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Sue Bleiweiss is a queen when it comes to making quilts with very vibrant colors. In this quilt, Inside Out, she challenged herself to try something new with a completely different color palette. Would you have guessed it was Sue's quilt?

Inside Out was part of the Modern Quilt Guild Showcase in Houston 2017.

Star Members can watch Sue in Show 1608: Creating Unique Collage Quilts & Quilts with Meaning.

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We would have loved to see this quilt in progress! Brazilian quilter Fabia Diniz Mendonca created Adventures in Wonderland as a whole cloth quilt. The figures are beautifully done and she won 1st Place Merit Quilting in Houston 2017. Take a look at the details....Amazing!

Jan Hutchison's quilt won 2nd Place. Do you remember it?

1st Place Merit Quilting, Houston 2017

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Star Members can watch Edyta in Show 2201: It's All About Scraps & the TQS BOM 2018 Patchwork Barn Quilt.

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Edyta Sitar's quilt, Common Bride, was featured in a 2-part interview by Meg Cox for the Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories oral history project. Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.) is an oral history project about quiltmakers launched in 1999 by the Quilt Alliance. More than 1,000 interviews with quiltmakers have been conducted by volunteers and shared on the Quilt Alliance website.

Star Members can watch Edyta in Show 2201: It's All About Scraps & the TQS BOM 2018 Patchwork Barn Quilt.

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Watch as they create embellished masterpieces for the Chanel Fall-Winter 2014/15 Haute Couture collection.

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NOTE: Anna will be travelling out of the country for next few weeks and we will do our best to post her blogs as they arrive.

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For the last few years on New Years, I have chosen a word to live by. Last year was Detox...I wanted to banish negative self talk, negative people and to cut out of my life those things that seemed to bring me down including projects that needed new homes. It was a very good year and I for the most part was successful in Detoxing...and, I learned a lot. You cannot cut out 100% of the negative. And, in fact there is much to be learned in how to deal with the negative...in a more positive way. The #1 negative self talk that I got rid of was in relation to my stash and projects  What a blessing it was to reacquaint myself with the stash that I love and projects I do want to make but just haven't gotten around too.

Choosing one word to live by or a phrase is such a positive way to move forward. Resolutions have more of a rule set to them, whereas the word is a simple intention that can impact several areas of your life.

So,  the word I chose for 2018...Mindfulness: to be conscious or aware of something that could be important or affect one's life...And thus, I will in all aspects of my life try to be mindful. Mindful of what is happening around me and how through my awareness create a better spot in the world. Most importantly in my quilting life...be mindful of my stash, LOL.  I bet you wondered what this all had to do with quilting!!!  In 2018 I intend to be mindful when it comes to my projects...I want to do it all...there is no doubt! but can I...NO! And, in the past I have let my projects, UFOs, WIPs and PIGs control my life...in 2018 I will be mindful when working on each one.  Giving them their just due...Which means, working on each one, with mindfulness, relaxing and enjoying one project for a mindful moment in time.

To check out more thoughts on this subject:

Click here for Anna's YouTube Channel.