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Okay this product is so cool, that Rob went back to the Stkr It booth to see how it really worked. It's a method for labeling your quilts that allows you to record information, photos, stories, and even songs that are associated with your quilt.
For more product information click here.
We apologize for some of the sound quality, but we really wanted you to see how this product worked.
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Today's TQS Zoom Quilt is by Yaeko Noguchi of Saitama City, Japan. Summer Garden won 3rd Place, Large Wall Quilts, Hand Quilted at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2013. Here is her quilt description, "Morning glories, coxcombs, sunflowers, and unknown flowers bloom every year from seeds of previous flowers. Yakeo hand quilted these flowers in an original summer garden hoping they would bloom again next summer." The quilt measures 81" x 81."
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While at Portland Market, Rob Appell stopped by the booth of Stephanie Marie Designs and spoke with pattern and fabric designer, and part of the RJR Fabrics family, Stephanie Wright.
Stephanie explains, "In my fabric collections, I bring traditional and contemporary design together. I draw inspiration for my patterns and fabric designs from a blend of modern and vintage looks. Blending the old with the new, mixing textures, time periods, styles, and colors provides a dynamic canvas for innovative design and a great original look!"
Stephanie began her career in quilting working at the quilt shop of her mother, Audrey Wright (to watch a TQS interview with Audrey, click here.)
When she turned 19, along with her mother, she launched Starwood Pattern Company, a wholesale distribution company representing over 200 quilting and sewing product companies. Simultaneously, she pursued a college degree in marketing from Wichita State University, which she eventually earned in 2007. While working to build Starwood, Stephanie and Audrey created their own pattern line, which they aptly named, Legacy Patterns. After many years of designing patterns under the Legacy branding, Stephanie decided to branch out and Stephanie Marie Designs took root.
Click here for Stephanie's Pattern
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Judith Baker Montano is sharing images of her fabulous work. These images detail her use of organic shapes and interesting layers of textiles including cheesecloth, scrim, and ribbon. You'll want to pause each photo and examine every detail. It's the next best thing to seeing them in person.
You can watch Judith in Episode 1212: Something Old, Something New: Early Influences and Fresh Stitches featuring Judith and Karin Hellaby.
Click here to visit Judith's site.
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Ricky's Historic Route 66 Tour is just around the corner. They head out of Chicago on June 16th and finish up in Los Angeles on June 29th while passing through Missouri, Oklahoma, Santa Fe, and New Mexico. On the tour Ricky will be offering historical information and each day there will be a theme. If you'd like to learn more about the tour, click here.
Ricky, however, isn't the only one fascinated by this historic travel route. This year at Road to California they premiered the Route 66 Traveling Quilt Exhibit. The intent was to have a collection of quilts representing the eight states that create the route. We were lucky enough to have photo man, Gregory Case, at Road to California this year and he brought us back some great pictures of the exhibit. If you'd like to learn more and see more photos of the Route 66 quilts, click here and here. You can also learn more at Jukebox Quilts.
The exhibit was curated by Patt Blair and Kelly Gallager-Abbott and sponsored by Ginger's Quilt Shoppe.
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This is a really fun time and free too! See Ricky Tims as the new Barn Quilt Block goes up at the AccuQuilt Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.
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The stunningly colorful and diverse works of Romare Bearden (1911-1988) and Sedrick Huckaby (b. 1975) are currently on view at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, TX. The selection of Bearden's works, featuring his Odyssey series of collages and watercolors, and Huckaby's painting, Hidden In Plain Site, form a wonderful juxtaposition of vision by two outstanding African-American artists.
Romare Bearden (1911–1988) Home to Ithaca, 1977 Collage© Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Courtesy of the Mount Holyoke Art Museum missed.
Huckaby, who says that he was heavily influenced by Bearden, uses his grandmother (Big Mama) and the quilts she made as the subject for many of his works as an expression of the art she created using bits of cloth. This quiet and unassuming artist shares more about his work and vision in a recent Swathmore College interview here.
For more information about the Amon Carter exhibit, as well as other locations for the Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, click here.
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More than 1600 hand-sewn flags have been installed int he Shapiro Family Courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston as part of the "To Boston with Love" project conceived by Berene Campbell of Vancouver, Canada as a reaction to the bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Fabric flag, Courtney Thompson, Weiden, Germany.
Click here to learn more about the exhibit.
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It's time to let TQS take you on a journey around the globe. For the next thirteen weeks, we'll be sharing amazing images of colorful, inspirational places. While not immediately quilt-related, many of these beautiful scenes will no doubt get your creative juices flowing. So, grab a cup (or glass) of your favorite beverage and let us sweep you away on a magical journey.
We are so lucky to have friends willing to "take us along" on their travels.This time, it's Cheryl Lynch (Episode 811: Quilt a Fiesta with Tile-Inspired Quilts) who shares her visit to Holland. The photos are so vivid that you can almost smell the flowers.
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Who says you can't make a useful quilting notion from just one 3 1/2" square of fabric and a bit of stuffing? This darling pointer-finger pincushion is sure to find a special place in your workbasket.
We found this terrific little project here and just had to share it with you. Why not make a whole batch as gifts for your quilting buddies? They're sure to want their own as soon as they see yours!
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