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If you have ever been lucky enough to visit Handi Quilter, you know we have a gallery on the 2nd floor. There’s always a quilt show there! A new collection was recently hung, the 2021 Educator Challenge quilts.

The Challenge

A little history: most years the Handi Quilter national educators are issued a challenge of some sort. In 2021 we were given some fabrics and asked to make 12 identical 8″ blocks. We could choose any block to make. When we met, we saved one block and turned in the remaining eleven to be distributed among those who participated ...

If you have ever been lucky enough to visit Handi Quilter, you know we have a gallery on the 2nd floor. There’s always a quilt show there! A new collection was recently hung, the 2021 Educator Challenge quilts.

The Challenge

A little history: most years the Handi Quilter national educators are issued a challenge of some sort. In 2021 we were given some fabrics and asked to make 12 identical 8″ blocks. We could choose any block to make. When we met, we saved one block and turned in the remaining eleven to be distributed among those who participated ...

The last two days have been a blur. As in, I walk into my studio and can’t remember what I was about to do or grab the keys to the front door, walk purposefully out to the elevator and suddenly cannot remember where I’m going or what I’m doing there. This is disconcerting to say… Continue reading Finally, My Exciting News!!

There’s a new display in the Handi Quilter Gallery. On the second floor at HQ HQ (Handi Quilter Headquarters) there is a gallery outside of the education studio. It features fabulous quilt displays that change throughout the year. Right now, we have a wonderful display of special group quilts, Round Robin quilts to be exact. And not just any Round Robins, but those created by our Quilt Your Desire Inspiration Squad members. As a way for them to stay connected and have a memento of their time at Handi Quilter, they participated in a Round Robin. You may have ...

There’s a new display in the Handi Quilter Gallery. On the second floor at HQ HQ (Handi Quilter Headquarters) there is a gallery outside of the education studio. It features fabulous quilt displays that change throughout the year. Right now, we have a wonderful display of special group quilts, Round Robin quilts to be exact. And not just any Round Robins, but those created by our Quilt Your Desire Inspiration Squad members. As a way for them to stay connected and have a memento of their time at Handi Quilter, they participated in a Round Robin. You may have ...

We are so lucky at Handi Quilter to have a gallery that features collections from exceptional quilters from all around the world. And right now, our gallery is filled with the lovely quilts of Melissa Sobotka. Melissa achieves a photo-realistic style of quilting by appliqueing raw edge pieces of batik fabrics. Then she enhances with inks to give greater depth.

Our gallery is open to the public. If you live nearby and would like to visit our gallery, you are welcome. Covid precautions are in force to keep our employees (and you) safe.  But I will share photos with you ...

We are so lucky at Handi Quilter to have a gallery that features collections from exceptional quilters from all around the world. And right now, our gallery is filled with the lovely quilts of Melissa Sobotka. Melissa achieves a photo-realistic style of quilting by appliqueing raw edge pieces of batik fabrics. Then she enhances with inks to give greater depth.

Our gallery is open to the public. If you live nearby and would like to visit our gallery, you are welcome. Covid precautions are in force to keep our employees (and you) safe.  But I will share photos with you ...

Blowing Rock, NC is where I host my quilting retreats and hubby and I a;sp visit there a couple of times a year. I absolutely love it there! There’s hiking, strolling by all the shops and wonderful restaurants. It is such a pretty place. The hotel we stay at, The Meadowbrook Inn, is just lovely and comfortable – I call it my home away from home. The staff is so friendly, kind and helpful and over the years I have grown a beautiful relationship with them.

Every quarter the inn has a guest artist with their works hanging in ...

New HQ Gallery Collection, Do You See What I See? by Handi Quilter National Educators

Pareidolia – noun – the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features. That’s the definition according to dictionary.com.  The Handi Quilter National Educators were issued a fun pareidolia quilting challenge. We were given a piece of ice-dyed fabric created by the fabulous hand dyer, Debra Linker. Our goal was to bring out what we “saw” in the pattern and colors of the fabric using quilting. That is how the new ...

New HQ Gallery Collection, Do You See What I See? by Handi Quilter National Educators

Pareidolia – noun – the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features. That’s the definition according to dictionary.com.  The Handi Quilter National Educators were issued a fun pareidolia quilting challenge. We were given a piece of ice-dyed fabric created by the fabulous hand dyer, Debra Linker. Our goal was to bring out what we “saw” in the pattern and colors of the fabric using quilting. That is how the new ...

Good Morning, Quilters! Today we have a turtle quilt in progress and I need some advice! The turtle was pieced and gifted to me by my friend, Kelly Ashton of KellyQuilter.com Kelly Ashton-Quilter Extraordinaire Kelly is a fabulous instructor!  Her in-person classes are THE BEST! Until guilds re-open…she offers several Bluprint classes.  I highly recommend…

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Good Morning, Quilters! Today, I would like to share my Vase of Flowers quilt. But first, I recommend this interesting video on How Soap Kills the Coronavirus. The video is short and explains the importance of soap-not just water–to kill germs.  It includes interesting graphics on how soap destroys germ cells!  Who knew handwashing could…

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Good Morning, Quilters! Today I bring you Quilted Feathers! Not exactly what you think of when you hear “quilted feathers”! Duplicate Emails Before we look at feathers, I need to address the ongoing problem with duplicate emails. I am aware of the problem, and I will again ask for your patience.  Please do a quick…

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Good Morning, Quilters! My Blue Roses in free motion couching table runner is complete! You may remember the sneak peek I offered a few weeks ago. I bound it using Susan Brubaker Knapp’s method HERE. Though later, I saw this method for a faced binding on BERNINA’s We All Sew, which looks a lot easier. Today,…

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I'm just back from South Africa and I have so many fabulous textured images to share!This display was at a wonderful gallery shop called Africa Nova in Cape Town. Telephone wire baskets along with ceramics, beaded dolls and the traditional circular red hats worn by married Zulu women. African icons from Ethiopia and beaded giraffe from Zululand.