Lots of quilts and art today. And other stuff.

• Traditional quilt patterns modernized.
• One way to finish a sampler quilt made from exchanged blocks.
• Children’s book illustrator Rachel Qiuqi discusses her process and her journey.
• Are you worried about climate change?
• Strength-building exercise for children.
• Do you recognize these 12 literary allusions? (I only knew 3. If you take the quiz, let us know how you did in the comments.)
• A little quilt show.
• Another quilt show.
• Colorful Oaxaca.
• For the fiction writers: how to research a setting you’ve never been to.
• If you’ve ever wanted to take a watercolor class, check out this book.
• Speaking of watercolor, check out Natalia Nazarian’s Instagram.