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QUILTS: A WORLD OF BEAUTY CATEGORY AWARDS (continued from previous two posts) 1st - $1,000 2nd - $700 3rd - $300 MINIATURE QUILTS (sponsored by TrueCut) 1st - "Streak of Lightning" Amy Pabst Leroy, West Virginia USA 2nd - "Raven's Flight" Gretchen Adams Afton, New York USA 3rd - "Measure For Measure" Philippa Naylor Beverly, East Yorkshire UNITED KINGDOM MINIATURE, ART (sponsored by Janome America) 1st - "Eastern Bluebird" Barbara Mickie Lyme, Connecticut USA 2nd - "Born in Formosa" Chih Ting Kuo Taipei TAIWAN 3rd - "Libby's Leaves" Laura Wasilowski Elgin, Illinois USA Honorable Mention - "Power of Telecommunications" Barbara Triscari Lebanon, Indiana USA NATURESCAPE (sponsored by Mountain Mist) 1st - "Sunset Serenity" Cheryl Quesnell Lake Forest Park, Washington USA 2nd - "Spring Trio" 3rd - "Exuberance" Judy Leslie Coquitlam, British Columbia CANADA Honorable Mention - "Going Through the Change" Jan Reed Grass Valley, California USA PAINTED SURFACE (sponsored by The QuiltShow.com) 1st - "Copper Enamel Ammonite" Kimberly Lacy Colorado Springs, Colorado USA 2nd - "The Eternal Spiral" Neroli Henderson St.Kilda, Victortia AUSTRALIA 3rd - "What Remains" Ana Buzzalino Calgory, Alberta CANADA Honorable Mention - "Pages in My Book" Peggy Brown Nashville, Indiana USA PEOPLE, PORTRAITS, AND FIGURES (sponsored by The Grace Company, Fine Quilting Frames) 1st - "Is She Ready Yet?" 2nd - "After the Last Sky" 3rd - "A Bright Idea" PICTORIAL (sponsored by AccuQuilt) 1st - "Pisando Fuerte" 2nd - "On Reflection: Cape Town, Harbour Fenders" 3rd - "Roots and Branches" Honorable Mention - "Ipsum" PIECED, LARGE (sponsored by From Marti Michell) 1st - "Monreale and Mom" Lynda Lynn Otis Orchards, Washington USA 2nd - "Carnival" 3rd - "Celtic Migration" Angela Petrocelli Prescott Valley, Arizona USA Honorable Mention - "China Scraps...Porcelaine de Chiffons" PIECED, SMALL (sponsored by Tin Lizzie 18) 1st - "Chenault" Amy Pabst Le Roy, West Virginia USA 2nd - "Turning Over a New Leaf" 3rd - "Into the Light" Honorable Mention - "New Again" SURFACE DESIGN (sponsored by Sew Steady) 1st - "Lost in the Sun" 2nd - "Playing in the Waterfall" 3rd - "The First Snow at the End of Autumn" Ha Minyoung Goyang, Gyeonggi-Do SOUTH KOREA Honorable Mention - "Julia's Tree" Sharon Carvalho Sisters, Oregon USA Honorable Mention - "The Shoemaker's Wife" Jan Hayman El Cajon, California USA "Cowgirls" Margaret Abramshe St. George, Utah USA I think this post represents the last of the contest quilts. I certainly didn't get pictures of ALL of the contest quilts. In all, there were 345 quilts in the judged show. This International contest had juried entries from 18 countries. The break-down was as follows (for those keeping score at home): USA - 213 JAPAN - 51 AUSTRALIA - 20 SPAIN - 15 FRANCE - 3 GERMANY - 3 CANADA - 13 S KOREA - 5 MEXICO - 1 BRAZIL - 3 NEW ZEALAND - 3 UNITED KINGDOM - 5 INDIA - 1 ISRAEL - 1 KENYA - 1 TAIWAN - 4 CHINA - 2 SWEDEN - 1 I have pictures of a few quilts from a very few of the Exhibits. There were a total of 1072 additional quilts in 56 distinctive Exhibits. I will post them next time. There were so many incredible quilts, and they were all curated and displayed so well. Stupidly, I did not allow enough time to even walk through all the exhibit quilts, let alone take pictures. There is NO END of incredible quilts to see at this show. Next time I am fortunate enough to return to Houston for the show, I will allow more time...this trip was a last minute whim. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! In stitches, Teresa :o)
Helene Knott with her award winning quilt "Low Tide" Yesterday was the open house for Helene Knott's solo exhibit at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook, Oregon - and what a treat it was!! Helene is a fellow member of the Northwest Quilters, and I've seen her quilts in our guild show over the years. We also had one in the "Timeless Quilts" exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society last summer. But I'd never seen so much of her work in one place. The gallery was full of her wonderful quilts, and there was a steady stream of visitors. I had a few minutes to chat with Helene, and just loved learning more about her and her work. I took a lot of pictures, and here are just a few. "Gypsy Heartwood" 2008 "You Can't See The Forest For The Seals" 2001 "'The Captain's Wife" 2000 "Reflections of Winter" 2004 A wall full of fabulous quilts!! "Magic Squares III" 2007 "Teotihuacan" 1998 "Morning Sun" 2002 A case full of small quilts! "Cobby Cat" 2011 There was so much to see, I hope to get back and look at the exhibit again. It runs until September 2, 2012. For more information, click here.
