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A 3-Year Tribute to Sue Garman ~The Grape Quilt~

Barbara Brackman recently posted a photo of a quilt made by Jerrianne Evans. It was The Grape Quilt designed by her friend, and ours, the late Sue Garman. The quilt took 3 years to make and is a loving tribute to her friend.

"The Grape Quilt" by Jerrianne Evans & machine quilted by Cindy Gravely

Here is more information about the quilt from www.factsfacts.com. Click here to learn more and see a detail of the quilt.

It was hand appliquéd and machine pieced by Jerrianne Evans and machine quilted by Cindy Gravely. It was begun in 2015 and completed in 2018 and is based on a pattern designed by Sue (based on two antique quilts).

Jerrianne writes:

"In 2012, I found a photo of a gorgeous antique quilt with lots and lots of grapes. I showed it to Sue, but she didn't take the bait. in 2015, a similar quilt was displayed at the Vermont Quilt Festival. This time Sue was hooked. It wasn't long before she had drafted a pattern. I immediately went to work making grapes. 1620 grapes and 88 leaves, but who's counting? Sue will be forever in my heart."

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Learn More About Longarm Embroidery

It was amazing what Heidi Farmer showed us about Hoop-Free Longarm Embroidery. Want to learn more? Maybe it's time for you to see an Innova up close and live.

It's easy to do, Innova provides a complete calendar of events where their machines are available for demonstration. Click on Learn More for the calendar of events.

Star Members can watch Heidi Farmer (Innova) and Judy Fredenburgh (RNK Distributing) in Show 2211: Hoop-Free Longarm Embroidery.

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Jinny's Memory Match: 5/21/2018

How good are you at guessing the block names? Have you ever been stumped? Try the game and see how well you do.

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2nd Place- Category "1st Entry in an AQS Paducah Contest" - Large Quilts -- Qurrat Thakur

Qurrat Thakur of Cedar Park, Texas, won 2nd Place in the "1st Entry in an AQS Paducah Contest." Her quilt, Zaina's Starburst (83"x83"), is an excellent, colorful quilt based on a pattern by Elsie Campbell. We stepped back and then went closer. Yes, we love the colors, but take a look at the quilting! Look at the close ups, and then come back and see how the entire design of circles works around the quilt. And we love the look of the hearts in the corners of the light blue. Great job.

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See a Stitched Sampler from 1841 ~Features Hawaiian Alphabet~

To commemorate #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth, the DAR Museum is featuring a newly acquired sampler made by a Hawaiian student at a missionary school in 1841.

The Museum writes,

"Maka stitched the Hawaiian alphabet (as transcribed by the Americans), her name, the date (April 1841), and an inscription in Hawaiian that translates roughly as praising her school, the Wailuku Female Seminary, as a "place of refuge."

Maka's sampler combines Hawaiian grown cotton spun and woven on site with the colored silks and designs of an American style sampler, a tradition not found in Hawaii before the arrival of missionary groups. As such, the sampler speaks to the meeting of the two cultures, Hawaiian Pacific Islander and the Americans who settled in Hawaii in the 1820s. You can view Maka's sampler in our upcoming exhibit, "Lately Arrived: Recent Additions to the Collection."

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PocoaPocobyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 32 Pieces Non-Rotating

PocoaPocobyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 98 Pieces Non-Rotating

PocoaPocobyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

PocoaPocobyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 32 Pieces Rotating

PocoaPocobyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 98 Pieces Rotating

PocoaPocobyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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"Poco a Poco - Little by Little" by Katie Pasquini Masopust

Poca a Poco - Little by Little was based on a photo of posters stacked on a wall in Spain. Katie used "wonky" and perpendicular grids with various sized strips to create the quilt.

Star Members can watch Katie Pasquini Masopust in Show 2210: Reimagining the Log Cabin Block.