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Laura at SewVeryEasy shows you how to use up all those scraps in your stash. All you need are 2" x 3 1/2" pieces.

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The Broderie Perse exhibit at Houston 2017 was stunning. This is a fun quilt with many techniques. Usually, we take a picture and move on quickly. This quilt we lingered on for quite awhile. Take time to look at the old fabrics. Enjoy.

 

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What can I say but, WOW...the Panama Canal and Sue Spargo all on one trip! Definitely an epic adventure! Stitching, volcanos, ancient ruins, handmade chocolate...yummm...and really good coffee!

I love classes with Sue Spargo because she has a relaxed way about her which makes learning all those stitches less stressful. The other advantage of any Sue Spargo class is that at least half of any class is made up of repeat students, which means you will have more stitching support!

This cruise was no different, and it wasn't the first stitch rodeo for over half the class. If Sue was busy with stitch support, there was always someone else who could help you. It was great meeting stitchers from all over the nation who shared a common passion. Several of the students were starting a new class project, but a lot of us brought our own projects to stitch.


 
 

I hope you will enjoy the photos and be inspired by some of my classmate's work. I had a wonderful time and left the cruise with an ever hopeful heart that I will be able to finish ALL my UFO's!


 
 

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The DAR needlework collection is going live! Martha Woodnut's darning sampler is one of dozens now visible online both at the Sampler Archive Project and on the DAR website. Over 100 of their samplers are on the SAP website, and over 60 are on the DAR site, with more added each week. Their goal is to get all of their over 300 needleworks onto the Museum's online database in the next several months (we're working on other areas of the collection, too). Keep checking back for more!

Click here to browse the museum collections.

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Do you love Laura Heine's collage patterns? In this quick video, she walks you through the steps of creating one of her fabulous designs.

Click here to purchase Laura's patterns.

Click here to visit the Fiberworks website.

Click here to order Karen Kay Buckley scissors.

 

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(quilt: Jane's Exotic Garden - Tree of Life by Jane Sassaman)

 

The Nature of Things exhibit at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego features the contemporary art quilts of New Mexico artist Betty Busby and Illinois artist Jane Sassaman, both favorites here at TQS.

January 20 - April 8, 2018

Hours:

Tuesday – Saturday 10AM – 4PM
Sunday Noon – 4PM
Closed: Monday and major holidays

Visions Art Museum
2825 Dewey Road, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92106

Star Members can watch Jane in Show: 301 and Betty Busby, along with Cyndi McChesney, in Show 2202: Working with Unusual Materials and Decoding an Antique Block.

(quilt: Crescendo by Betty Busby)

 

 

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Do your friends ask you to make them quilts? Do they, or you, really have any idea how much it costs? Doug Sobel, a longarm quilter and photographer, has come up with an idea of how much it actually costs to make a Queen Size Quilt using 2018 fabric prices, skilled labor wages, and longarm quilting costs.

What do you think? Is it accurate?

 

 

 

 

 A Truly Feathered Star by Karen Sievert

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Is this the Road to California block? Not sure? Play the game and find out.

 

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The Mandala continues to grow! Join Ann in part 4 of her Mandala Unplugged hand stitching project. In this tutorial, you'll be adding to your mandalas by working strands of Oya (Turkish edging), finishing a four-piece appliqué set by turning edges with glue, making a mini ruffle, and fabric foldigami. Enjoy!

Please join the Mandala Unplugged Facebook group for support and camaraderie. 

 
 

 

 

 

 

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Experimenting with textures, fabrics, dyeing and weaving, fiber artist Betty Busby makes stunning works of art. Watch as she is featured on the PBS series, ¡COLORES!.

Star Members can watch Betty here at TQS in Show 2202: Working with Unusual Materials and Decoding an Antique Block.