PANTA RHEI ... alles fließt! Das Zitat des berühmten Naturphilosophen und antiken Denkers Heraklit hat mich zu einer neuen Serie von Quilts inspiriert, die ich vom 05. bis 07. Mai 2017 in Karlsruhe a
It's the Trunk Full of Quilts over at Whims and Fancies blog. I had visions of sharing some large quilts and new photos.....yet ...
Okan Arts Quilting & Textile Tours to Japan are open for booking. To learn more +click here ABOVE: Detail of quilt by Yoko Saito PART FOUR: Yoko Saito Retrospective, Grand Prix Winners By Patricia Belyea TOKYO JP I have saved the best until the last! Let's start with the Yoko Saito Retrospective. Known as the founder of Taupeism, Yoko Saito started her quilting journey emulating traditional American quilt designs. Ultimately she found her true quilting voice with softer, low-volume colors and meticulous details. The exhibit opens with a country cabin surrounded by spring flowers—real blooming spring flowers that are fresh and fragrant! The show includes incredible quilts, bags, and a home display that demonstrate Yoko’s high design sense and needlework skills. Here is a photo of Yoko Saito today, busy signing books in her shop’s booth on the other side of the Festival floor: The most celebrated quilts at the Festival are the four Grand Prix Winners: FRIENDSHIP AWARD / Treasure Box by Megumi Yokoyama HAND MAKING AWARD: Quilt by Keiko Morihiro JAPAN QUILT GRAND PRIX, SECOND PLACE / Welcome to Martha”s Garden by Masami Ishibashi JAPAN QUILT GRAND PRIX FIRST PLACE / Quilt by Tokiko Yanazawa It has been my good fortune to attend Tokyo Quilt Festival four times. Each time is different yet I continue to see a remarkable dedication to the quilting arts. For some of you, this four-part blog series is your way to visit the Tokyo Quilt Festival and see a sampling of the show. For others, this series may be the catalyst to embolden you to venture to Tokyo in the third week of January and experience the Festival for yourself! To see PART ONE: Traditional Category, Original Design Category, Wa Category +click here To see PART TWO: Invitational Flower Story Exhibit, Bag Category, Partnership Quilts +click here To see PART THREE: Special Exhibits, Historic Fabrics +click here # # # # # ABOUT US: Okan Arts, a petite family business, is co-owned by mother-daughter duo Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone. Patricia and Victoria sell Japanese textiles online, host creative quilting experiences, and lead quilting & textile tours to Japan. FOLLOW OKAN ARTS ON INSTAGRAM @okanarts
Most of these wall hangings are original....no pattern is available or possible. I share them to inspire you to try your hand at crea...
