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Alex is going to be on StoryBee. What is StoryBee all about? Here's the latest from the Quilt Alliance:
 
StoryBee is a new members-only web series from the nonprofit Quilt Alliance. It's a way for us to say "thank you!" to our members and to come together to enjoy stories from prominent quilt lovers across the country (and the world). Why StoryBee? Just like you'd bring your best thimble and your best stories to a quilt bee, we want to bring you little slices of life from across the quilt world.
 
We hope you enjoy this teaser from our 2nd episode featuring Alex Anderson! If you'd like to see the full episode and all the great StoryBee interviews we have coming up, make sure to join or renew your membership today! 
 
And right now is a great time to join—through March 25, all new and renewing members and donors of at least $30, will receive a downloadable Modern Home Quilt Pattern designed by Jerilyn Lijewski for Indygo Junction, and a chance to win a Modern Home Quilt Kit featuring Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabrics.
 

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We are counting up the entries. A lot of you entered lots of times. Plus we are merging the people who did the puzzles.

We will then contact the winners by email. We are warning you now. We will contact the winners with an email entitled, "You are a Winner of TheQuiltShow.com Contest".

This sounds like spam, so we are telling you ahead of time. Watch your email. We will be contacting our winners starting Wednesday. Thank you for playing.

 

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This looks like it would make a great Celtic Knot quilt if you just put a few of them together.

Find out what it is called when you play Jinny's game.

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Fractured Reality was designed by a group through Skype. Once the idea was presented, each quilter interpreted the theme in their own way in their blocks. The blocks were then sewn together to create the quilt. The interpretations included some very tiny half-square triangles to represent a fractured mirror.
 
Star Members can watch Mary Elizabeth at work in Show 1502: Small Pieces, Big Impact.

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Melanie Tuazon's quilt, Neighbors, was inspired by the blinds in her home and the environment in her neighborhood. Here she talks about it at QuiltCon.
Neighbors won 2nd Place in the Improvisation category at QuiltCon 2018.
 

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Want to see more work by the Hoop Sisters? Here they are sharing some of their beautiful quilts.

Star Members can watch the Hoop Sisters work their magic in Show 2206: The Magic of Quilting in a Hoop.

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This beautiful quilt by The Hoop Sisters features a center medallion surrounded by undulating curves and a curvy appliqué border. A decorative flange echos the curves while stunning Sharon Schamber quilting highlights the quilt.

Star Members can watch The Hoop Sisters in Show 2206: The Magic of Quilting in a Hoop.

JacobeanJourneybyTheHoopSisters - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

JacobeanJourneybyTheHoopSisters - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

JacobeanJourneybyTheHoopSisters - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

JacobeanJourneybyTheHoopSisters - 35 Pieces Rotating

JacobeanJourneybyTheHoopSisters - 99 Pieces Rotating

JacobeanJourneybyTheHoopSisters - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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This beautiful quilt by The Hoop Sisters features a center medallion surrounded by undulating curves and a curvy appliqué border. A decorative flange echos the curves while stunning Sharon Schamber quilting highlights the quilt.

Star Members can watch The Hoop Sisters in Show 2206: The Magic of Quilting in a Hoop.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Here's your last opportunity to increase your chances of winning the Grand Prize in our International Quilting Weekend (March 16-18), the BERNINA B 530 Gold Edition.

All you have to do is complete the puzzle and then enter your finishing time and e-mail into the survey below. Once you have completed the survey, you'll automatically receive an additional entry into the drawing for the BERNINA.

The puzzle is based on Rosa Rojas' latest quilt which she created using silk velvet and her Apliquick tools.

Star Members can watch Rosa Rojas in Show 1912: Hand Appliqué Revolution: From Frustration to Perfection.

 

Step 1 - Do the Puzzle.

Step 2 - Do the Poll. You'll need to return to this blog to complete the poll (Puzzle Poll #3)

(This automatically gives you another entry into the contest.)

To work on the puzzle, CLICK HERE - RosaRojasLatestQuilt - 56 Pieces Non-Rotating

 

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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The first synthetic dye was created by accident in 1856. The "creator" was an 18-year-old scientist named William Henry Perkin. Sometimes the best discoveries happen when "failure" occurs. His failure changed textiles forever. Interestingly, the color he created is similar to this year's Pantone Color of the Year 2018, Ultra Violet.
 
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In 1856, William Henry Perkin, then age 18, was given a challenge by his professor, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, to synthesize quinine. In one attempt, Perkin oxidized aniline using potassium dichromate, whose toluidine impurities reacted with the aniline and yielded a black solid, suggesting a "failed" organic synthesis. Cleaning the flask with alcohol, Perkin noticed purple portions of the solution.

Suitable as a dye of silk and other textiles, it was patented by Perkin, who the next year opened a dyeworks mass-producing it at Greenford on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in Middlesex.[10] It was originally called aniline purple. In 1859, it was named mauve in England via the French name for the mallow flower, and chemists later called it mauveine.[11] By 1870, demand succumbed to newer synthetic colors in the synthetic dye industry launched by mauveine.

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