at 11 AM that will be broadcast on the Kentucky to the World’s Facebook page, the Kentucky Arts Council’s Facebook page, the Governor's Awards in the Arts Facebook event page and the arts council's YouTube channel.

Shelly received the Folk Heritage Award, which is presented to individuals who have made an outstanding effort to perpetuate and promote Kentucky’s unique artistic traditions. She joins the ranks of such luminaries as Bluegrass Musician JD Crowe, African American Folk Artist Marvin Finn, International Ballet Dancer Wendy Whelan and many more.

A globally recognized expert on American quilts and a community leader in Louisville, Shelly is an avid collector, exhibition curator, author, lecturer and appraiser of fine quilts. Her curated quilt exhibits have been featured across the United States and abroad. Her lectures cover all aspects of quilts, from history to aesthetics. “This recognition is one to which ANY artist, arts advocate, or arts presenter of significance in Kentucky aspires to,” says Shelly. “My Governors Award in the Arts brings the extraordinary vision and aesthetic achievements of Kentucky quilt making to the attention of the public, and respects and celebrates the medium of quilting as a form of artistic expression.”