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Photo by Gregory Case Photography

Join us in Episode 1102, as self-taught quilt artist Luke Haynes describes himself as an "architect who makes quilts" - the perfect blend of his background in architecture and fine arts. Luke, who hits the thrift shops to build his fabric stash, shows samples of his work, demonstrates his method for preparing his salvaged-clothing finds for quilting, shares the design and auditioning processes he uses to build his unique designs, and fields questions from the audience.

(Whew!) If that's not enough, Alex shows how to draft and customize a cable motif for hand or machine quilting, and we leave the studio for a field piece on the urban contemporary quilt scene in the lively city of Portland, OR.

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Ricky and I are on a photo shoot.  Can you guess where?  There is also a collection of quilts for you to see.

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Do you have a vintage quilt that you want appraised? Do you need to know how much to insure your latest art quilt for before you send it off to Houston?  Then you might want to seek the help of Robert Shaw. Robert is one of the most highly regarded experts on contemporary and antique quilts in the world and an author of numerous books.  He was also the curator at the Shelburn (VT) Museum from 1981-1994.  

Robert prepares appraisals for a number of artists and quilt owners wanting to establish current insurance and/or fair market sales value of their quilts. He offers formal written appraisals that can be used for tax and insurance purposes. His appraisals are based on comparable sales, the only legally approved method. Please contact Robert for more information.

You can also visit his redesigned website, The Art of the Quilt, here.

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TQS member Ferret, whom we introduced in Meet Ferret back in 2010, has been busy creating an absolutely astounding quilt named Prometheus.  This quilt is made from a single piece of fabric, no seams.  The piece was died for Ferret by Heide Stoll-Weber. Ferret worked her own designs into the fabric. Prometheus contains about 16-18 cones of thread in about 10 different colors. There is no actual trapunto, Ferret used two layers of wool batting and the trapunto effect is achieved by the density of the quilting in the background.  It is basically reversible as the bobbin thread matches the top thread. Ferret thinks she has anywhere from 400-600 hours of work in it.

The hard work paid off; the quilt won Judge's Choice, 1st place in Bed Quilts, 1st place in Wholecloth Quilts, the Fran Jones longarm/shortarm award and overall show champion as the UK National Quilt Championships.

Ferret is graciously sharing some photos which highlight the quilting that went into her creation.  You cannot help be be inspired by her work.

You can learn more about Ferret here.

(Ferret in front of Prometheus with some of her awards.)

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Luke Haynes made this quilt, Hammer, as the first piece in his Man Stuff series. It is a large quilt, 72" x 84."  Here is Luke's statement:

I wanted to call to mind "the Floor Scrapers" Gustave Caillebotte, with the perspective and the diagonal visual movement towards the lower right. This series is a testament to my place in the art world as a male making art with a process that has been dominated by women primarily as utility. I wanted to show a "Man" item in a way that illustrates the use of fabric and light and stitching as notations of an art piece. 

Click here to see more of Luke's quilts, including Hammer.

Learn more about Luke in Show 1102 - Super Quilts from Salvaged Duds.

Hammer - 35 pieces non-rotating

Hammer - 99 pieces non-rotating

Hammer - 99 pieces rotating

Hammer - 300 pieces non-rotating

Hammer - 300 pieces rotating

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While quilting is one "universal" language, it appears that Matt Harding has found dancing serves as well.  Enjoy this jubilant video of Matt, dancing around the world.

The cities that didn't make it into the final cut will be in the outtakes video that we're putting up on Tuesday, July 10th!

Download the video, buy the shirt and stuff like that: http://store.wherethehellismatt.com/

"Trip the Light" on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trip-light-feat.-alicia-lemke/id535287301?i=...

Vocals by Alicia Lemke: www.alicialemke.com

Lyrics to Trip the Light:
http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/about/faq#triplyrics

The dancers in Syria are blurred for their safety.

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The winners of the Quilt Alliance (formerly The Alliance for American Quilts) "Home Is Where the Quilt Is" contest have been announced and Margarita Korioth of Longwood, Florida was chosen as the Handi Quilter Grand Prize winner by judges Marianne Fons, Mark Lipinski and Paula Nadelstern.

Korioth says in her artist's statement: "I want to demonstrate that cloth and recyclable materials can be used to create and interpret your thoughts. This is an enjoyable technique that I feel is just the beginning of a new and innovative way to do art. ...I gave it this title because I feel the happiest when I am at home quilting. Like the garden, my family blossoms when I nourish them with love."

The Alliance received 119 entries from 34 states and 5 countries this year for it's annual contest. International entries came from Canada, Belgium, Germany and Poland and several entries are the result of a collaboration of two or more quilters.

Alliance members selected their favorites in the Members' Choice Awards:

First Place: Jamie Fingal for "Home Is Where Your Story Begins" (also Judge's Choice pick by Marianne Fons (below, left)
Second place: Joyce Hughes for "Home Is Always an Open Door" (below, middle)
Third place: Broadway Gentlemen's Quilting Auxiliary for "Open House" (below, right)

Honorable mention:
Patricia Hobbs for "The Piece Maker's Child"       

JoAnn Hoffman for "When Life Gives You Scraps"

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Self-taught quilt artist Luke Haynes describes himself as an "architect who makes quilts" - the perfect blend of his background in architecture and fine arts.  

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Go on the set with Alex, Ricky and Luke Haynes in Episode 1102 - Super Quilts from Salvaged Duds premiering July 16, 2012.

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It's a Super Seminar in Rochester, New York at the Rochester Institute of Technology with over 740 new friends.  The weather is warm (hot) at 90 degrees, but we are comfortable in an indoor track and field area.  If you are from Rochester, play the video below to see if we got you in the picture, and thank you for coming.