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Congratulations to Sandy Curran and her quilt, I Hope You Dance, which won 1st Place in Wall Quilts - Fiber Art Category at AQS QuiltWeek® – Virginia Beach, Virginia 2018. There is so much movement in the quilt, you'll want to dance with her.
 
Sandy writes:
"Sometimes my quilts are cathartic, a way to exorcise the pain and fears in life. Sometimes my work is an expression of my joy in the things I love."
 
 
(Photo: AQS)

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Paula grew up in Brazil and the name Aquarela Do Brasil translates as Brazilian Watercolor. She created the quilt to remind her of a perfect day at Iguazú Falls.

Watch Paula Doyle in Show 2307: Easy Stack Quilts & Solving Color Snags.

AquarelaDoBrasilbyPaulaDoyle - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

AquarelaDoBrasilbyPaulaDoyle - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

AquarelaDoBrasilbyPaulaDoyle - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

AquarelaDoBrasilbyPaulaDoyle - 36 Pieces Rotating

AquarelaDoBrasilbyPaulaDoyle - 100 Pieces Rotating

AquarelaDoBrasilbyPaulaDoyle - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Paula grew up in Brazil and the name Aquarela Do Brasil translates as Brazilian Watercolor. She created the quilt to remind her of a perfect day at Iguazú Falls.

Watch Paula Doyle in Show 2307: Easy Stack Quilts & Solving Color Snags.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Marilee's Numbered Pins

How many times have you laid out your quilt pieces in a particular order for assembly, and then gotten them mixed up and had to start again? Use these handy numbered pins to keep track!

Each set of Marilee's Numbered Pins has 130 pins numbered from 1-20 to keep blocks, rows, and columns organized. Your pins will arrive in a convenient, compartmentalized, two sided case for organization.
 

  


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First published in 1814, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours is a taxonomic guide to the colours of the natural world. It can be viewed as a predecessor of modern named colour systems such as Pantone. What's wonderful about it are the descriptions of the colors by animal, vegetable, and mineral.

Click here to go to the guide.

When you click on a color, it will show you images of nature which include the color.

 

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This BOS winner is no stranger to blue ribbons. The quilting and embroidery work are absolutely mind-boggling and we are still trying to figure out how she did the border trim. Take a look at Starburst by Susan Stewart.

(photos: Above - AQS, Blow - Susan Stewart)

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Susan Cleveland is in the house and that means precision, fabulous workmanship, and lots of laughs. Susan's Show 2308: It's Hip to be a Modern Dresden debuts this Sunday, October 7, 2018.

 

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As you well know if you have been reading my musings here or on the Woolie Blog...I am a very happy customer and not a designer...although now with a broken wing I am somewhat of a challenged quilter, but my customer skills were not affected by my injury, LOL. Anyhoo, I love all the talent in the quilting world and take every opportunity to learn from the best. Sometimes we are driven to take a class because of the instructor's inspiration in our own creations. Other times it is just to hang with girlfriends in an agreed upon class. I have been known to sign up for a class just because I want to visit a location. In my years of quilting I have assembled a nice little list of my favorite instructors and it keeps growing. Here is the short list of how I pick a class...

1. I want to have a good time.
2. I especially don't want to feel stressed during the class.
3. I like instructors who are not judgmental about my work.
4. I like to learn new things.
5. I like notions and each instructor has their favorite notion!!!
6. I like UFOs cause they are someday going to be art, ROFLOL

Which brings me to one of the instructors on my Favorites List, Tonye Belinda Phillips.


Tonye meets all the points of my short list on how I pick a class. She does guild presentations and teaches class with the joy that is represented in her work. It was fun to arrive back home to a gallery exhibit featuring some of her work and all of the items in the slideshow are for sale!!! You just have to call the Stitchin' Post. I hope this slideshow brings some joy to you this week!

Click here for Anna's YouTube Channel.

Click here for Anna's blog.




 

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow

 

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Susan Brubaker Knapps's favorite month is October and her favorite holiday is Halloween (which is also her birthday). And what is one of her favorite things about the holiday? It's CANDY!

Here’s an easy project to satisfy your sweet tooth…without any calories at all!

Click here for tutorial.

Star Members can learn more from Susan in Show 901: State-of-the-Art Quilting: Tradition Meets Innovation and Show 1709: From Pineapples to Photorealism.

 

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Alex spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Director at Tulane Law School, in a recent podcast. Elizabeth writes about Just Wanna Quilt:

"It started out small: quilt every night and think about copyright.

A year later... We have a quilting army of 500+ strong, a daily podcast, sponsors, adventures, and lots of wonderful new friends.

We've interviewed famous quilters, quilt entrepreneurs, historians, lawyers, inventors, family businesses, and of course, us- the quilting army. Copyright turned out to be only a small portion. We had to understand what quilting is, who we are, where we came from, and all the different kinds of people who come together for the love of quilting."

Click here to listen to the Podcast.