Quilting Arts - USA (2021 - Spring)

studio style

Add these items to your quilter’s tool kit, stash, or library

RELIABLE VELOCITY 260IR IRON

Let’s face it: quilting is more fun when you use the proper tools. An iron is indispensable—

and this iron is to a quilter what a Porsche is to a professional driver! Both editors of this

magazine had the opportunity to test drive the Reliable Velocity 260IR on the set of

“Quilting Arts TV” and now each has one in her own home studio. It heats precisely

and quickly, and the sensor in the handle controls steam and temperature for as

long as you are holding it. Th is iron is truly a worthwhile investment!

$169 • reliablecorporation.com

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT

LESLIE TUCKER JENISON

Th is beautiful collection of fabrics designed by Leslie Tucker Jenison for Robert

Kaufman Fabrics’ new Wishwell brand is full of lush colors, textures, and contrasts.

Leslie, a contemporary art quilter and gifted designer, was not constrained to ‘just’

quilting cotton; some of the prints are also available in Essex and lawn for maximum

versatility and wide width for quilt backs. Th e neutrals evoke fl agstone or cement,

designs in black-and-white and midnight blue feel deep and moody, and many of the

fabrics have a graffi ti-like aura. Th is intriguing collection has so much personality it almost

dares you to make something great with it!

robertkaufman.com

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GEMSTONE QUILTS: CREATING FIRE & BRILLIANCE IN FABRIC, STEP BY STEP

MJ KINMAN

Quilt artist and designer MJ Kinman took decades to perfect her style of quilting that evokes the

mysterious beauty of brilliant gemstones and she now shares her techniques with the world in

her new book. Beautifully written and deeply personal, MJ takes the reader through her journey

to capture the essence of these gems in fabric and breaks down her advanced technique into

manageable steps for the confi dent quilter to design and create their own masterpiece.

$29.95 • ctpub.com

START YOUR ART CARD DECK
LYRIC MONTGOMERY KINARD
Lyric Montgomery Kinard has designed this card deck of 48 warm-up exercises to
inspire, challenge, and fortify your artistic practice—to “jumpstart your art,” as she
says. Eight evocative and intriguing categories—including Th e Visual Language, Get
Weird, Value, and more—off er lessons in observation and execution. Lyric maintains
you must give yourself the freedom to make ‘bad art’ in order to learn new things
and with these exercises you will do that and, perhaps, even more! Pick a card, any
card, and begin the adventure.
$15 • lyrickinard.com