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Here is a fun stitch.  Libby shows how you can use this in an amazing way on your quilts.  

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Get Close To See The Hidden Pictures

This amazing quilt, Innocence, by Hollis Chatelain is 103" x 78." It is made from a hand dye-painted with thickened fiber reactive dyes and machine quilted.   It is 100% cotton and has wool/polyester batting.  This quilt won Viewer's Choice in Houston, 2011.

Here is her artist statement regarding the quilt which can be found at www.hollisart.com.

Innocence is based on a dream I had last fall.

In the dream, I was standing at one end of a very large room. At the other end of the room was a huge orange portrait of an African boy. He seemed wise, innocent and mischievous all at the same time. As I walked toward him, I suddenly realized that there were images of many children floating over his face. Images that I couldn't see from the back of the room, children I could only see when I was willing to stand close to the child.

The children were from all over the world and in many situations. They were laughing, playing, eating and working. There were also child prostitutes and even a child soldier was represented. The boy (whom I affectionately call Ernest) seemed to be telling me to pay attention to the children in our world, to speak for them and tell their stories, for they are the innocent ones, they are in peril in many places, and they have no voice.

Over the many months I worked on Innocence, I seemed to feel a closeness and compassion for these children. Many of them had come into my life at one time or another. Two of my kids and my niece are in this piece, along with some of their playmates.

(photo: Gregory Case)

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Hollis Chatelain-Amazing Quilts with Denim

You won't want to miss this show, as (self-taught!) textile artist Hollis Chatelain visits us on location at friend Caryl Bryer Fallert's Bryer Patch Studios in Paducah, KY. Hollis she reveals how her previous experiences as a photographer and as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa - as well as her vivid dreams! - have informed her amazing, award-winning work. She also shares how she combines a fast-and-fun reverse appliqué technique using recycled denim and hand-dyed fabric to create texture, as well as insight into her incredible threadwork.

Bonnie Browning-What's A Zentangle?

Then quilter and AQS Executive Director Bonnie Browning drops by to show Hollis, Caryl, Alex, Ricky, and Justin how the fun, relaxing, and improvisational art of the Zentangle can translate to quilting.

This episode debuts, Monday, March 25, 2013

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A visit on the set at the Bryer Patch Studio in Paducah, Kentucky.  Alex and Ricky talk and play with Hollis Chatelain, Bonnie Browning, and Caryl Bryer Faller while taping Episode 1207: Out of Africa: From Life Experience to Incredible Quilts.

 This episode debuts Monday, March 25, 2013.  Don't miss this great show.

(Plus we will back date you to Jan 1 to see the other shows you missed!)

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In Margo's latest instructional video, you'll learn how to create a faux-piped binding (also known as a mini-flange) for your quilt. She shares great tips that work for both faux-piped and regular binding styles. Margo has also created written instructions to help you in your work.  Check out Margo's classroom for the downloadable PDF file.

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Roman Tiles by Ann L. Petersen was the winner for Excellence in Machine Quilting (sponspored by Redlands Sewing Center) at Road to California 2013.

Measuring 76" x 76," Roman Tiles was started in 2008 and finished in 2012.  The design basis was a Bella Bella Workshop by Norah McMeeking.

Artist Statement: Started to make a traditional Bella Bella quilt in a Norah McMeeking workshop, but years later, I decided to finish the quilt using Roman mosaics for my inspiration. Quilting designs are my originals. Quilted and then painted with light coat of metallic paint. Center star and all borders are also my original designs.

Photo: Courtesy of Road to California

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This is fun and it will be a surprise. In fact, you will learn to "fuzzy the edge" and create letters.

And now, we've put all of Libby's classes in one place, click on the button to go to the Name That Stitch classroom.

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Dollmaker, mixed-media artist, and TQS classroom teacher Lauren Vlcek enjoys combining her various talents to create one-of-a-kind mixed-media pieces. In this info-packed show, Lauren demonstrates how she uses her deconstructed crazy-quilt technique to make a small wall shrine, sharing tons of tips for fabric selection, pressing, decorative machine stitching, and embellishment along the way. She also shows how to insert a reverse-appliqué "window frame" in a pieced block background, and a variety of ways to employ the results. But that's not all: Ricky also shares tips for working with guild exchange blocks, and offers a few potential block suggestions (available on the TQS website).

Episode 1206 - The Magical World of Mixed Media debuts on Monday, March 11.

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The Peaceful Ones, by Denise Havlan was Masterpiece winner, sponsored by SewBatik, at Road to California 2013.  Denise began the quilt in 2009 and finished it in 2012.  It measures 60" x 62."

Artist statement: Represents 2 Hopi maidens, in traditional garb and "squash-blossom" hair style, sitting on a desert bluff in the early morning.

Photo: Courtesy of Road to California