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Kyla Farquharson began her quilt, Family, at the age of 8, finishing it at age 10. When it was presented at the QuiltCon 2018 awards ceremony, a collective "oooh" went up around the room. Kyla writes, "I really hope that you will like my quilt since it took a lot of hard work and patience to make it." Kyla, I think we all LOVE your quilt.

Kyla's quilt won 2nd Place in the Youth Category.

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Follow along with Jen from Shabby Fabrics in this tutorial as she shows you how to create the classic Log Cabin Quilt Block with a curvy twist!

Click here for pdf file.

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Here are the last embroidered details for your hand stitched Mandala. You did it! Congrats! Send your completed Mandala picture to knittycat@comcast.net or post it to the Facebook group, Mandala Unplugged. Ann will add it to the online art show on a special page entitled Mandala Unplugged on her website at www.annmyhrequilts.com.
 
Stick around next week to see how the design was created and for a few ideas on finishing.
 
Join Ann in part 9 of her Mandala Unplugged hand stitching project.
 

Please join the Mandala Unplugged Facebook group for support and camaraderie. 

 
 

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Kerby Smith (Show 702: Quilting in the Digital Age) had a discussion with Jenny Bowker (Show 1804: Quilting Outside the Blocks) regarding adjusting the tension on your sewing machine. What do you do when the factory setting isn’t giving you the best results? Jenny shared with him a simple tension test you may want to try. 

The test will help you understand how to adjust your thread tension to get balanced stitches. And it lets you know where to change the setting for optimum results. It works with all sewing machines.
 
Click on Go To Tutorial to head over to WeAllSew.com for the Tension Test.
 

(Jenny Bowker with her quilt made by Kerby Smith)

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Quilts of Valor® is having a block drive. The block is a Friendship Star with a pinwheel center (12" finished). The purpose of the national block drive is to give individuals or groups who wish to make just a few blocks, but not assemble a quilt, have their block(s) in quilts made across the nation. These blocks can be assembled in many ways into a QOV.

Click here to download the pdf file with all the information and instructions for creating the block.

 

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Sarah Bond's Ribbon Quilt, quilted by Carol Heisler, won the eQuilter Quilting Excellence Award at QuiltCon 2018. Sarah challenged herself to use every color in the fabric line at the same time. She writes, "Sometimes you make the quilt. Sometimes the quilt makes you."
 
 

 

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Who Will Carry On? is a piece from Leni's Faces series and features a young man hard at work.

Star Members can watch Leni in Show 2204: The Human Form from Portrait to Art Piece.

WhoWillCarryOnbyLeniLevensonWiener - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

WhoWillCarryOnbyLeniLevensonWiener - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

WhoWillCarryOnbyLeniLevensonWiener - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

WhoWillCarryOnbyLeniLevensonWiener - 36 Pieces Rotating

WhoWillCarryOnbyLeniLevensonWiener - 100 Pieces Rotating

WhoWillCarryOnbyLeniLevensonWiener - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Leni Levenson Wiener

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Who Will Carry On? is a piece from Leni's Faces series and features a young man hard at work.

Star Members can watch Leni in Show 2204: The Human Form from Portrait to Art Piece.

Original Photo: Leni Levenson Wiener

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In 2013, Ella & Pitr were street artists that were allowed to go into abandoned buildings and create art. Their approach and illusions really take you outside the box and into one of their frames. Take a look at an example below and then click to see more and how they did it in the article, "Playful Anamorphic Illusions of Life-Size Picture Frames" by Pinar for MyModernMet.com.

 

(photo: MyModernMet.com)

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It just might have, according to fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.