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This quilt was feauted as part of Layered & Stitched: Fifty Years of Innovation exhibit that was originally to run in 2020. The original article follows:

We continue our feature on quilts from the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) exhibit, Layered & Stitched: Fifty Years of Innovation, as featured at the Texas Quilt Museum. The exhibit is described as:

Studio Art Quilt Associates presents Layered & Stitched: Fifty Years of Innovation at the Texas Quilt Museum in Galleries I and III. These studio art quilts, dating from 1968 to 2016, represent the extraordinary range of talented artists working in contemporary quilt art. Featuring a balance of abstract and representational styles, Layered & Stitched includes several foreign artists, with a wide geographic distribution of makers in general. The curatorial vision of this exhibition embraces diversity and excellence, including three-dimensional works. Juried by Nancy Bavor, Director of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles; Martha Sielman, Executive Director of SAQA; and Dr. Sandra Sider, Curator of the Texas Quilt Museum, who says, "Jurying this spectacular exhibition was one of the highlights of my career! It is an amazing show of historic significance."

The exhibit has also been collected in a companion book as well, titled Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation by Nancy Bavor, Lisa Ellis, Martha Sielman, and edited by Sandra Sider. The book is described as:

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Logan Jacobson began upcycling at a young age. The quilt, Broken to Built, was made from shirts found at Goodwill. With the exception of pinning, Logan made the whole quilt and quilted it on the family longarm.

Broken to Built won First Place, Youth Quilts, sponsored by Cotton + Steel, at QuiltCon 2020.

Photos by Mary Kay Davis

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Hilarie Wakefield Dayton is a new BERNINA Ambassador who teaches kids and teens to sew. What are the projects and how did all this evolve? Alex Anderson finds out when she meets Hilarie. Also, find out why Hilarie's daughter made a PowerPoint in order to convince her mom of something. What was it? Fun and informative, Meet Hilarie.

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Why not clean your quilt room, quilt studio, or quilt closet during the stay-in-place order? Alex started cleaning her quilt closet and found some very interesting things. Including one that if in mint condition would be worth $1200. You may even win a chance at an autographed copy of something she found. Alex Anderson LIVE Monday April 13 10am PST, 1pm EST, 6pm London time.

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It's time to reveal the quilt and fabric line that is central to the story of LIZZY ALBRIGHT AND THE ATTIC WINDOW. Ricky shows the variety of Fabrics he created for this 1930s Sampler Quilt. The Quilt is also revealed. It's fun and exciting.

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The Cow is the first project in the Abstractions Farmland series. Violet's foundation paper pieced quilt is made with one striking large scale block and makes one pretty cute cow.

Watch Violet in Show 2608.

CowAbstractionsbyVioletCraft - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

CowAbstractionsbyVioletCraft - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

CowAbstractionsbyVioletCraft - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

CowAbstractionsbyVioletCraft - 35 Pieces Rotating

CowAbstractionsbyVioletCraft - 99 Pieces Rotating

CowAbstractionsbyVioletCraft - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Kristin Goedert

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The Cow is the first project in the Abstractions Farmland series. Violet's foundation paper pieced quilt is made with one striking large scale block and makes one pretty cute cow.

Watch Violet in Show 2608.

Original Photo: Kristin Goedert

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Jen Broemel's award-winning quilt is all about celebrating our flaws and mistakes. Take a look at this embroidered beauty, Problem Solved and Beautifully Flawed, which won Third Place, Modern Traditionalism and a Judge's Choice Award at QuiltCon 2020.

Photos by Mary Kay Davis

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Part 2 in BERNINA's series of Longarm Quilting for Beginners deals with the frame of the machine.

Most longarm frames are very similar in construction. A frame is made up of three rails to hold the quilt before and after it is quilted. They also have legs to hold the rails up off the floor so that it is easy to stand or sit on a tall stool to move the Sewhead on a carriage to quilt. 

The three rails on the frame (Take-up Rail, Backing Rail, and Top Rail) are very important in keeping the quilt straight and smooth during the quilting process. The three rails all have their own purpose.

Part 1 gave you some things to think about if you decide to purchase a longarm on a frame. The later blogs will touch on basic techniques, feature highlights of the BERNINA Q Series and BERNINA Q-matic Longarm Quilting Automation System.

Click here for Part 2.

Click here for Part 1.

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The Lizzy Albright Quilt and Fabric Line Reveal