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Sunday Smiles - April 5, 2026 |
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Featured Quilt - Second Place Handwork at QuiltCon 2026
Bloom, Becoming, Intrepid, Flourish by Heidi Parkes won Second Place - Handwork (Sponsored by DuckaDilly) at QuiltCon 2026. Heidi's quilts came to be when she decided to upcycle a handkerchief she got from the Oedo Market into a now award-winning quilt. She says, "An antique handkerchief purchased in Tokyo began disintegrating with my first few stitches. I might've thrown it away, but instead, I saw an opportunity to offer care, compassion, and support - just as I'd seen in the tree crutches ubiquitous throughout Japan. This was an opportunity to "verb" an experience in cloth, and add material meaning with an "artifact." The hours of sewing were easy to source - I stitched the handkerchief in place while on our tour bus."
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Scale New Heights with Carol Ann McCandless in Our Newest Show! |
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PLUS, We Come Back to Paducah for More Quilting Goodness
Carol Ann McCandless rocketed to fame in the quilt world when she took a leap of faith and said yes to a design firm's bold request: creating two oversized art quilts for an apartment building outside Nashville, TN. Learn how her work as a floral designer, her experience at Ethan Allen, and her years as a professional longarmer gave her the vision and skills needed to take on such a monumental project.
Carol Ann shares the tips and tricks she discovered for scaling a design from sketch to finished quilt, and she demonstrates how to transform a simple composition notebook into a personalized junk journal filled with creative ephemera and hand stitching. Then, see how two Paducah artists, Deb Lyons and Char Downs, are honoring famous quilts and celebrating the art of quiltmaking through vibrant quilt murals.
Watch Carol in Scaling Up Quilt Designs & Junk Journaling - Carol Ann McCandless | Paducah Quilt Murals, which debuts today! |
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Alex Anderson LIVE: Scrappy Triangles #1 - Paper Piecing Basics |
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🎉 It’s Time For Class #1! 🎉
Alex Anderson is back — and she’s turning your stash into something amazing with the brand new Scrappy Triangles project.
And here’s the twist… even if you’ve sworn off paper piecing, Alex says this lesson might just change your mind. 👀
We’re kicking things off with a fast, fun FPP start and Block #1 — so grab your scraps and get ready to stitch along. Join Alex LIVE and let’s get this project rolling! ✂️ 🧵
Alex is LIVE TOMORROW, April 6, 2026 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later. |
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Textile Talks: Gillian Cooper - Fragments of the Past |
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Turning One Step At a Time Into The Big Time
Presented by SAQA: "One step, one mark, one stitch. On their own, they are fairly meaningless, but repeated and gathered together, these ordinary everyday acts turn into something more consequential - a walk, a drawing, a textile. This presentation shares Gillian Cooper’s reflections on a journey through 4 years of process driven practice, walking, drawing and stitching, using the framework of a Masters in Contemporary Art and Archaeology with the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 2 PM EDT. |
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New In The Store - Birds and Branches Fat Quarter Bundle by Kirsten Sevig for Cloud9 Fabrics |
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Beautiful Birds and Branches to Brighten Your Quilt
Birds and Branches from Cloud9 Fabrics is a vibrant celebration of avian beauty, where jewel-toned birds and whimsical storytelling bring every print to life. Printed on soft organic cotton, this collection invites you to create projects as unique and expressive as the colorful characters perched among its branches. |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Loving "Heart" |
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"The Healing Heart" by Jane Dunnewold
The Healing Heart was the first quilt that Jane got into a National competition, and the first piece she had in the Visions Exhibition in San Diego when TQS Quilt Legend Michael James was a juror. Michael commented to Jane that she had a really fresh take on utilizing a heart in the quilt, which she was thrilled about because it was drawn by Jane's daughter when she was four or five years old. Jane took that drawing and had it silkscreened so that it could be added to the quilt's overall design and become one of its primary elements, hence the title of the quilt.
Learn about Surface Application from Jane, and our other Surface Design Masters, in our second Surface Design Masterclass, Using Surface Applications | Surface Design Masterclass 2. |
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PSSST! Have You Hear The News?
It's no big secret, but The Quilt Show just finished taping another round of fun and exciting shows on location in Branson, Missouri. Our guest list was stacked with fresh faces and returning favorites, and we can't wait to share with you what they brought to the quilting table. There's still so much to come in the year ahead, so join us right here at TQS to be a part of it all! |
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