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45-year old Madan Lal, from Haryana, India, was born without arms. Afraid he would never be able to earn a living, he determined to make his way in life and found a tailor who was willing to teach him. He now makes a living stitching garments using his feet. He is truly an inspiration.
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Alex took a machine quilting class from Jenny K. Lyon at Craft Napa. Jenny brought a wonderful quilt, Morning Breeze, demonstrating all kinds of quilting designs. It had everything from feathers to flowers and presented as a beautiful whole cloth quilt. This one will get you motivated to find those quilt sandwiches and start practicing.
Look below the photos to see what Alex had to say about the class.
Learn from Jenny in Show 2404.
Here's what Alex had to say about the class:
Imagine spending the whole day sitting in front of a BERNINA special edition 765 Rose Gold machine stitching away to your hearts content. Jenny had a plethora of tricks up her sleeves to help students grow their confidence at free motion quilting. I learned I LOVE bubble quilting and how easy it is to try different motifs with just a little practice. Practice, Practice, Practice! That is the name of the game.
P.S. - Alex bought the 765 Rose Gold and took it home with her...
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Star Members can watch Lisa in Show 1703: Quilting the Bones & Beyond.
Click here to learn more about MQX. The next festival is coming soon.
MQX Quilt Festival - New England 2018
Classes begin Wednesday, April 11 through Saturday, April 14th
Public Quilt Show April 12-14th
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Laura from SewVeryEasy walks you through a simple one-block quilt pattern that can be put together in two different ways. Use a whole fabric line or work through your scraps and you'll have a new quilt in no time at all.
Click here to download pattern.
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Sherry Reynold's quilt, Eternal Beauty, won Best of Show at PIQF 2017 and is dedicated to her mother. We think the beauty of the quilt is eternal as well.
Original Photo: Sherry Reynolds
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Forty years ago in March, Good Housekeeping had a quilt contest. Nearly 10,000 quilters entered and Jinny Beyer came away with the top prize of $2500. Barbara Brackman has a wonderful article discussing the contest and how it undoubtedly contributed to the interest of quiltmaking as an art form.
Star Members can learn more about Jinny in Show 313: TQS Quilting Legend 2008 and Show 601: Perfect Your Hand Piecing.
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Best of Show Winner, Sherry Reynolds and TheQuiltShow.com have combined to help you create a quilt of "Eternal Beauty". Take a look.
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When she was in Israel, Cheryl was inspired by both ancient and contemporary mosaics. So she developed a technique to replicate stone mosaics in fabric. She found it a challenge that was intriguing and definitely doable. "Queen Bee" is one of those quilts.
Star Members can watch Cheryl Lynch in Show 2207: Low Sew Mosaics & DIY Silk Screens.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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Shown here in the Enchantment colorway, the Four Doves in a Window block is the fifteenth block for the Legacy Quilt Club. The Legacy Quilt features twenty blocks. A new block pattern is available for FREE each month.
Participants always SAVE 15% -
Use Coupon Code:
FOURDOVES15
Good for all products at Ricky Tims Online Store.
Expires April 15, 2018
Click here to find previous blocks in the Legacy Quilt Club.
Four Doves in a Window
"With Ma's help, Laura packed her trunk.... Laura brought her Dove-in-the-Window quilt that she had pieced as a little girl while Mary pieced a nine-patch. It had been kept carefully all the years since then. Ma laid it, folded, on the sheet, and upon it she placed two large, plump pillows." ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder, These Happy Golden Years Ch. 32 "Haste to the Wedding"
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This past December, Mary Elizabeth Kinch featured twelve quilts of Christmas. One antique quilt in particular that she highlighted really seemed to strike a cord with a lot of her readers. So she decided to have a Quilt Along based on that antique quilt. She studied the quilt for all of its quirky details, shared what she learned from it and provided a “pattern." The Quilt Along is free, you just need to register.Star Members can watch Mary Elizabeth in Show 1502: Small Pieces, Big Impact.
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