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On the Course by Rhonda Barrow
Rhonda Barrow
The Memorial Day weekend unofficially kicks off the summer season. Warm weather has arrived and outdoor activities beckon.
How will you spend your time outdoors? Rhonda Barrow suggests it should be On the Course.
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Spelman College by Michelle Willis
Michelle Willis
This is the time of year for graduation, so we pause to honor all the graduates. We know their future is bright.
This week’s featured quilt spotlights Spelman College, one of the most renowned colleges in the country. Michelle Willis is the creator of this stunning quilt that honors her alma mater. Michelle is a proud graduate of Spelman.
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Clara’s Scrap Bag, 70 x 89 inches, by O.V. Brantley, 2001.
Clara Ford
Clara Ford was the mother of six children: Allen, Ray, Matthew, Emma, Evora and Ruth. Her legacy lives on through her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her quilts. Eight of her quilts remain, stored in treasured status, ready to inspire future generations. These quilts will be available for viewing at the 2012 Atlanta Arts Festival which opens at noon July 29, 2012 at the South Fulton Arts Center, 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA.
Shown above is a quilt that honors Clara. It was made by O.V. Brantley, her granddaughter. The quilt is called Clara’s Scrap Bag.
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African Girl by Patricia Batine
Patricia Batine
The featured quilt of the week is called African Girl. She was created by Patricia Batine. This quilt is part of the Sewjourner’s Quilt Guild exhibit at the Southwest Arts Center.
The Southwest Art Center is located at 915 New Hope Road, Atlanta, GA. The exhibit will remain on display until May 18, 2012.
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Home and Hearth by Sewjourners Quilt Guild
The featured quilt of the week is called Home and Hearth. It was a group project by the members of the Sewjourners Quilt Guild.
The Sewjourners Quilt Guild opened its ninth annual exhibit Friday night with a large and appreciative crowd at the Southwest Arts Center. One of the highlights of the exhibit was Home and Hearth that was won by a lucky attendee.
The exhibit will remain on display until May 18, 2012. The Southwest Arts Center is located at 915 New Hope Road, Atlanta, GA.
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Miss Suzy Q by Bessie Barnett
Bessie Barnett
Are you ready for April showers? The girls in this quilt are. They are stylishly dressed in their rain boots and coordinating umbrellas.
This quilt is called Miss Suzy Q, and it was created by Bessie Barnett.
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Max's Mother Earth by Maxine Moore
It seems different celebrations are popping up all the time. This month is Earth Month!
Maxine Moore
We have a quilt for every celebration. This week the featured quilt is called Max’s Mother Earth. It was created by Maxine Moore.
The pattern for this quilt is called Mother Earth, and it was created by Dot Collins. Trust me, this is not a quickie quilt. If you want to make this quilt, give yourself about a year!
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Just Friends by Nina Moore, 2011. Photo by India Brantley
One of the best loved past times of quilters is to exchange blocks. These exchanges may have rules such as being required to use a certain color, a certain block, etc. Sometimes there are no rules.
Nina Moore
The featured quilt of the week is called Just Friends by Nina Moore. A group of eight friends contributed two blocks each to make this 16 block quilt. Nina’s color choice for the sashing makes a stunning quilt.
Just Friends was exhibited at the 2011 Atlanta Quilt Festival along with three of the other quilts from this exchange. See more of Nina’s work at the 2012 Atlanta Quilt Festival opening July 29, 2012 and continuing through August 11, 2012 at the South Fulton Arts Center, 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA. Nina will also teach a Beginning Quilting class at South Fulton Arts Center on August 11, 2012.
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Rotation of Cross by Mary Maynard
Mary Maynard
In recognition of the holy season, this week’s featured quilt is Rotation of Cross by Mary Maynard. Mary used a stained glass window technique learned in a class taught by Regina Carter.
Rotation of Cross won Best of Show at the 2011 Atlanta Quilt Festival. See more of Mary’s work at the 2012 Atlanta Quilt Festival opening July 29, 2012 at the South Fulton Arts Center, 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA. The Festival will continue through August 11, 2012.
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Mae's Garden by Elisa Woods
Plant nurseries were jam packed this weekend with people buying new plants for their yards and gardens. If you don’t have a green thumb but love plants, this week’s featured quilt is for you.
Elisa Woods
The featured quilt of the week is called Mae’s Garden by quilter Elisa Woods. The pattern is called Blooming Nine Patch. The pattern makes an amazing quilt so long as you choose your fabrics carefully.
You can see more of Elisa’s work at the 2012 Atlanta Quilt Festival opening July 29, 2012 at the South Fulton Arts Center, 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA.
Meanwhile, this quilt should get you in a spring time mood.
