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Sunday Smiles - May 10, 2026 |
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Featured Quilt - Do You Know Your ABCs?
Well, Janet Stone certainly does, as she's been working on her Alphabet series of quilts for the past eighteen years. Consisting of TWENTY-SIX quilts, with each one corresponding to a letter of the alphabet, Janet's Alphabet quilts are now fully complete and hanging in the National Quilt Museum as part of her exhibit, Janet Stone: And Now I Know My ABCs! On our visit to AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah this past month, The Quilt Show paid a visit to Janet's exhibit at the museum to admire her quilts. They were spectacular, and since we loved them so much, we thought you would too. So, we will be sharing Janet's Alphabet quilts with you, from A to Z, in the coming weeks and months, starting with quilt number one, Letters From a Broad.
Janet says, "This is the quilt that started all this madness! I created this quilt to fit a specific wall in my house. Each block was pieced, appliquéd, and quilted separately, then all were hand sewn together. I entered it in a quilt show, my very first one, and it won 3 awards and some nice prize money, and I thought, well I wanna do this again!! I had so many ideas for other alphabet quilts that I decided I was going to create a series of 26 quilts, all featuring the alphabet!"
A fun fact from Janet too about this quilt: "This quilt has never hung on the wall I made it for!" |
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Alex Anderson LIVE: The BOM 2027 Quilt Reveal |
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The Wait Is Over!
For the first time in 20 years, Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims have designed a Block of the Month quilt together — and now it’s time for the BIG reveal!
Join us LIVE as we unveil the brand-new 2027 Block of the Month, featuring two stunning colorways in rich Riley Blake hand-dyed fabrics, exclusive design details, beautiful piecing, appliqué, embroidery, and the kind of creative surprises only Alex and Ricky could dream up together.
Want a few more details about what's going to happen in our BIG LIVE reveal? Click below to discover them, and then be sure to watch the LIVE so you don't miss anything!
Alex is LIVE TOMORROW, May 11, 2026 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later. |
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National Quilt Museum: How To Browse Collection Quilts Online |
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See Hundreds of Amazing Quilts From the Museum's Collection
From the National Quilt Museum: "See National Quilt Museum quilts online on our website–more than 700 quilts, complete with information about the techniques and materials used along with statements from the artist. Director of Collection & Registrar Laura Hendrickson walks through where to find this catalog on our site and how to browse through it." |
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Textile Talks: (Un)Seen Labor - Motherhood and Care |
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Presented by the Surface Design Association: "Join us on Wednesday, May 13th at 2PM EDT for (Un)Seen Labor: Motherhood and Care. What is the value of care? Whose labor is seen, and how does loss impress itself into our bodies? Fiber artists Cassie Arnold and Catherine Reinhart will discuss their artistic practice in relationship to carework, grief, and haptic (hand) practices. From Mom Bras to disassembled baby carriers, this Textile Talk will delve into the interdisciplinary explorations of these two artists as they navigate their identities as artists and mothers."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 2 PM EDT. |
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In The Store - Soar Fat Quarter Bundle & Yardage |
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Flying High In The Sky
Take flight with the breathtaking Soar collection by Deborah Edwards and Melanie Samra for Northcott Fabrics, where majestic eagles, sweeping skies, and richly textured trees create stunning landscape-inspired designs. With dramatic blues, misty neutrals, and painterly detail, these fabrics are perfect for quilts that feel bold, serene, and beautifully connected to nature. |
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: A Wholehearted Quilt |
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"Her Whole Heart" by Lezleigh Kleibrink
Her Whole Heart was made for Lezleigh's friend Lisa's mom, Patricia, who had passed. Lezleigh was tasked with making a quilt for four siblings, meaning she had to make the clothes she was given as material to create the quilt go a long way. And what better way is there to make your material last than to make a strip quilt from it. So instead of there being one quilt to be shared by four siblings, Lezleigh was able to create four quilts and several pairs from her raw materials, including Her Whole Heart.
See more of Lezleigh's quilts in Memory Pillow, Quilts, & Memory Bears - Lezleigh Kleibrink | 1843 Graveyard Quilt. |
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No Monkeying Around Here
That's right, at The Quilt Show there's no monkey business, strictly FUN quilting business of any and all varieties. Learn to stitch, learn to bind, learn to appliqué, learn what you want to learn right here, because after almost twenty years we've probably taught it. So join us and start your quilting journey today, we're sure you'll go bananas for it! |
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