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New England’s Oldest and Largest Quilt Event
2011 Vermont Quilt Festival Event, June 24-26 Besides the quilt displays, the Vendor’s , Gallery talks by curators of the Shelburne Museum, buying quilt raffle tickets, the display of approximately 75 quilts in the collection of the Vermont Historical Society … Continue reading
“Superlatives: Contemporary Ohio Quilts”
A Display of Technical Proficiency, Craft and Innovation With almost 50 works by seven artists, the impressive “Superlatives: Contemporary Ohio Quilts” quilt show is strengthened by technical prowess and a diversity of approach. With artists submitting 6 art quilts each, … Continue reading
Black and White with a Dash of Spice
With Black and White It’s Value That Makes The Quilt Value supplies a sense of texture to a quilt. Value is the relationship of one fabric to another fabric, and one group of fabrics to another in the quilt construction. … Continue reading
New Quilts from an Old Favorite – Editor’s Choice
Annual Contest Recognizes Imagination and Design Excellence Every year since 1994, the year of the Double Wedding Ring contest, the American Quilter’s Museum has presented a traditional pattern as the theme as inspiration to all quilters to help grow their … Continue reading
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Tagged Contemporary Quilt Art, Inspiration, Quilt Technique, Traditional Quilting
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Beautiful Sudoku and Nine Patch Quilts
Do U Do Su Do Ku? The Sudoku craze has not diminished since it became popular in North America about 5-6 years ago. Not surprisingly, this addictive number puzzle game has generated interest and books for making Sudoku themed quilts. … Continue reading
DMC 340, Pale Violet
DMC 340, Pale Violet a color poem by Michael Beal It’s even hard to find in my bag of colors, this pale violet, snuggled in among the purples and the lavenders and the grays that go toward red and blue. … Continue reading
How do the Amish Have Time to Quilt?
Amish Culture, Beliefs and Traditions Identified in their Quilts The Amish have an expression that all Amish schoolchildren learn from a very young age, the meaning of ‘Joy’. The needs of the individual are given up in order to promote … Continue reading
Fibonacci for Quilters
Quilt Designs Based Fibonacci Spirals The Fibonacci spiral is created by drawing arcs connecting the opposite corners of squares of a Fibonacci tileing, as subsequent squares take a quarter turn. This spiral formation pattern is found throughout the natural world, … Continue reading
Orderly Chaotic Quilts
Ordered Chaos in Quilt Making In art, as in life, when something is too ordered it becomes boring, but when it is too chaotic, it can be overwhelming. Unity and variety are the two dominant principles of design. A designer … Continue reading
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Tagged Contemporary Quilt Art, Quilt Technique, Traditional Quilting
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This Crazy Quilt Called America
In the CQA Quilting News, by Stanley Crouch, NYDailynews.com People move to America in order to become what they want. After all, individual freedom is the essence of the supposed American Dream. That is made clear at an exhibit of … Continue reading