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The de Young Museum in San Francisco recently featured the Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll which included rock posters, photographs, textiles, and more surrounding the legendary San Francisco summer of 1967 where a colorful counterculture blossomed. In this video we highlight some of the iconic fashions of the period.
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Sometimes the way quilts are hung you can't get a perfect shot. BUT, we felt you had to see the creative quilting on this fun modern quilt we saw at Paducah 2017. This was entered in the "1st Entry in a Paducah Contest" section. It was quilted on a moveable machine using free-motion quilting, matchstick quilting, and machine piecing. Wonderful!
Graffiti Doodle Diamonds - AKA Negative Space My A$$ by Teresa Pino and Pat Lang
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Nysha wrote about this quilt:
This whole cloth was created as a prayer/meditation for an ill friend who has a fierce attitude about life and illness.
Learn more about Nysha and his process in Show 2104: Zentangle Quilting & Totally Tuffets.
FiercebyNyshaOrenNelson - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating
FiercebyNyshaOrenNelson - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating
FiercebyNyshaOrenNelson - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating
FiercebyNyshaOrenNelson - 36 Pieces Rotating
FiercebyNyshaOrenNelson - 100 Pieces Rotating
FiercebyNyshaOrenNelson - 289 Pieces Rotating
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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Nysha wrote about this quilt:
This whole cloth was created as a prayer/meditation for an ill friend who has a fierce attitude about life and illness.
Learn more about Nysha and his process in Show 2104: Zentangle Quilting & Totally Tuffets.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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Also in this show, a journey to North Carolina to learn about Pepper Cory’s love affair with shot cotton and how she is using it to create stunning effects in traditional quilt blocks.
Star Members can watch Show 2105: A Modern Approach to Stained Glass Quilting & Shot Cottons in Traditional Blocks when it airs Sunday, August 27, 2017.
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Patricia Belyea at Okan Arts has some great ideas for creating "personalized" quilts. She shares her thoughts as she walks through her process for creating a "quilt for Nora."
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Learn how to miter a striped border with Jen from Shabby Fabrics. Sometimes that little bit of extra time and effort adds a touch of magic to a quilt.
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Here's another test. It's getting tougher....Don't worry we give you the answers right away. Yes, there are sometimes several names for the same blocks. No, they can't all be called a variation of the Log Cabin. How did you do?
You will first be shown the block in black and white. It will then appear in color with the proper name below it.
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In the Japanese Exhibit at Houston 2016, Yuki Yokoi displayed her quilt, Happy Wedding Day. The close up shows the amazing work done to create that wedding feeling.
In fact, it kind of reminds us of a wedding cake we saw on the internet. Check out the pictures below.
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And so...we continue on our journey to discover the 7 Highly Effective Habits of a Quilter which leads us to #2...Organize Beautifully!
It is one thing to have an organized sewing space, but it is another when you take it to another level and beautify that organization. I believe that when one keeps beauty as the primary goal of organization, you create a space that calls to you...makes you want to be there...which leads to more productivity. There are a gazillion ways to organize, but only one way that speaks to you, and letting yourself figure out what that way is...well, that is the Feng Shui of your quilting heart.
Whether it be Country, Modern, Primitive, Cute or Bright, you will want to embrace what you love and start organizing from there. After all, it is your space! Most importantly, how it works for your brain, LOL.
I love how Twilene and her Sister-in-Law discovered space in the eaves of her sewing room to create a built-in shelving area! If you ever watch a house being built, there are many unused areas that can provide alternative shelving areas.
Decorating and organizing, while embracing the part of the color wheel you love, creates a space that calls you to come and stay awhile. I have seen these old sewing table drawers in antique shops, but it never occurred to me to paint them to coordinate in my sewing space! Leslie does a beautiful job in making her space reflect what she loves...who would have thought to use thread in such a beautiful way?!
Using just a bit of your favorite stash as a display vignette can not only make you happy, but will remind you of a project you have going, LOL. I love the way the wool is displayed in a cabinet that you see displaying wine in a store!
As we bump along on our Quilt Roadie journey, I continue to seek out quilters and shops, picking up ideas for how quilters live and create! Remember, Bee Beautifully Organized!
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