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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 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 Wandering the Internet…
Today was one of those days that while I was unable to leave home I left home… there are so many wonderful avenues that a patchwork quilting fan can stroll down nowadays without ever having to leave the comfort of their own home!
One of the great things about the internet, besides our getting to see all the wonderful quilts, is the ability of quilt artists to promote their work. With this in mind I present Mary Jo Bowers…
We take our inspirations from everything around us, and everything we can bring to us… I hope you enjoy her beautiful abstract contemporary patchwork quilting! Read the rest of this entry »
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FAVA Patchwork Quilting Show Opens TOMORROW!
Fireland Association for the Visual Arts’ art quilt revolution/ showcase, Artist as Quiltmaker, opens TOMORROW! Now in the final hanging stages it will be, as always, a literal feast for the eyes!
When I lived in NW Pennsylvania I never missed this patchwork quilting show of Art Quilts, and if you live anywhere in the vicinity of the New Union Center for the Arts in Oberlin, Ohio, you need to make it a point to add this show to your calendar! The opening day reception is from 2 to 4pm but you can see the show through July 31st.
Isn’t Christy Gray’s “Waiting to be Kissed” wonderful? Be sure to flip over to “page 2″ at READ MORE for even MORE pictures of this wonderful show! Read the rest of this entry »
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Patchwork Quilting Arts TV
In most areas of the United State patchwork quilting enthusiasts will be tuning into their local PBS station starting THIS week for a NEW season of Quilting Arts TV!
The producers have some surprises in store for “QATV” viewers that can’t be revealed right now, but here is a sneak peek of what’s on the schedule: Read the rest of this entry »
Patchwork Quilting Rounds the Corner into May!
I thought that this patchwork quilting trail barn is perfect for this weekend…it takes us round the corner, and into May… and Spring.
Here are some fun sites to visit over the weekend, without ever having to even leave home! So just click on the link below for some American patchwork quilting trail sites!
I hope you have a beautiful weekend! See you next week! Read the rest of this entry »
AQS Patchwork Quilting Summer Show
The American Quilt Society no sooner has closed their doors on their annual Paducah, KY, show and they are announcing their Summer Patchwork Quilting Show!
AQS Quilt Show & Contest- Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville Convention Center
July 14-17, 2010
The AQS Quilt Show & Contest will be held July 14 – 17, 2010 (Wednesday – Saturday), at the Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee. Read the rest of this entry »
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Patchwork Quilting with Lucille Ball!
While Lucy was made to do many things in her “I Love Lucy” career as far as I know Lucille Ball did not do patchwork quilting.
BUT she has been memorialized in many ways, INCLUDING patchwork quilting! I know because I made this quilt! She is made of entirely raw edged applique and done entirely by machine. Even her “binding”, which we will be discussing shortly, because I promised and forgot, is entirely raw edged!
Lucy brought me lots of compliments over the years as she presided over the game room in our last home… Lisa, eat your heart our, maybe one day she will belong to YOU! <wink, wink>
I brought this out to share with all of you on the anniversary of Lucille Ball’s death, April 26th, 1989. Gone, but certainly NOT forgotten!
Click on the LINK for additional pictures, and memories. Read the rest of this entry »
Patchwork Quilting Trail on the Road Again
Indulge me today… my kitchen is decorated using primitive chickens as an accessory… not cutesy chickens, not just any chickens… so I just loved it when I saw a barn that featured an apparently appliquéd chicken quilt! You do NOT see many of these! You can simply CLICK on the PICTURE to see the entire barn…
Hope you are having a absolutely lovely Sunday! It was supposed to be dreary & thunderstorm all day today here in Virginia, and we lucked out and the sun is even out now! YAY!
See you tomorrow for some “electrifying” NEWS!
