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Barbara McKie is known for making quilts of birds that are so lifelike they look like they could fly right off the fabric. Her quilt, Eastern Blue Bird, is no exception. Barbara digitally printed the photo of the bird onto fabric and then used trapunto to "stuff" it. She then threadpainted and appliquéd it to bring it to life.

Eastern Blue Bird won 1st Place - Miniature Art at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2018.

 
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That's right! You can be one of 10 lucky winners. Alex and Capt'n John have loved watching TQS on the big screen. They use the Amazon Fire TV Stick. Enter to win one of your own and watch the video on how to make it easy to watch The Quilt Show. Good luck. Below Alex's picture click on the facebook login button or email login to enter the giveaway.  You can only enter once...BUT...answer a few questions and get 13 extra chances! Contest ends October 15.

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A number of quilters were affected by the Camp Fire in Northern California last year, including one of our TQS guests, Melinda Bula, who lost her home. Another TQS guest, Lynn Wilder, has supplied us with information on how we can help other quilters in the area by purchasing tickets for their opportunity quilt.
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You can own this beautiful quilt offered by the Paradise Ridge Quilters' Guild. The one year anniversary of the Camp Fire is approaching and the raffle takes place in mid-October for their opportunity quilt. 
 
The guild lost their permanent meeting place and have to meet in Durham. Even though the guild members have scattered around Northern California, they still return for the monthly meetings. 
 
 -  Sweet Surrender pattern by Sue Cody, appliqued and pieced by guild members using Kaffe Fassett fabrics and quilted by member, Marsha Haunschild. 
  
The Ridge Quilters’ Guild from Paradise, California has been overwhelmed by the generous and heartfelt support offered and given by the nation’s quilting community. Many guilds have asked how they can help us.  We believe the best thing you can do for us is to help us help ourselves, by purchasing tickets to our 2019 Opportunity Quilt, “Sweet Surrender” which was saved from the fire. A majority of our guild members lost their homes, quilts, and supplies in the fire and our storage facility was also destroyed. With your support, we will be able to replace our quilt racks and other necessities before we need them for our next show.

Ticket purchases can be made by check sent to Ridge Quilters Guild,  PO Box 1668, Paradise, CA 95967.Tickets are $1.00 each, 6 or $5.00, or 13 for $10.00. Please include your email address so that we can send you confirmation of your ticket purchase and your ticket numbers. To help defray costs you will not receive ticket stubs so please keep your check as your proof of donation for tax purposes. The drawing for this beautiful and hope filled quilt will be on October 15, 2019 at our general meeting.  Thank you for your continued support. For more information, please contact Contact Rae Hainley at Sourdoe43@gmail.com. 
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Quilting in the Garden at Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, California, is an outdoor quilt show in a beautiful garden setting. However, it is outdoors. Over the years we have had too much heat, too much cold, and this year...well, take a quick look at the short video and keep us in your thoughts Sunday.

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In her quilt Rainbow Cloud, Sherri Lynn Wood used improvisational, ruler-free strip piecing. She also created a new technique where she used strip piecing and bias strip curves to complete the quilt.

Learn more from Sherri about improvisational quilting in Show 2507.

RainbowCloudbySherriLynnWood - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

RainbowCloudbySherriLynnWood - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

RainbowCloudbySherriLynnWood - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

RainbowCloudbySherriLynnWood - 35 Pieces Rotating

RainbowCloudbySherriLynnWood - 99 Pieces Rotating

RainbowCloudbySherriLynnWood - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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In her quilt Rainbow Cloud, Sherri Lynn Wood used improvisational, ruler-free strip piecing. She also created a new technique where she used strip piecing and bias strip curves to complete the quilt.

Learn more from Sherri about improvisational quilting in Show 2507.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Streak of Lightning by Amy Pabst is a miniature log cabin quilt that isn't much bigger than the first place ribbon that hangs next to it. While the center blocks are small, take a look at the border, we'd need magnifying glasses for our magnifying glasses. Based on a vintage 1875 quilt, it has over 4,330 pieces.

Streak of Lightning won First Place Miniature Quilts at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2018.

 
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This year's Sacred Threads Quilts challenge and special exhibition was called "Eye Contact: Creating a Connection." Curator Barbara Kirkpatrick Hollinger explains her motivation for the theme in this Go Tell It! interview from the Quilt Alliance. 

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In this clip from the HGTV Show A Very Brady Renovation, we discovered that Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia Brady, has something in common with Alex Anderson. Do you know what it is? Check under the video for the answer.
 

 

---It's a love for the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern...Alex had to finish one in order to receive her college degree...

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Design and execution are always a treat in a Mary Olson quilt. Her quilt, Magnificent Millie, won 2nd Place Overall at Fall Paducah 2019. Be sure to learn from Mary and Garry in show:

Show 1806: Mary & Garry Olson / Barbara Groves & Mary Jacobson - Quilt Teams: Spouses & Sisters

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