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Author and teacher Marsha McCloskey loves complex blocks, and brings a "suitcase" full of piecing techniques and tips to the International Museum of Folk Arts in Santa Fe, our location for this "star-studded" episode. Along the way, Marsha demonstrates how to draft and piece a miniature Ohio Star block using her bias-strip-piecing method and shows how to stitch super-precise half-square-triangle units. She also reveals what she calls "stupid sewing," shares a great use for leftover blocks and scraps, and gets a big surprise from Alex. As an added bonus, Marsha C. Bol, director of the IMFA, shares the history and vast collection of folk art items housed and displayed at our day's taping site.

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Join Susan and Kay as they show you how to create a label for your This and That Sampler.  Your quilt is never quite finished until you have "documented" your creation.

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Join Alex and Ricky as they welcome Marsha McCloskey to the set at the International Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe, NM.  Marsha demos a miniature Ohio Star block and shares what she calls "stupid sewing." She also gets a big surprise from Alex.

As an added bonus, Marsha C. Bol, director of the IMFA, shares the history and vast collection of folk art items housed and displayed at the museum.

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While visiting the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY, Photo Man - Gregory Case, took photos of some pretty spectacular quilts.  This one is no exception.  Shadows of Umbria by Diane Gaudynski has won many awards including the

• Founders Award, IQA, Houston 2006 (It was the first time a machine quilted quilt had been honored with this award.)
• Best of Show, Bed Quilts, NQA 2007
• Bernina Purchase Award for Machine Workmanship, AQS, Paducah 2008.

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Award-winning Gammill quilting artist, Linda Thielfoldt, walks you through the necessary steps to successfully thread your Gammill longarm.  Pay attention to her little tricks, they'll make your life easier.

To enjoy other Gammill Longarm Videos, simply click on the  to the left of your screen.

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Lilo grabbed her camera and took some wonderful shots of Jacquie Gering's home, studio, and treasured pal, Bruno.

You can see more of Jacquie and her work in Episode 1202, Make it Modern!. Although she has only been quilting since 2008, teacher, author, (lifetime sewer) and Modern Quilter, Jacquie Gering has already made quite a splash in the quilting world. Jacquie enjoys giving traditional blocks a fresh spin.

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Today's Zoom Quilt is Rainy Spring by Allison Aller.  To learn more about how Allison created this quilt, exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, and to see where she got her inspiration, you can visit her blog.

Be sure to take a close look at the binding.

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Margo is back with another video to help you complete Month 1 of the 2013 BOM, Two of Us.  She shares tips for using tracing paper or vellum to paper piece your project.  Margo's videos can be found in her classroom, as well as the BOM area of the website.

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Ricky's Grand Finale DVD is a hit.  Be sure not to miss it.  The detailed, up close learning from these DVDs is a great tool for your quilting skills. DVDs Online are our gift to Star members. There will be a new one every quarter in 2013.  That's over a $100 value added to your membership! Now what's next?

Starting April 1 we will have the teaching of multiple award-winning quilter, Sharon Schamber.  WHAT DO YOU WANT TO LEARN???? Help us pick a DVD that has the techniques you need to learn now.  

Click on the picture to go to Purpledaisesllc.com and look through for the subjects you want to learn.  

Then come back and tell us what you want to see.

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Although she has only been quilting since 2008, teacher, author, (lifetime sewer) and Modern Quilter Jacquie Gering has already made quite a splash in the quilting world. Jacquie enjoys giving traditional blocks a fresh spin.

Alex says, "I love this show.  It made me think about quilting in a straight-lined way".