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Merel Van Looi last remembers her body feeling normal at her second QuiltCon in Pasadena, California. Three weeks later, the Netherlands quilter and fabric shop owner of Birdblocks, was hospitalized for a partial spinal cord lesion that would leave her…
“During the process of creating a new quilt design, the real magic happens when I can let go of my expectations and literal inspiration—the shapes start walking and the colors start talking. Aphrodite is a charming mixture of optical illusion,…
Improv piecing is like standing on a cliff with a clear, deep, pool below. Some of us can’t wait to make the leap, and others are so terrified that we quietly walk back down the way we came. The majority…
The March 2019 Block Study is Wall by Carolina Oneto, an individual MQG member from Chile. This block has so much potential and is fun to make. Check it out! Block Assembly Instructions Cutting: From the navy fabric, cut:…
On a mild day in the spring of 1992, Lavialle Campbell left her Santa Monica home to purchase a gallon of blood from her local butcher. She was making a quilt to honor her great-grandmother’s gruesome voyage to America in…
When I get on the phone with Cristy Stuhldreher, she’s on her way to pick up her two boys from primary school. “Hold on,” Stuhldreher says. “I’m going to put you on the car speaker.” As an active stay-at-home mom,…
“Quilts carry memory and meaning. They also carry myth.” ― International Quilt Study Center & Museum People all over the world have celebrated major life events through the creation of special and meaningful textiles. In Central Asia, traditional quilts marked life…
“Years ago, I swam on a team where the coach, in love with the idea of posting complex-looking workouts, would preface his explanation of the workout by declaring, ‘It looks complicated, but it’s really not.’ The same can be said…
The February 2019 Block Study is Parameters by Tiffany Horn, an individual MQG member from New York. This block has so much potential and is fun to make. Check it out! Block Assembly Instructions Cutting: From the Peach fabric,…
In this webinar, Tim will demonstrate a broad range of experimental screen printing and pigment dying that work great for creating medium to large-scale fabrics. In addition to screen printing, Tim will show a series of monoprinting techniques like canning,…
Join this panel to learn how experts design their quilts using a variety of different tools. Steph Skardal will moderate and lead a discussion on PhotoShop. Daisy Aschehoug…
The January 2019 Block Study is Field of View by Jessica Plunkett, a member of the Central Iowa MQG. This block has so much potential and is fun to make. Check it out! Block Assembly Instructions Cutting: From the cream fabric,…