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Atlanta quilters will be out doing their part to boost the economy this weekend. Shop Hop starts today and continues through the weekend.
Quilters will try to squeeze in a visit to all ten quilt shops in the Atlanta area. Quilters who visit all ten shops will be entered in a drawing for a prize of $100.00 gift certificate for each shop. That’s $1000.00!
Visit the shop hop web site for details.
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St. Patrick’s Day is not the only reason to think green. We must also save the planet. We must also make beautiful quilts.
Brenda Shelby
Stop ‘N Go Green was made by Brenda Shelby. It was her entry in response to a Tri-Guild challenge to express what going green means to you.
You may see more of Brenda’s work at the 2012 Atlanta Quilt Festival which opens July 29, 2012 at the South Fulton Arts Center. The Center is located at 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA
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Quilt author and historian Kyra Hicks will start a series of blog posts illustrating how you can publish your own book featuring your quilts or other textile art. If you know how to use Microsoft WORD, have Internet access, and images of your artwork, you can make your own art catalog!
Kyra says, “You can be a published artist-author in 2012! You can share your artwork with others nationally, or have a special gift for collectors of your quilts. You can promote a specific series of quilts you’ve created.”
Follow her blog posts to learn how to publish a 24 page, full-color paperback catalog! You will also learn how to make your catalog available on Amazon the largest online book store, among other places.
Blog posts start March 26, 2012. Visit Kyra’s blog for more information and to sign up.
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Not Fast Food by Jeanette Walton
Jeanette Walton
Now that daylight savings time has started, we all have an extra hour of sunlight. Why not make a really difficult quilt with that extra time?
Jeanette Walton‘s Not Fast Food will give you inspiration. This is an amazing quilt.
Not Fast Food recently won a Blue Ribbon in the East Cobb Quilt Show.
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Small Steps by Marquetta Bell-Johnson, 2011. Photo by India Brantley.
With the first hints of spring in the air, it seemed appropriate to show a happy quilt. Small Steps by Marquetta Bell-Johnson is happy and bright.
Marquetta Bell-Johnson
Small Steps was exhibited at the 2011 Atlanta Quilt Festival, and it made all who saw it smile. Like all of Marquetta’s quilts, it is made from her hand-dyed fabrics, and it is hand quilted. Marquetta shares her hand-dying technique in her book Hand Dyed Quilts which is available on Amazon.
To see more of Marquetta’s work, visit the 2012 Atlanta Quilt Festival. The Festival opens July 29, 2012 at the South Fulton Arts Center, 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA.
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Gumbo Lades 2 by Aisha Lumumba, 2009. Photo by India Brantley.
If you were lucky enough to spend Mardi Gras in New Orleans or one of the other carnival cities, we hope you had fun. We know you ate a lot.
Aisha Lumumba
Aisha Lumumba captures the spirit of New Orleans perfectly in her quilt Gumbo Ladies Two. You can enjoy this quilt with no calories added.
To see more of Aisha’s work, visit the 2012 Atlanta Quilt Festival. The Festival opens July 29, 2012 at the South Fulton Arts Center, 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA. Also, visit Aisha’s web site at obaquilts.com
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Dream the Impossible Dream by Latifah Shakir
It seems no matter what the celebration, quilters capture it in quilts. Latifah Shakir captured her admiration for President Barack Obama in her quilt called Dream the Impossible Dream. Her quilt is heavily embellished with buttons, shells, beads, ribbons and re-cycled materials.
Latifah Shakir
Latiifah made her quilt during President Obama’s election campaign. She says she, “experienced excitement, frustration, highs and lows during the election of 2008; however, it was worth it. The making of this quilt will live with me forever.”
Dream the Impossible Dream is included in the book Journey of Hope by Carolyn Mazloomi. Pick up a copy to read more about this remarkable quilt.
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Roses are Red by O.V. Brantley
O.V. Brantley
For those who may not receive real flowers for Valentine’s Day, O.V. Brantley shares her quilt Roses are Red. This quilt features many shades of red in pieced blocks that are borderd by a needle turn applique floral border. The exquisite machine quilting was done by Sylvia Davis.
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Learn about quilting February 25, 2012 at the Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild’s Community Quilting Expo. The expo will be held at the Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center, 3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur, GA from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The event is kid friendly and free to everyone.
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Village Values by Aleathia Chisolm
The featured quilt will help us kick off our Black History Month celebrations. It is entitled Village Values, and it was created by Aleathia Chisholm.
Aleathia Chisolm
The center of the quilt is a strip quilt made of African fabrics. Aleathia embroidered the words “unity”, “purpose”, “community” and “culture” in the border of the quilt to give the quilt extra meaning.
We hope you will take a moment this month to reflect upon and celebrate the amazing contributions that African Americans have made to our country.
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