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The idea for Margaret Abramshe's beautiful quilt, San Antonio, came from the simplest of activities, a walk. "This piece began with a walk along San Antonio's riverwalk in the downtown area. It was a rainy morning. Just as the rain stopped and the sun peeked out, I snapped a photograph from my camera phone." Featured at Houston 2019 in the Naturescapes category, Margaret whipped up her quilt using machine quilting, professional fabric printing, and painting to convey the serene view she witnessed that morning.

San Antonio by Margaret Abramshe of St. George, Utah was featured in the Naturescape category at Houston 2019.

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Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks to Paula Nadelstern (Show 307, Show 508, Show 2010) about her kaleidoscopic quilt, the amazing fabric she designs, and learns about her quilt Kaleidoscopic XLI on another fascinating installment of Quilt Stories.

You can watch Lisa here at TQS in Show 2503.

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Class Starts Tuesday January 19, 2021

It's time to start a new project with Alex. Today she begins teaching how to make The Birdhouse Quilt and will explain the many ways to appliqué it. It's learning, it's fun, and you get a happy quilt to hang in your kitchen as we look to brighter days. Use your own fabric or use the delicious Kona Bundle that Alex is using.

Click Here to Get the Introduction Pattern.

Alex will be LIVE on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at 10am PDT, 1pm EDT, and 6 pm London. Get your fabric now and be ready to learn, create, and smile.

LIVE lessons are always recorded and will be available to watch after their initial broadcast.

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Alex returns to tell you all about her time at Craft Napa. What classes did she take? Who did she see in her ZOOM classes? What new quilting techniques did she learn? It's all right here in Alex's Craft Napa Update.

Alex will be LIVE on Monday, January 18, 2021, at 10am PDT, 1pm EDT, and 6 pm London.

LIVE lessons are always recorded and will be available to watch after their initial broadcast.

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Tula Pink wanted to make the butterfly quilt to end all butterfly quilts. That's why she named her quilt The Butterfly Quilt, which measures 88" x 94". Using her illustration background, she used traditional blocks to craft the quilt's central butterfly image.

See Full Quilt Here.

Lean from Tula in Show 1406: Modernize Your "Toolbelt" with Terrifc Techniques.

The Butterfly Quilt - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

The Butterfly Quilt - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

The Butterfly Quilt - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

The Butterfly Quilt - 100 Pieces Rotating

The Butterfly Quilt - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Gregory Case

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Kayoko Hata made A Soft Breeze in commemoration of her 60th birthday. It is hand-appliquéd, hand-quilted, and hand-embroidered. It was featured at Spring Quilt Market 2015. The most fascinating thing to see is how Kayoko utilized yo-yos throughout the quilt, with all the blocks seemingly held together by hundreds upon hundreds of handmade yo-yos.

A Soft Breeze by Kayoko Hata was featured at Spring Quilt Market 2015.

Don't Forget To ZOOM In and see all the yo-yos one by one.

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This block looks like a rainbow of sunshine, doubt that's what it's called. Find out its real name in the Jinny Beyer Memory Match Game.

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Tula Pink wanted to make the butterfly quilt to end all butterfly quilts. That's why she named her quilt The Butterfly Quilt, which measures 88" x 94". Using her illustration background, she used traditional blocks to craft the quilt's central butterfly image.

Lean from Tula in Show 1406: Modernize Your "Toolbelt" with Terrifc Techniques.

Original Photo: Gregory Case

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There's an old expression that there is more than one way to skin a cat. The same can be said for how to use a quilt block, there is no one right way to do it. Ikuma Yuriko made her medallion quilt, Variation 12, "using 12 divided angles and transformed log cabin blocks." Featured in the Handmade category in Houston 2018, Ikuma chose a green color scheme to tie together her wonderful hand quilting, piecing, appliqué, and embroidery.

Variation 12 by Ikuma Yuriko of Azumino City, Nagano, Japan was featured in the Handmade category at Houston 2018.

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Early 1990s quilt by Betty Jane McDonald Winner Peak of Lubbock.  Gift of William Alex Winner TTU-H2020-064-001.

Snowflakes and Crochet on Quilts

By Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D.

Curator of Clothing and Textiles, Museum of Texas Tech University

The falling snow in January reminded me of the snowflake-like look of crocheted doilies and an acquisition to the Museum of Texas Tech University. The quilt, made by Betty Jane McDonald Winner Peak, is arranged in the popular 1990s quilt pattern, Turning Twenty, and embellished with doilies inherited from her grandmother Alpha Marie Nash Craig (b. Nov. 8, 1879, d. August 2, 1970, Mrs. Fred Elias Craig). This is a wonderful example of a quilt that incorporates the handwork of more than one generation in a single piece.

Betty Jane McDonald Winner Peak (b. September 17, 1926, m. Frank E. Winner August 1045, married Alton R. Peak January 1954, d. Nov. 23, 2003) was in her 60s when she made the quilt. The simple block layout and contrasting colors really show off her grandmother’s lovely doilies.

Betty as a toddler and at age 14. (Images Find A Grave)

Betty was born and grew up in Lubbock, Texas. After high school she stayed in Lubbock to attended Texas Tech College. As a college student she was an active member of a woman’s organization that met in the home of Dr. William Curry Holden, the founding director of the Museum of Texas Tech University.

Mrs. Peak included an image of her grandmother who made the doilies on the label of her quilt.

Wanting to be closer to their married daughter Lola, Alpha and Fred Craig (Betty’s grandparents), left their Nebraska farm and moved to Lubbock around 1941. At one point in their marriage, Alpha Craig, wanted a “root cellar” for her canning, but husband Fred, said, “No!” So, while he was out farming, she would sneak down, dig a little, and scatter the dirt among the chickens, until she had dug herself proper root cellar. Sometimes there just is no deterring a determined woman. Alpha Craig crocheted the beautiful doilies that enhance this quilt.

Detail of crochet work by Alpha Marie Nash Craig on the quilt by Betty McDonald Winner Peak, mid 1990s.

Quilt patterns have been seen on the fashion runways since about 2018. Designers are now incorporating crochet work as seen in the recent Spring 2021 Eckhaus Latta runway show.

Crotched ensemble from the Spring 2021 Eckhaus Latta line.