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How Does Jill Finley Balance a Career and Seven Children?

We caught up with Jill Finley off the set and asked her how she managed seven children and a career in quilting.

Star Members can watch Jill in Show 1902: A Bias for Appliqué.

TQS Puzzle: "Silk City" by Tamara Leberer

"Silk City" is the quilt Alex purchased from Tamara Leberer when she was on the set. It is one of Tamara's silk fusion pieces and just shimmers in the light.

To see how Tamara creates her work, Star Members can watch Show 1901: Silk Fusion.

To see the quilt, click here.

SilkCitybyTamaraLeberer - 33 Pieces Non-Rotating

SilkCitybyTamaraLeberer - 102 Pieces Non-Rotating

SilkCitybyTamaraLeberer - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

SilkCitybyTamaraLeberer - 33 Pieces Rotating

SilkCitybyTamaraLeberer - 102 Pieces Rotating

SilkCitybyTamaraLeberer - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Tamara Leberer

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"Silk City" by Tamara Leberer

"Silk City" is the quilt Alex purchased from Tamara Leberer when she was on the set. It is one of Tamara's silk fusion pieces and just shimmers in the light.

To see how Tamara creates her work, Star Members can watch Show 1901: Silk Fusion.

Original Photo: Tamara Leberer

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Ricky Takes Manhattan - Part 1 - "Let the Art Find You"

Last year at "Quilters Take Manhattan" (QTM) Ricky was the guest speaker. Those of you who were able to attend know that his keynote speech was very inspirational and people were entranced as he presented "Let the Art Find You." Next Sunday we will present Part 2. Get ready, after watching, you just might want to jump up and start designing that next quilt.

QTM is presented by Moda and the Quilt Alliance and held at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the heart of the New York City garment district.

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TQS Puzzle: "Shamen" by Tamara Leberer

This shimmering example of silk fusion, Shamen, by Tamara Leberer found a new home with Mary Kay. You'll just have to learn how to make one yourself!

Star Members can watch Show 1901: Silk Fusion with Tamara to learn how.

ShamenbyTamaraLeberer - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

ShamenbyTamaraLeberer - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

ShamenbyTamaraLeberer - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

ShamenbyTamaraLeberer - 35 Pieces Rotating

ShamenbyTamaraLeberer - 99 Pieces Rotating

ShamenbyTamaraLeberer - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Tamara Leberer

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"Identity" at the Amon Carter Museum - Portrait Quilt Inspiration

"A Love Supreme" by Cedric Huckaby. Image courtesy of DMagazine

There's a new exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, TX. The exhibit runs through October 9, 2016.

From the museum:

Identity explores how identity in American culture is often as much about how people present themselves to the world as it is externally determined. Exploring community, celebrity, and individual identity through portraiture from the Amon Carter’s permanent collection, the exhibition highlights the exciting new acquisitions of Sedrick Huckaby’s The 99% and Glenn Ligon’s print series Runaways. Whereas Huckaby engaged with and depicted 101 members of his neighborhood to uncover how their individual personalities were reflective of a larger community identity, Ligon explored the notion that individual identity is often culturally determined. Their works—in combination with prints and photographs of and by public figures such as Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe, statesman Martin Luther King Jr., and painter Georgia O’Keeffe—show the various personas individuals adopt. Together, these portraits represent the fluid and constantly shifting role of identity in society from the twentieth to the twenty-first century.

(photo: artsy.net)

Why not translate your neighborhood into portrait quilts? We have two classes to help you do just that. These classes are open to all members.

Click here for Portrait Quilts with Lea McComas

Click here for Portrait Quilts with Rob Appell

Not a people person? Star Members can learn how to make portraits of their pets with the help of Nancy Brown in Show 701: Animal Magnetism.

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Quilting Anonymous - These Male Quilters Have Some Interesting Habits

Meet Dave, Hildreth, Jack, and Tyler. All four men have regular meetings where they discuss their secret quilting habits.

Click here to see the Egyptian-grown, extra-long staple cotton thread that Hildreth raves about.

This fun, parody video is meant to be just that, FUN!

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Get Creative with Jen: How to Make a Floor Pouf Ottoman

Follow along with Jen of Shabby Fabrics in this tutorial to see how to create a simple and useful ottoman! Note, there is one correction, see below.

CORRECTION: at 13:25 they stated "marking in" at 1/4" but it is meant to be 1/2" just like the top was marked!

Click here to download the pattern template.

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Such a Sweet Sew Along You'll Need to See the Dentist

This cute cupcake block from Jennifer Mathis of Ellison Lane is just one block that is part of a very sweet summer sew along which includes popsicles, cake, and other delectable treats.

Click here to see the other cute blocks from Jennifer's Summer Sampler.

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On the Set with Jill Finley

Alex and Ricky were joined on the set by Jill Finley who displays some of her quilting creations, which she deems traditional, but makes with fresh, clear colors, white backgrounds and accents of black. Jill loves to add appliqué vines, and she shows you a clever and easy method. You will learn how to “lick ‘n’ fix” a wrinkle, to appliqué a leaf point using the needle turn technique, and easy methods for making a border with inverted and convex curves. Jill then turns her attention to bias tape, showing how you make it and use it.

Star Members can watch Jill in Show 1902: A Bias for Appliqué which debuts on Sunday, July 17.

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