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Need a Quilt Shop Cuckoo Clock? How about this one? Jodie Davis has a Kickstarter campaign to have these cuckoo clocks created in Germany. The cuckoo's call triggers the quilter to cut and the kitty to jump with joy! Click here to learn more or contribute.
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Okay, maybe we are going a little overboard, but you will love Alex's latest technique. Watch for it in the next newsletter.
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Ready for some more Edwardian fashion? Here is part II featuring items from 1901 to the 19teens. PiepMiau04 gives historical information and closeups of actual garments from the Edwardian period. Silk ribbon flowers, hand embroidery and lace. Heirloom sewing at its finest.
Music: from the Soundtracks of "Coco Avant Chanel" & "The Painted Veil", both by Alexandre Desplat.
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Here's a quick project from Veronica at sewVery. It's a non-slip machine mat with pocket storage and a detachable pin cushion. What a great way to liven up a sewing room and stop your machine from moving around on the table.
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Lynette Anderson previewed her new fabric line to Alex. Now 6 lucky winners will win some.
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Look what the MFA Boston Museum is doing...“Quilts and Color” celebrates the vibrant color palette and inventive design seen in the acclaimed Pilgrim/Roy Quilt Collection.
The exhibition features nearly 60 distinctive quilts from the renowned collection and is the first to explore how, over five decades, trained artists Paul Pilgrim and Gerald Roy searched out and collected quilts with bold, eye-popping designs that echoed the work of mid-20th century Abstract Expressionist and Op Artists."
The exhibition runs from April 6, 2014 - July 27, 2014 at the Ann and Graham Gund Gallery (MFA members are free). The MFA is open seven days a week.
Quilts and Color the Pilgrim/Roy Collection hardback is available now and contains more than sixty graphically bold American quilts from their collection.
Click below to learn more about the exhibit including a video with the Curator and the Collector.
(Quilt from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5523
617-267-9300
TTY: 617-267-9703
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Kathy from Florida, USA received the special call from Alex Anderson:
"Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I am just so excited, what a wonderful surprise. I just know that I am going to love my new Bernina 550QE. I can't wait to start using it. I still can't believe that I won, as I have not won anything like this before! I can't express how grateful I am!... Creating is my therapy and is what has help me stay sane through the last several years. My dream is to someday just be able to focus on doing my creating and maybe getting back into selling some of my creations again. Winning this machine means the world to me!
Again, thank you for the wonderful phone call with such exciting news."
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Pat Sloan has a quick and easy way to add a label to the back of your quilt.
Pat says she came up with the idea years ago and it solves a few problems.
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Are you in love with the clothes of Downton Abbey? This wonderful video from PiepMiau04 gives historical information and closeups of actual garments from the Edwardian period. The attention to detail and embellishment in these items is unbelieavable.
Music: from the Soundtracks of "Coco Avant Chanel" & "The Painted Veil", both by Alexandre Desplat.
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Here's another beautiful project from BERNINA's WeAllSew.com website. It's an Arrows and Hexies Bed Runner for the foot of your bed.
Learn Pat Bravo's unique technique of making hexies without basting, and a new, faster way to piece them with your sewing machine! Forget using a hand sewing needle and unleash the power of the decorative stitches on your sewing machine.
(You do not have to attend the Webinar, the instructions are on the site.)
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