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From the Quilt Alliance:

StoryBee is a new members-only web series from the nonprofit Quilt Alliance. It's a way for us to say "thank you!" to our members and to come together to enjoy stories from prominent quilt lovers across the country (and the world). Why StoryBee? Just like you'd bring your best thimble and your best stories to a quilt bee, we want to bring you little slices of life from across the quilt world.

We hope you enjoy this teaser from our 9th episode featuring Meg Cox! If you'd like to see the full episode and all the great StoryBee interviews we have coming up, make sure to join or renew your membership today!

(Note from TQS: Both Alex and Ricky have done StoryBee interviews.)

*Please note--since our interviewees are recorded remotely, the audio level can be low at times. We highly recommend headphones. You can also click on the CC icon in the lower right hand corner of viewer window to turn on closed captioning.

Star Members can watch Meg here in Show 2106: TQS Challenge with Meg Cox, Alex Anderson, and Ricky Tims.

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We cheated a little bit this time. The puzzle is actually of Eleanor's first book, Make a Quilt in a Day Log Cabin Pattern. We did, however, place the book on top of one of Eleanor's quilts.

Watch Eleanor Burns in Show 2309: Celebrating 40 Years and Still Entertaining.

Original Photo: May Kay Davis

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Wrap up in a soft, squishy, cozy blanket.

It's getting chilly out, so I (Kristin from Marketing) decided to make up a Moonlight Blues Crazy 8 Shanon Cuddle Kit blanket! 

Moonlight Blues is an adult-sized kit that includes everything you need to make the blanket front. I had fun picking out a backing and considered lots of options that offered different levels of warmth, and ultimately chose polar fleece because it is low maintenance, easy to work with, and I knew it would be nice and toasty.

I made the blanket in a few evenings. Cutting was fast - it probably only took about 20 minutes to cut all of the strips with a rotary cutter. I assembled the blanket using the flip and fold method (instructions for this are inside the kit), which is very easy and means that you are assembling and quilting the blanket at the same time.

This blanket is both pretty and warm! It is very soft and squishy, and could be used both indoors and out. It is also quite large - definitely big enough to keep you warm whille you watch the big game or snuggle by a campfire.

Make your own with one of our kits!

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It's that time of year and we discovered that quilts are not exempt from getting the "Halloween" treatment. The DAR museum writes, "Crazy quilts often include playful characters, objects, or motifs; but did you know they frequently feature spiders and spider webs?"

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Eleanor's quilt, Patriotic Summer, features her signature log cabin blocks as well as 14 pieced blocks. These pieced blocks each tell a bit of the story of her life.

Watch Eleanor Burns in Show 2309: Celebrating 40 Years and Still Entertaining.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis