Patchwork Quilting
Patchwork quilting is many things to many people, including you.
Whether novice beginner to professional… those of us that share a passion for patchwork and quilting have a desire to create beautiful quilted art. Whether functional quilts that warm our beds, or abstract pieces of art that adorn the walls of our homes, we all bring our lives, our experiences, techniques and passion to this craft of patchwork quilting.
While I have grown very comfortable with my online name of MaggieB, which I have had almost as long as I have been quilting, most of you, if you do know me in the real world know me as Marge Burkell.
In the 30+ years that I have been involved in patchwork quilting I have come full circle. I started out all those years ago wanting to make a quilt for the new baby on the way… that baby, my daughter Allison, will turn 30 years old this Saturday! Just last year I went full circle, back to “basics” as I started a fun and wonderful quilt for my new baby granddaughter, Alexis!
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Knoxville AQS Show Just Days Away!
It’s time to head to Knoxville Tennessee for this summer’s American Quilter’s Society Patchwork Quilting Show!
The show opens on Wednesday, July 14 at 9:00 a.m!
The Workshop Desk will be open on Tuesday, July 13, from noon to 6:00 p.m. so you can pick up your name badges (for those who have pre-registered and have not received it in the mail) or to purchase tickets for workshops, lectures, and special events.
Show Dates and Hours: Wednesday, July 14 through Friday, July 16, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m and Saturday, July 17, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Stop by the American Quilter’s Society Blog for ALL the show details! Knoxville has gone ALL out for YOU so be sure to visit some of the local shops in the evenings after the show! Read the rest of this entry »
Patchwork Quilting FABRICations Exhibit
If you live in or around Worthington, Ohio be sure to catch the FABRICations show presenty showing at the High Road Gallery! If you can make the Artist Reception Sunday, June 6th, you will meet a lot of very talented people!
High Road Gallery at 12 East Stafford Ave. in Worthington welcomes an exceptional display of art quilts and art dolls by metro artists.
The quilts are curated by Chair Ann Rebele, who has selected a premiere collection of quilts by well-known area artists.
The art dolls are provided by The Guilded Lilies Art Dolls chaired by Dot Lewallen.
The show dates are May 26 to June 26, with the free Artist’s Reception on Sunday, June 6th from 2-4 P.M.
All are invited to meet the artists, and enjoy the food and drink.
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HURRY! Time is Running OUT for Patchwork Quilting!
Time is almost up – the deadline for entering quilts in the AQS Quilt Contest in Des Moines is June 7, 2010. Entries must be received in the AQS office or postmarked by June 7.
There are five categories:
*Bed Quilts – Hand Quilted
*Bed Quilts – Machine Quilted
*Wall Quilts – Hand Quilted
*Wall Quilts – Machine Quilted
*Fabric Art
More than $44,000 in cash awards will be given to the winners of this contest. The Best of Show winner will receive $10,000. Other special awards are: $5,000 each for Best Hand Workmanship, Best Machine Workmanship, and Best Longarm Workmanship. The Best Wall Quilt will receive $3,000. There are additional awards in each category: $1,500 for first place, $1,000 for second place, and $750 for third place.
Enter today – you can’t win if you don’t enter. Last year’s Best of Show winner in Knoxville entered a show for the very first time.
If you have any questions about entering the contest, call AQS at 270-898-7903 and ask for the Quilt Show office.
Patchwork Quilting of Japan
Many years throughout my professional patchwork quilting career I found myself working with, and for Japanese companies and quilters, both here in the United States and Japan.
You can see evidence of this in the quilt I submitted to the Blogger Online Quilt Festival last week, in my original Fairfield Fashion Show Finale stopping garment, as well as in my quilt patterns, if you are familiar with them.
Since I have a number of people emailing me asking various questions concerning the Japanese influence in patchwork quilting I thought I would share with you some resource terms that might be a jumping off point for you… they were for me.
So flip over to page 2 if you are looking for inspiration… Read the rest of this entry »
Calling ALL Patchwork Quilting TEACHERS!
I have always loved and treasured my time spent at the AQS Quilt Show and Patchwork Quilting Seminar held each spring in Lancaster, PA and Paducah, KY. If you have never gone, to these or their other in Knoxville and Des Moines, you need to! I promise you, you will never regret it!
Now, if you are a patchwork quilting teacher, is the time to apply to teach at any of their shows scheduled for next year. I have put some of the details below, but be sure to check out the AQS blog for all the particulars! Read the rest of this entry »
Patchwork Quilting from Hawaii
Hawaiian patchwork quilting designs aren’t really patchwork quilting in the truest sense. They are beautiful appliqué quilts. Done in a very symmetrical pattern the whole piece appliqués are usually handed down through generations of tradition. But here is an opportunity to make your own and design the pattern itself!
Corinne Shibley of Quilting Suite 101 gives a very concise and thorough explanation of how to do just that. What was missing are pictures of what the finished product would look like but don’t worry, I’ve got you covered on that too, along with a VIDEO, and an idea of how to use even just one block if that’s all you care to complete! Just flip over to “page 2″ for MORE! Read the rest of this entry »
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Patchwork Quilting Star Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart!
I would like to take the time this evening to introduce to you a true star in the world of patchwork quilting; Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart. I have known Mary Helen more years than I care to think about. So far back that I cannot remember if I first met her at QSDS (Quilt Surface Design Symposium) or as members of the exclusive Art Quilt Network, way back when it was still Nancy Crow’s group. The when and where is not important, it is the why.
For some reason Mary Helen, Susan Shie and myself, along with our spouses just all hit it off something BIG and our friendships were easy and simple, and long standing. I haven’t had the opportunity to speak with Mary Helen in years but this week she joined Facebook, and reading her blog it was like the years simply melted away. We are in different times of our lives than the last time we met but, like good friends, it didn’t matter, and we could take up simply where we left off!
For those of you that are not yet familiar with Mary Helen you really need to read up on her and her work! The pictures I have included here are of her work, Merinda’s Creation Quilt, is currently hanging in the FAVA Show in Oberlin Ohio that we “visited” earlier this week in this blog. Measuring 39″ x 61″ it is a wonderful work; with layer upon layer of stitching, piecing,
and embellishments, that invites the viewer to return over and over again to see what they may have missed the last time! All of Mary Helen’s work is done like this, with airbrushing, sketching, etc. incorporated as the piece calls for it… and you are NEVER disappointed! No wonder she has been invited to have a one woman showing at the Works Gallery! Read the rest of this entry »
Patchwork Quilting PRESENTS “Ryoko No Seishen Tori”
“Ryoko No Seishen Tori”©
Marge Burkell
In case you missed the banner on the sidebar, all of Patchwork Quilting is lucky enough to have a WONDERFUL event available to us this week! It’s the 3rd Annual Blogger’s Quilt Festival! Produced by Amy’s Creative Side (of the same URL as the Festival) and sponsored by many generous patchwork quilting companies, it promises to be a literal treat for the eyes! Thank you Amy!
My submission into this wonderful festival is “Ryoko No Seishen Tori” which roughly translates to “Journey of the Spirit Birds”.
This piece, which measures 53″ x 78″, was made while doing a lot of collaborative work with companies and quilters in Japan. It seemed that at that time a lot of my work was being shown internationally, and while it traveled the world I traveled the United States teaching quilting, or in my studio producing commission work. Read the rest of this entry »
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