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Gastronomy
SAQA – Studio Art Quilt Associates
Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between food and culture, featuring not only the bountiful gifts from nature, but a gift from the human hand. The art of preparing unique, delicate food is a tradition passed from generation to generation, around the world. Combining innovative ingredients, colors, textures, and flavors creates dishes pleasing to both the palette and the eye. saqa.com
Quilt Contest 2024 Collection
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo's 2024 Quilt Contest was a spectacular exhibit showcasing fifty amazing quilts juried from talented quiltmakers across the country. The remarkable works of art represented a wide range of artistic skill and ability. Thousands in cash prizes and ribbons were awarded by Brenda Willis, TVQA certified judge at the Expo in Lebanon, TN. Don’t miss this opportunity to see a collection of some of the inspiring and beautiful quilts! sewingexpo.com/Quilt-Contest
North Texas Quilt Festival 2024 Showcase
In conjunction with Original Sewing & Quilt Expo
Peruse through this exhibit to view stunning, handpicked quilts from the North Texas Quilt Festival. These quilts were selected from over 350 contest quilts created by members of six North Texas guilds, including Bear Creek Quilt Guild, Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild, Fort Worth Quilt Guild, Irving Quilt Guild, Quilters' Guild of Arlington and Trinity Valley Quilters' Guild. Within this diverse exhibit, you will find quilts with many forms of inspiration and quilters' level of expertise. Come and be charmed as you discover the unique story each quilter has to tell. northtexasquiltfestival.com
Rainforest - Lives Endangered
Show of Hands | SAQA Florida Pod 3 North
Life on our planet faces the crisis of habitat loss and climate change. Some of the most vulnerable call the Rainforest home. No other place on Earth has such a variety of animals and plants. The loss of this fragile habitat will have profound effects on humanity. We urge you to be aware of this, and step softly on the Earth. The life you save may be your own. saqa.com
Poetic Images Materialized
Carol Hancuh
Have you read a poem and immediately imagined the scene the poet was describing? If you could put that vision in a more permanent package, one you could return to many times, would that be good? I walked into Robert Frost’s poems for the first time in 49 years, and the visions from the poems were the same. It was time to make them permanent. That’s when I started quilting those visions. Then the poems started rushing at me. “Pick me, pick me”. And when this deluge of poems stopped, I knew I was done. These are my interpretations of poems that came to me. Enjoy them or dismiss them and keep your own visions. It’s good that words have become more than words.
Modern Quilt Showcase
Bloomington Normal Modern Quilt Guild (BNMQG)
Every year, Robert Kaufman Fabrics announces a Kona color of the year. Since 2018, the Bloomington Normal Modern Quilt Guild (BNMQG) members have been participating in a yearly mini quilt challenge. The intent of this challenge is to expand members’ use of modern design and techniques while creating an original 20” x 20” quilt using the Kona color of the year. This showcase includes a selection of quilts from 2022-Cosmos and 2023-Crush, highlighting the color of the year with negative space, improvisational piecing, alternate grids, and/or modern traditionalism. Guild members are currently working on their quilts for Kona’s 2024 color of the year – Julep. bnmqg.org
Size Matters: A Compendium of Tiny Treasures
Jill McCloy
Mini quilts beat all for improving your quilting skills and they are simply, simply charming. Making a 3" nine patch will improve your accuracy and minis are the perfect pallet for experimenting with new techniques. Less, time, fewer materials and the results you need to knowledgably decide which techniques you love best. Jill's samples cover the gamut from classics to pictorial and from minimalist to heavily embellished. Wherever your interests lie, you are sure to see examples of some of your favorite techniques and you may just find new interests to intrigue you.
Black & White Plus One
The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
Each year The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show hosts a themed quilt challenge. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of our event, this year we’re revisiting our most popular challenge from the past. In this throwback to the 2016 Quilt Show, all quilts must be made from fabrics in black and white plus one additional color.
Free Spirit Educator Challenge Quilt Collection
Handi Quilter
In 2024, the Handi Quilter National Educators partnered with Free Spirit fabrics to create a modern, fresh collection from five of their popular fabric lines. Represented are Anna Maria, The Original Morris & Co., Tim Holtz, Kaffe Fassett Collective, and Tula Pink. The educators were inspired by the beautiful fabrics, and especially the wonderful wide back fabrics that were included in each collection. Enjoy this collection from thee best longarm educators in the quilting industry!
Stitcher's Garden
Georgia Quilters Showcase - Piece-ful Quilters Bee
Stitchers Garden II was suggested by a wonderful lady in our sewing group. We had seen blocks made by other ladies in our group, who had worked or were working on Stitchers Garden I. With help offered and the opportunity to create something not only beautiful but fun to make, a few of us decided to give it a try.
We were shown and used many new techniques such as bobbin work, pin tucking, needle work and so much more. Through the process, we shared not only the love of sewing, but shared fabrics, ideas, encouragement, and at times, someone else's sewing machine if needed. Each of us created works beauty by adding our individual style and finishing touches.
From Knock-Offs to Knock-Outs: Replicated Fashions from the Red Carpet & Film
Jim Suzio
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