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Gail writes about Climate Change, "A study in extremes: warm versus cool and gently curving versus jagged edginess. Climate change is neither gradual or calm, but can be quite violent as evidenced by the hurricanes and wildfires of 2017, four years following the completion of the quilt. Freezer paper foundation and curved seam piecing as well as hand embroidery. Longarm machine quilting by Kris Vierra."

Star Members can learn how to create quilts like Gail in Show 2111: Working with Curved Flying Geese and Foundation Paper Piecing & Creating a Contemporary Antique Quilt.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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It all started over 100 years ago with a soot stain. One of the villagers in the town of Zalipie, Poland, decided to hide the stain by painting a flower on the ceiling. It started a trend and in 1948 an annual painted cottage competition was begun to help recover from World War II. Now every surface in the village is covered with flowers.

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Betty's quilt, Therapy, saw her through relationship difficulties, a flood, five surgeries, and two auto-immune diseases. Concentrating on the beauty of the materials and technique helped her to remember there is beauty in the world and this quilt reflects that beauty.

A photo of the quilt can be found under the video.

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A quilter since 2003, Mel talks about her love of stretching creatively through quilt challenges which push her out of her comfort zone. Some of her quilts include improvisational patchwork. Mel demonstrates a “slice” of improvisational patchwork which involves inserting a secondary strip of fabric into a background block. She shares the infinite “what if” ways to vary this basic idea to create a whole range of fun and unique blocks. Then, using crayon-etched children’s artwork as her inspiration, she shows you her technique for creating modern Mola designs using hand-dyed batiks and commercial prints, again showing a myriad of variations for their use.

In the After Set, we know that Mel loves challenges and that includes Improv comedy. She uses what she has learned doing Improv as a parallel to being present in the moment when it comes to working on a challenging quilt.

Also in this show, Alex puts a new spin on an antique String and Old Maid’s Ramble quilt using contemporary fabrics. It’s a great way to use orphan blocks and is a great baby quilt project.

Star Members can watch Mel in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt. This show debuts Sunday, December 3, 2017.

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Festival of the Cranes #24 is a raffle quilt. Gail writes, "I have long had a passion for group quilts and began designing and coordinating group quilts since the mid 1980s. Every year, I design a new raffle quilt for Hawks Aloft that 12 of us gather in a retreat setting to stitch the quilt top, usually in one day. It’s my little Sweat Shop with mountains of fun and friendship."

Star Members can learn how to create quilts like Gail in Show 2111: Working with Curved Flying Geese and Foundation Paper Piecing & Creating a Contemporary Antique Quilt.

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 36 Pieces Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 100 Pieces Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Festival of the Cranes #24 is a raffle quilt. Gail writes, "I have long had a passion for group quilts and began designing and coordinating group quilts since the mid 1980s. Every year, I design a new raffle quilt for Hawks Aloft that 12 of us gather in a retreat setting to stitch the quilt top, usually in one day. It’s my little Sweat Shop with mountains of fun and friendship."

Star Members can learn how to create quilts like Gail in Show 2111: Working with Curved Flying Geese and Foundation Paper Piecing & Creating a Contemporary Antique Quilt.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Shown here in the Enchantment colorway, the Robbing Peter to Pay Paul block is the eleventh block for the Legacy Quilt Club. The Legacy Quilt features twenty blocks. A new block pattern is available for FREE each month.

Participants always SAVE 15% -

Use Coupon Code:

PETERPAUL15

Good for all products at Ricky Tims Online Store.
Expires December 15, 2017

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Scandinavian Hearts are part of an old tradition to make woven paper or felt hearts to fill with candies or nuts to hang on a Christmas tree. Charlotte decided to make hers from satin, but these can also be made from simple cotton or wool.

Watch Charlotte here at TQS in Show 1209: A "Roundup" of Techniques from Two Terrific Teachers also featuring Georgia Bonesteel.

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Rhonda Dort's quilt, Basket of Flowers, is only 24"x 24" but it stopped Capt'n John in his tracks. The vintage cotton table topper, vintage hand crochet, and vintage hand-dyed trims are beautifully blended with great quilting by this Innova pro. Take a look.