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Featured Quilt - Second Place American Patchwork & Quilting Diamonds Quilting Challenge at QuiltCon 2026
Accidental Asterisk won Second Place in the American Patchwork & Quilting Diamonds Quilting Challenge at QuiltCon 2026. She says of her quilt, "My sole intention when designing this quilt was that I wanted 8 small stars within a larger star. It wasn't until after I shared about this quilt (and several people pointed it out) did I see the stars within the quilt actually formed an asterisk shape at the center of the star. I hadn't even seen. It is so interesting how sometimes we can't even fully see what we are working so intently on." |
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Needle Felting with Jane LaFazio |
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"Sandwiching" The Things You Love Together
Jane LaFazio preserves travel memories in small, needle-felted abstract art pieces using wool roving, silk organza, sheers, and sari ribbon in our latest Surface Design Masterclass. Layering these materials helps hold the roving in place, adds texture, and blends the colors. This “sandwich” of elements is then felted together into one sturdy piece using a sewing machine fitted with a needle-felting attachment foot. The finished felted piece is then further embellished with beads, sequins, and other hand embellished decorative elements.
Watch Jane, and the other Surface Design Masters, in Using Surface Applications | Surface Design Masterclass 2. |
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Barbara Black LIVE: "Game On!" - Month 4 |
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Barbara’s Little Tips Add Up to Big Quilting Successes
Barbara Black is back with helpful guidance for Month 4 of Game On!, the 2026 Block Of the Month designed by Becky Goldsmith! She’ll share smart cutting tips to help you avoid bias edges on the border pieces—one of those small details that makes a big difference in how your quilt behaves. She’s also designed an optional alternative border you will enjoy if you’d like a slightly different look.
Barbara is LIVE TODAY, April 1, 2026 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later. |
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It's No Joke, The Month 4 Patterns for "Game On!" Are Now Available! |
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Two Blocks Make a Terrific Pair For April
Now that you've watched Barbara Blacks's LIVE, you can now get started on Month 4 yourself. This month, you’ll be creating two blocks. Block 4 is a triangle block designed for the left inner border of the center medallion, and Block 4 Plus is the upper middle left corner.
(Above Photo: Block 4 Plus of Game On!, the 2026 TQS BOM designed by Becky Goldsmith)
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In The Store - Scrappy Triangles Foundation Paper Piecing Pads |
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They're Back
Scrappy Triangles Foundation Paper Pads are in stock again—grab yours now and get ready to sew along in Alex’s FREE Scrappy Triangles Quilt class. |
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game |
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Are you up for another game of Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game? We know there are hundreds of quilt blocks out in the world. Which ones are featured here? Play the game and discover for yourself!
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Perceptive Quilt |
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"A Thin and Fragile Veil" by Nysha Nelson
A longtime viewer of Simply Quilts, Nysha had never seen in person any "real" quilts that were meant for show when he began his quilting journey. In 2006, he had been in living in Miami but spent the summer in Nashville. At the time, Nysha was painting and watching Simply Quilts when a woman who did a photo mosaic quilt was the guest. This inspired him to create A Thin and Fragile Veil. He says of the piece, "The difference between possible and impossible is perception. A long time practitioner of Zentangle I wanted to adapt tangles (patterns) to continuous line free-motion quilting. Several were simple, many took a little more work and others I thought were not possible. Altering my mindset from “impossible” to “I haven’t figured it out yet!” led me to discover how to quilt ‘tripoli’ one of the tangles featured in this quilt.
See more of Nysha's quilts in How to Make Zentangle Inspired Quilts with Nysha Nelson | Tuffet Design with Sharyn Cole.
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