The Ins & Outs of Writing Quilt Patterns Have you ever wondered how quilt designers turn an idea into a finished quilt pattern for other makers to use and love? Learn the ins and outs of writing quilt patterns from this panel webinar! Join designer and technical editor Yvonne Fuchs, along with pattern designers Melissa de Leon Mason… Read More
Visible Mending Sashiko, the ancient art of Japanese mending, uses a simple running stitch to create beautiful and functional designs. Join Kate Ward as she shares her secrets on how to mend your clothes with sashiko, including how to get straight and even stitches, the best materials to use, and how to… Read More
Textile Talk | Quilts and Health Textile Talks features weekly presentations and panel discussions from the International Quilt Museum, the Modern Quilt Guild, Quilt Alliance, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Studio Art Quilt Associates, and Surface Design Association. The programs are held online at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific) each Wednesday. Preregistration… Read More
The Inside Scoop on Quilt Judging Have you ever wondered just what that quilt judge was thinking when they gave you their comments or awarded THAT quilt a ribbon? Join NACQJ Certified Quilt Judge and former QuiltCon Judge, Nancy Fuka, for a peek behind the curtain of mystery into the sanctum sanctorum of the judging room. Read More
Textile Talk | Introducing The Quilt Index Learn how to use the Quilt Index to research quilt history, discover inspirational ideas for your own creative work, preserve your own quilt history, and teach others about quilts and their makers. The Quilt Index, an extraordinary freely-accessible digital humanities resource, is already preserving images and stories of nearly 100,000… Read More
Hartsfield Family Quilt Collection Sit down with Jim Tharpe as he shares about his family’s collection of quilts. The Hartsfield Family Quilt Collection spans generations, dating back to Jim’s ancestor Miss Molly, an enslaved woman in Whitlock, Tennessee. Learn how he came to appreciate the importance of these quilts in his and his family’s… Read More
QuiltCon Together 2021 Awards Ceremony Watch the replay of the 2021 QuiltCon Together Awards Ceremony to see the top winners of every category along with the top awards: Best Machine Quilting (Framed), Best Machine Quilting (Frameless), Quilting Excellence, and Best in Show. Read More
Quilt Your Life: Milestone Quilts for Every Moment What do you get when you combine quilting with living in a very literal way and create positive feedback loops with your quilt planning? Milestone quilts! Come explore the world of quilts created to mark milestones and see why these quilts are a fun and meaningful solution to joyful sewing… Read More
The Highs and Lows of Temperature Quilts Webinar Join panelists Jo Avery, Karen Foster, and Linda Hungerford for this webinar as they discuss the highs and lows of creating temperature quilts. Together we will chat about how each panelist approached the basics of creating a temperature quilt from choosing a color palette and gathering daily weather information to… Read More
Textile Talk | Pushing Forward by Looking Back: Marla Jackson and Sankofa Lessons Learned One of eight children born to Fern Eaton Crum and Rufus Crum, Jr., originally from Royal Oak Township (a suburb of Detroit, Michigan), Marla Jackson spent many weekends and summers with her paternal grandparents, Rufus and Zelma Crum, and her once enslaved great-grandmother, Lucille Crum. Marla’s artistic direction was influenced… Read More
