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Name: Karen Kay Buckley - Perfect Circles, Perfect Planets
Designer: Ann Myhre

Show 2007: From Perfection to Preservation
Begins: July 21, 2017
Price: Free to Star Members
Description: Create perfect circles in the manner used by Karen Kay Buckley.

You must be logged in as a Star member to download the patterns. If you are not logged in, you will have to login and then return to the TQS Show Techniques page.

Star Members click here to get the pattern.

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Sylvia Schaefer won 3rd Place in the Wall Quilts - Modern at Paducah 2017. Her quilt Meeting of the Geese, 63" x 63," is a good example of Matchstick Quilting along with Machine Piecing. It was quilted on a Stationary Machine. Congratulations to Sylvia.

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We have a bonus puzzle today from Joen Wolfrom featuring her quilt, Fantasia.

FantasiabyJoenWolfrom - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

FantasiabyJoenWolfrom - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

FantasiabyJoenWolfrom - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

FantasiabyJoenWolfrom - 36 Pieces Rotating

FantasiabyJoenWolfrom - 100 Pieces Rotating

FantasiabyJoenWolfrom - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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We have a bonus puzzle today from Joen Wolfrom featuring her quilt, Fantasia.

Star Members can watch Joen in Show 2101: Color in Quilts & Upcycled Wearable Art.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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I have had the good fortune to be a teacher at the Quilter's Affair in Sisters, Oregon. I work hard to share, support, and entertain in my classes. And in return I receive inspiration, sharing, and friendship. My classes always offer an opportunity to share what the students have been working on at previous Quilter's Affairs and I love the inspiration. This year's wool class, using one of the Buttermilk Basin table mats, included a discussion on stitching. One of my students shared her latest project and I was WOW'd along with her fellow classmates.



What is truly amazing about this project is the creator, Patti, used a panel. Yep, you heard me...this quilt is a panel, no piecing, no sashing, no applique. As quilters we think everything we make must be constructed...but, in some cases, a clever quilter might find it satisfying to work with a panel. In this case, Patti was building a house and needed a stress reliever. Stitching provided that peaceful place, although using a panel did make construction quicker. Patti successfuly created a masterpiece by enhancing it with stitching which was very detailed and it carried her through the construction of her home.

As you can see, the embellishment stitches ala Sue Spargo create a masterpiece out of a panel. This quilt is beautiful and I made sure that Sue was able to see how she is influencing stitchers in the quilting world. The panel is one of Bonnie Sullivan's and I am encouraged to take a closer look at fabric panels. Have a great stitching week!

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TheQuiltShow.com is excited about the International Miniature Quilt Exchange Project and the partnerships we are creating. We have 258 IMQE Partners – 42 Partners away from our goal of 300 partners. We have 5 United States Quilters waiting for International partners. We asked IMQE partners to Share their Stories:

One of our most recent IMQE members, SallyQuilter, wrote: I am so thrilled to be partnered with LeeanneS. It's amazing how many similarities we have in common and proves that quilters really are all cut from the same cloth no matter the distance between us....Colorado to Israel in our case. I look forward to our journey together and with this community created by TQS. Such a great idea! Thank you!

Scarlet26, from France, also shared her story: You paired me with Debbi just quite well: she has French ancestors ! Isn’t that great?! Even if Debbi does not speak French, we exchanged emails since April and I discovered her wonderful living working in the historical village “Sander Village” in Ohio.  I also discovered that Ohio state was a French territory before 1763, date of “traité de Paris” when France “gave” Ohio to Great Britain.  Surprise, surprise! We discovered too, that we both don’t like the same color: purple. Thanks again for this great gift!

LauraAust was also surprised with her discovery and wrote:  I am from central Iowa and my partner is from France - you wouldn't think we would have much in common, would you? But get this - I told my partner where I live (I was prepared to tell her all about the Midwest of the United States and stuff). She replied to me and told me that she is very familiar with Iowa - in fact, she and her husband have applied to live in Iowa when they retire! She has been here many times!

WHAT WILL YOU DISCOVER WHEN YOU JOIN IMQE? You won’t know until you join!

Quilters have until March 2018 to complete their miniature quilts. Get all the details here.

1 International Quilter + 1 United States Quilter + A Passion for Quilting

= A Priceless Experience

Take a look at our gallery of Ricky’s miniature quilts.

You can check out the IMQE Guidelines here. 

Thank you all for your notes of thanks and excitement – Ricky is looking to break records with this exchange – LET’S DO IT!!

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Victoria Findlay Wolfe had a huge showing at Paducah 2017. She won several honors and had a special exhibit of Double Wedding Ring Quilts. (Click here to see the special exhibit). In the Wall Quilts - Modern Category, she won an Honorable Mention Award for "Negative Space, Positive Attitude." It's a master class in quilting. Do you need some great quilting design ideas? Just look at this quilt and make a choice.

The fabulous quilting was done by Shelly Pagliai of Prairie Moon Quilts. Shelly has quilted a number of Victoria's quilts, including her 30-foot long, " A Garden for All Seasons."  Victoria writes, "We always have a conversation about details and designs... and we work together on them, this was a collaborative work."

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This lovely block has quite a few pieces. How many blocks would you make? Do you want to know what it's called? Play the game and find out.