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Home for a few days. It was great meeting some of you in Sonora, Portland, and San Mateo. It’s always so meaningful to me to hear that you enjoy the blog.
Next stop, the Simi Valley Quilt Guild show!
Now for this month’s featured appliqué book!
The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky sponsors an annual contest and exhibit called “New Quilts from an Old Favorite.” The winning quilts are published in a book and I have the latest one, Baskets!
The top winner and cover quilt is Book Plate I by Karen Grover of Rockford, Illinois. I absolutely love the art nouveau bookplate-inspired appliqué design.
To quote from editor Linda Baxter Lasco in the preface,
While preservation of the past is one of a museum’s primary functions, its greatest service is performed as it links the past to the present and the future.
Created both to acknowledge our quiltmaking heritage and to recgonize innovation, creativity, and excellence, the contest challenges today’s quiltmakers to interpret a single traditional quilt block in a new and exciting work of their own design.
The book features the quilts of five award winners plus 14 additional finalists. What I really like about this book is that it features not only the quilts but the quiltmakers and their respective processes. It’s fascinating to learn what each quilter was thinking, and see original sketches and inspiration, design problems and solutions, and techniques both new and old described in the quilters’ own words.
Second place was Basket Case by Leona Harden of New Tazewell, Tennessee.
One of the finalists was Spinning Baskets by Theresea Reeves of Oberlin, Kansas.
Courtesy of the publisher, the American Quilters Society, I can offer this beautiful book to give away in a drawing. If you’d like to win Baskets: New Quilts from an Old Favorite, leave a comment here on the blog before 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 8. Contest open to U.S. and Canada mailing addresses only.
I cannot stress this enough: If you are reading this as an email right now,
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Cheers,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
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45 Responses to “Baskets: New Quilts from an Old Favorite”
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Wow! These are beautiful!
Baskets are my very favorite…old and new and in between!
Second place is my favorite but 1st place is gorgeous too.
I love basket quilts and Spinning Baskets is an adorable design. These quilters are so talented.
These are beautiful quilts. I know I would enjoy the book.
Those are beautiful. The black contrast really makes them pop.
I love baskets!
Gorgeous quilts! I have a basket quilt on my “bucket” list. This book would help get the inspiration flowing! Thanks for the chance to win!
BEAUTIFUL quilts !!!! I have always loved quilts with black backgrounds. Would love to win a copy of the book. Thanks.
Wonderful, i just love new and different using older patterns. It just gets my creative juices flowing. Thank you so very much for the chance to win this book. Happy quilting to all.
Baskets are one of my favorite blocks. Thanks for the giveaway.
Wow,I luv books like this, very inspiring. “Basket Case” is amazing. ;)
I just got this email hope I am in time gorgeous…..I LOVE BASKETS
Wow. Incredible. What a fabulous display of creativity. I’d love to have a copy of this book. Thank you for introducing us to it.
oohh I wanted to say, what a great idea to follow the Artist from sketches thru the entire process. LOVE IT!! Facinating.
What A thrill!!
like a day with an artist & A Quilter WOW..
I wanted to come back & say that I really admire that this is a truly Fabulous idea- because what a treat. I am a very `visual’ person. I can read & read & I do But give me photos, pictures & Boom Bam!! I have the concept in seconds. Put it on a CD so I can `see’ it & I will drop to my knees thanking the Lord. :o)
I have been sewing,quilting,crocheting since 9yrs..but I get `stuck’ on many things & have a cupboard full of things-that I feel I am *not* worthy to complete because I do not have the correct technique. Rather than ruin what I have I put away until I learn the skill. :o(
I love basket quilts, and would love to win this book.
I love baskets. that cover quilt is so cool. thanks for the giveaway.
This book looks like a wonderful read and eye candy, too
What a fascinating idea for a book. I would love to read about the process each quilter followed!
I know this book would provide lots of inspiration for future basket quilt designs. Thanks for the chance to win it!
Spinning Baskets is fantastic. I would enjoy reading about the designer’s methods b
a book of treasures! love applique and would enjoy this book tremendously. thanx for the opportunity to win a copy.
The cover quilt is unbelievable! What an imagination! Love it!
What an awesome resource and a beautiful collection!
Oh what a wonderful book. Thanks for the chance to win it
This book looks wonderful. Thanks for having your giveaway!!
I love the cover of this book and would love to win it.
I LOVE the basket case quilt. It would be so awesome to win this book. Thanks for the chance!
Sounds like a very interesting book. I would love to win a copy, thank you very much.
The black sure sets off the colors of the quilts.
Baskets are one of my favorite quilt patterns. I would love to win. Sandi
I can totally related to Basket Case! Thanks!
Baskets of all kinds have always been a favorite of mine. I’ve made many bed sized basket quilts, numerous pillows, purses, etc. I’m more of a traditional pattern quilter but I sure do appreciate all of the new ideas.
What fasinating Baskets I have only made a mini BASKET Quilt, But This book Throws a whole new look on Them.
What beautiful basket quilts. The colors and work are wonderful. I haven’t made a basket quilt, but these are an inspiration for sure.
These basket quilts are true works of art! Thank you for offering the opportunity to win this book.
I was planning to attend the Simi Valley show but life is getting in the way – lol!
Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway for such a wonderful book.
The two pictures of the winning quilts are very nice.
Wow what a nice book,
I would love to try out some of those patterns for meself.
thanks for the oppertunity to do just that.
Ohhhh, I love baskets! A beautiful book! Thanks so much for a chance at the give-away.
I would really enjoy winning this book. There’s so much I need to learn about appliqué.
Wow, some beatuiful and inspiring quilts. Love the colors.
What could be better – Ella Fitzgerald singing “A Tisket, A Tasket, I lost my yellow basket” and perusing this marvelous book! Thanks for bringing it to our attention!
What a great idea for a challenge and a book. Thank you for an opportunity to win .
I love baskets! Thanks for the giveaway!
I just saw these quilts at the AQS in Des Moines a couple of days ago. They were just great and I would love to win this book.