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You can go there by clicking on "THE QUILT WORKS BLOG" at the
left. Our BLOG features items of current interest: Special people
and events at the Shop, just received fabric lines, especially
interesting new notions, exciting quilt shows that we have
visited, and so forth.
SPRING ... INTO ACTION!
Once again, we feature Rose Card patterns by
Villa Rosa Designs. A quick glance at the pictures of our windows
shows quilts with bright spring colors, and bold, straight forward
designs. And we have kits for all of them. So you can use that
new-found "spring" energy to make a quilt and still have time left
over to plant your flowers.
Each of the quilts in our left-hand window,
pictured on the right here, features fabrics with large floral
motifs. You are, of course, immediately drawn to the spectacular
red and orange flowers in
Sundance, in the center of the
photo. Smaller patches of flowers are placed off-center in the
blue squares, framed in black, in this very contemporary design.
In
Blue Girl, to the right of
Sundance, we simply
frame a floral panel with similarly large floral motifs.
Bolero,
to the left of
Sundance, is a more traditional design,
with diagonal rows of fabrics that "go together." One of our new
class models, the
Easy Curves Table Runner, sneaked
into our picture, high above
Bolero, on the far wall.
While the Villa Rosa quilts in the left-hand
window are made exclusively with prints, those in our right-hand
window, on the left, here, use Batiks freely. In the far corner,
upper right-hand corner of the photo, is
Polka, which you
will no doubt recognize as a variation of the triple rail design.
To the left of
Polka, we have
Midnight Blue, a
study in contrasts, with a nice contrast between the small square
and the background square in which it is centered. The dramatic
on-point squares in
Tower Bridge, to the left of
Midnight
Blue, are created by assembling half-square triangles.
THIS WEEK AT THE QUILT WORKS
Tuesday, 21 May,
SENIOR DAY
Tuesday, 21 May, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Class: Hobo Purse
Wednesday, 22 May, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. Class: Happy Hour Place
Mats
Wednesday, 22 May, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Class: Vested Interest
Thursday, 23 May, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.
ALBUQUERQUE
FIBER ARTS FIESTA. Manuel Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complexes A
& B and Red Barn, Expo New Mexico
Friday, 24 May, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.
ALBUQUERQUE
FIBER ARTS FIESTA. Manuel Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complexes A
& B and Red Barn, Expo New Mexico
Saturday, 25 May, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Class: Hand Appliqué Sampler
{Rescheduled from Sunday, 26 May, 1:00 pm
- 4:00 pm}
Saturday, 25 May, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
ALBUQUERQUE FIBER ARTS FIESTA. Manuel
Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complexes A & B and Red Barn, Expo New
Mexico
Saturday, 25 May, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Class: Chevron & On