I wanted to reproduce a poem by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), (translated by Alastair Reid) for you which is called Keeping Quiet....but alas the required permissions to do so are incredibly laborious. The publishers (not the poet!) want me to have a copy of the book in hand so that I can fill in a form with about 20 different esoteric bits of information - almost to the point of counting the full stops (periods) in the entire book!!! Plus full details of my entire existence!!! The poem is so appropriate at this time of year - when we're singing about silent nights but not really thinking (or cogitating!) about the importance of silence. The message is so strong - for all of us of course, but for artists in particular. It is difficult to create beauty in the midst of noise and chaos....we need silence. It begins: And now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. For once on the face of the earth let's not speak in any language, let's stop for one second, and not move our arms so much. and here's the link to the full poem...do read it. All my very best wishes for the holiday season (however you celebrate it) to all my blog readers. And if you have been, thank you so much for reading all year long! Elizabeth
(soooo sorry to the owner...I missed the tag) I am enjoying reviewing them again! In stitches, Teresa :o)
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Today I've tried to group the art/pictorial quilts that I took pictures of at the AQS show in Paducah last month. Hope you enjoy! Above is: Along the Fjord - A Slice of Norway by the Textile Explorers from Mesa Arizona To the right: Holding Onto Hope by Amy Cavaness from Illinois Above: Majestic Redwoods by Pat Durbin, California Left: Mont Saint-Michel Memories by Linda S. Schmidt, California Above: The Memory of Summer by Eunhee Lee, South Korea Right: Seasoned With Time by Karlyn Bue Lohrenz, Montana Above: Beautiful Autumn by Mariko Miwa, Japan Left: Hwasung Fortress: Suwan Hwasung Version 2 by Mikyung Jang, South Korea Village by Mary Arnold, Washington Enchanted Daisies by Kristi Leduc, Washington And you're following the Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Hop, head on over to Sarah Vedeler's blog: https://inspiration.meaningoflifedesigns.com/spring-clean-your-studio-2018/ Now I need to get busy and do a little Spring Cleaning myself! Have a great day!
Hollis Chatelain Statement: Blue Men is the nickname given to the nomadic Tuaregs who roam the Sahara desert on their camels. They wear indigo blue turbans which gives their skin a blue tint. This quilt is a tribute to the many Tuareg men I befriended while living in Africa. This is a whole cloth quilt, painted only with blue dye. The many colors of thread in the quilting give it a touch of reality. I have been in awe when I saw this quilt some years ago at an International quilt festival in Houston, Texas. This is a scan of a photograph. Awesome when Viewed Large On Black
That title is true in more ways than one! Winter - the season - is finally done here in my part of the world. But more importantly, my first Bee Sewcial quilt, Winter, is also done! This quilt is a collaboration quilt - all of my Bee Sewcial partners contributed one large or two smaller blocks to this quilt. If you look at this blog post, you'll see my original prompt, where I asked them to make minimalist winter landscape blocks using shades of grey with white. I took the blocks, puzzled them together and then fretted about the quilting. I won't bore you with the long list of Finish Along quarters that this beauty showed up on my Goals list. Suffice it to say that the top has been assembled since late 2015, I believe. For the quilting, I marked a couple of the lines, and then eyeballed some walking foot quilting in more or less equal intervals, keeping some parallel and others in wavy points. I used Aurifil 50 weight in a light grey colour (2600). I actually bound the whole thing and then decided it needed more quilting so out came the 12 weight cotton thread in the same colour. My hands weren't happy with that thick thread but I love the effect! I might even add some more but I needed to call this one done after so long. I have my sisters in creativity, the Bee Sewcial group, to thank for this amazing finish. Every month, I am in awe of their skill and creativity. How lucky am I to be inspired and challenged by these amazing women! This is a Finish Along finish as well! Hooray! No more putting it on my list! Wheee!
This is our BEST selling patchwork pillow (cushion) pattern, grab your instant download here and get sewing straight away! * This is a DIGITAL print-at-home PDF sewing PATTERN * The finished size is approx. 18 inches sqaure (46cm) It has a zip closure at the back, instructions are included Material requirements - estimates: 10” (25cm) total of assorted bright/dark Liberty fabrics 12” (30cm) assorted low volume (light) text fabrics 12” (30cm) dark Liberty fabric for border & binding 20” (50cm) Natural linen outer fabric for the back 20” (50cm) calico lining fabric for the front (OPTIONAL) 20” (50cm) Wadding/batting square (any type) 20” to 22” (50-55cm) long nylon zip Cotton sewing thread to match fabric choice Black Perlé cotton thread #8 for hand quilting 18” (45cm) cushion filler pad or slightly larger for a really plump look. The usual helpful tools; cutting mat, rotary cutter and a 24” (60cm) long quilt ruler for squaring up. © Copyright Tikki London Thank you for visiting my Etsy shop Note: All quilt patterns in this shop are provided in imperial measurements (inches). Please ensure you have the appropriate tools for measuring in inches when working with these patterns.
