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As promised, here are images from Lorraine's special exhibit in Houston, My Heart's Common Thread. As we learned from her interview with Ricky, Lorraine strives to help endangered animals. Each piece she makes supports non-profit animal sanctuaries worldwide. Her work incorporates a variety of methods and techniques and contains hidden elements.
Click here to watch her interview with Ricky.
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Celtic Migration by Angela Petrocelli stopped us in our tracks at the Houston International Quilt Festival...or maybe we should say, stopped us mid-flight. This quilt has 7,924 flying geese, some the size of a thumbnail. It took Angela a bit over two years to complete.
Angela's quilt won 3rd Place Pieced - Large Quilts.
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Alex has shown a lot of people at trade and quilt shows how the Apliquick tools work. In doing that, she has made a lot of circles. What to do.....?? Make a quilt! Fun!
So she did. She used some of the circles she demonstrated and pieced degrees of white in the background to achieve a patchwork look. Then a few shiny thingies were sewn in. (Yes, she quilted it before she appliquéd it. More about that later.) It wasn't all easy peasy though, and even now the name is giving her trouble. So the answer is--You Name It!
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Star Members can watch Marianne in Show 2313 when it debuts on Sunday, December 16, 2018.
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Not only are we getting ready for the holidays but we are also prepping for the next big Quilt Roadie Adventure which means... "Anna and G on the Road" actually hits the road. I have been prepping all kinds of projects, piecing, wool, Sashiko, embroidery and cross stitch. It came to my attention that my Bee Hive was turning into a dangerous place with all manner of sharp instruments lying around. I realized that I have a serious scissor addiction! Did I really need all these sharp instruments?
I wondered if the answer was in the history of scissors? It seems that in a previous pillow post, scissors also showed up in Mesopotamia 3,000-4,000 years ago! And, amazingly, there is a company in China that has been making scissors since 1663!!! Leonardo da Vinci has been credited with inventing scissors, but in fact scissors predate his life by many centuries...but, it is kind of cool to say you have Leonardo da Vinci scissors, LOL.
While trying to clean up my mess I took a closer look at the type of and how many scissors I really had...
The sharp implements I use the most are hung on a magnetic knife strip that I purchased from IKEA. It is convenient and they won't be banging around getting dull. The tools to the left of the photo were all throw aways from surgical kits back in my working days before recycling. They have come in handy for a variety of jobs, and some of them are not scissors but needle drivers and forceps. I love the spring loaded scissors for rag quilts and then there are my all time favorites...Kai scissors. They are made in Japan and have a fine serrated blade...perfect for cutting wool. The OLFA's with the yellow handles also have a serrated blade, but are better for larger pieces of wool rather than fine cutting. The curved duckbills were designed to cut curved cotton pieces for appliqué. Well, these are my go to scissors.
These are my drawer sharp implements. Two rotary cutters, one small, one regular...one pair of pinking shears and three regular scissors. And, yes, I have to admit that I also own five pairs of very small scissors that are in various stitching pouches. Now that I have laid it all out, I am feeling better...so tell me, how many scissors do you own????
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You have a great camera but think it is smarter than you.
You enjoy having a camera handy on trips and family events.
You wish you knew more about art and composition.
You took a great shot but it just didn’t have the same impact when you saw it on your computer screen.
Here is a celebration of images taken by students in the Ricky Tims 52-Week Photo Challenge for 2018. This short video highlights a tiny portion of the thousands of wonderful images submitted each week.
Here's Ricky to tell you more.
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So how was this quilt made? Linda Anderson won a $5000 prize at Houston 2018 for her quilt "Velvet Flowers". Linda explains how it was made, how long it took, and how she became a quilter.
Click here to see quilt close-ups.
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Linda Anderson's quilt, Velvet Flowers, recreates a lovely scene of women in the village of Santa Rosa, Oaxaca, Mexico, as they work on embroidering hand-stitched flowers on velvet. They chat back and forth as they create the style of dress worn by Frida Kahlo. Linda writes, "Flowers continue today to dance across the rich clothing on the solid women on this land." A beautiful sentiment for an extraordinary quilt.
Linda's quilt won the Gammill Master Award for Contemporary Artistry at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2018.
Click Here to See How This Quilt Was Made. "It's Not a Whole Cloth Quilt..."
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