During our recent trip to Amsterdam, my mum and I were wandering through the 9 Straatjes area of artisan shops and galleries when we stumbled across a series of tiny, beautiful stores dedicated to buttons, fabrics and quilt-making. We lost several hours of a very sunny afternoon completely absorbed by the myriad of materials, colours […]
Free UK delivery at EQUUS. Weatherbeeta ComFiTec Channel Quilt Therapy-Tec Stable Rug - 600d & 220g polyfill. The Therapy-Tec range increases muscle function by warming up & preparing muscles for exercise.
The simple strength and beauty of the running stitch for kantha work
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THIS LISTING INCLUDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION. PLEASE READ IT BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE. This listing is for a pdf (electronic) pattern. Printed versions of the pattern are available in the store. For international downloads, check out our Etsy store at https://www.etsy.com/shop/UrbanLoonStudios There’s a tyrannosaurus loose! This foundation paper piecing pattern includes full-sized templates and detailed panel assembly diagrams for a 55” x 65” quilt. The pattern includes fabric requirements, panel and assembly diagrams, and 46-pages of templates that you will need to duplicate. Please note: Most home printers WILL NOT PRINT 17" x 11" paper. We recommend taking the template pages to a local copy center. The templates should be printed one-sided in black and white at 100% on 17" x 11" paper on a dark enough setting to capture all of the detailed information on the templates. Permission to copy templates and instructions for personal use is granted. Because of the nature of both patterns and digital items, returns cannot be accepted, but we encourage you to contact us with any comments or questions about the pattern. We would also love to see pictures of your finished project. #hobbstrexroar Sold for individual and home use only and not for commercial or manufacturing purposes. No part of this pattern may be reproduced in any form without the written consent of the author. © Hobbs Designs, LLC. All rights reserved. HD#109
People who truly love quilting for the fabric, the process (over & above perfection), the color, texture, and cheap therapy. Life is stressful. It's good to have random discussions about a quilt in the hoop and the thread on the floor.
This is my friend Margit's second quilt at the show. We were all hoping for a second ribbon for her on this one...it was certainly worthy! It was custom quilted by Marilyn Lange of Ypsilanti, Michigan. This was the Best of Show Bed Quilt, "My Fractured Waterfall," by Kathryn Gostola, machine quilted by Eva Birch. It also won best machine quilting. This was one of the winners of the quilt challenge. Every year the quilt shop at the Village issues a challenge with specific fabric and rules. One of the required elements this year was flying geese units. Cyber friend Ann Champion entered three quilts and won three ribbons! I got to meet her briefly on Sunday afternoon when we were picking up our quilts. This is her first place winner in the Wall Quilts: Appliqued-Hand Quilted category. It is called "A Country Journal." Fabulous, and you know how I love chickens... Her second quilt is called "Princess Feathers" and it won a third place ribbon in the Bed Quilts: Appliqued-Hand Quilted category. It is AMAZING! I loved this wolfe! Pictures don't do justice to this snowy barn scene. I have always liked this candy pattern. Mmmmm...candy.... This is Ann Champion's second place ribbon winner in the Bed Quilts: Pieced-Hand Quilted category called "Flowering Snowball." This was a real eye catcher! The machine quilting is interesting...cactus and sombrero... Do you see a theme developing here? I have always loved these curvy, spikey quilts... This is "2000 Pieces" and it won the ribbon for Best Color Usage by Sarah Basinger. Each fabric is used only once! This one grabbed my attention (my daughter and her love of Harry Potter and fantasy fiction has worn off on me...). I have my Dad's ties, along with others, and I am always looking for a good idea of a way to use them in quilts. This version was very pleasing. MANY, MANY more pictures to come... In stitches, Teresa :o)
Keep things au naturale with this easy tutorial.
Feeling the weight of the therapy blanket hugging your body helps relieve anxiety, promote calm restful sleep and improves your mood. You've got to try one!
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Here’s a way to stop the endless news dipping. Turn off the Instagram pages, close your ears to news anchors, take out the sketch book, scribble, then stitch. I had to stop thinking this week. I had to disappear from day in day out headlines and distractions. It started with a What If? What if I o
The zodiac signs all have their own unique personalities, based on astrology. But when it comes to finding the perfect dog, there are certain breeds that are a good match for each sign.
My Quilts & Fiber Art It took me long enough but here is the first few albums of my quilts. Stay tuned – more to come
