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Give your phone the rest it deserves with a quick and easy project from Laura at SewVeryEasy. Make Phone Pillows for each room of your house and you will always know were your phone left your phone.  Once your phone is resting on it's pillow, it's easy to see and use. This is a great project for new sewers, just a couple of seams and filler. The best part?  You can make if from your scraps!
 

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Star Members can Watch  Mary & Garry Olson along with Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson of "Me and My Sister Designs" in Show 1806: Quilt Teams: Spouses & Sisters which debuts Sunday, March 12, 2016.

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Mary & Garry Olson are a quilting couple.  Garry designs the quilts (he majored in art) and Mary sews them.  Their quilts are based on a combination of Jacobean, Persian and Celtic influences. 

MidnightAtTheCelticGardenbyMaryandGarryOlson - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

MidnightAtTheCelticGardenbyMaryandGarryOlson - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

MidnightAtTheCelticGardenbyMaryandGarryOlson - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

MidnightAtTheCelticGardenbyMaryandGarryOlson - 100 Pieces Rotating

MidnightAtTheCelticGardenbyMaryandGarryOlson - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Gregory Case

And, sister team Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson of "Me and My Sister Designs" have quilter cred:  they have owned a quilt shop together, written books and patterns, and designed fabric lines for Moda.

MilkyWaybyMeandMySisterDesigns - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

MilkyWaybyMeandMySisterDesigns - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

MilkyWaybyMeandMySisterDesigns - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

MilkyWaybyMeandMySisterDesigns - 100 Pieces Rotating

MilkyWaybyMeandMySisterDesigns - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Me & My Sister Designs

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Negative remarks from a college art professor caused Katie Fowler to resolve to fight fear and negativity.  To prove her point she does something startling on The Quilt Show...

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Want to find out what Katie does? Enter the contest and you could win one of 5 Full-Year Memberships to The Quilt Show to watch this show, 26 brand new shows and over 220 more shows with the world's top quilters.

 


Star Members can watch Show 1807: Fearless Quilting with Katie Fowler when it debuts on Sunday, March 27, 2016

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Mary & Garry Olson are a quilting couple.  Garry designs the quilts (he majored in art) and Mary sews them.  Many of Garry’s designs are based on a combination of Jacobean, Persian and Celtic influences.  He demos how a design takes shape, from an initial sketch to a finalized drawing.  Mary takes Garry’s designs and makes a pattern, often adding appliqué elements.  She shares using trapunto to increase interest and blue painter's tape to create cross hatch designs.  Mary claims she sews at the speed of a turtle, but she and Garry are winning top prizes with their quilts.  

Next, sister team Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson of Me and My Sister Designs have a long history:  they have owned a quilt shop together, written books and patterns, and designed fabric lines for Moda.  They share a clever four-patch technique that will impress you!

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Alex and Ricky had double the fun on the set of Show 1806: Quilt Teams: Spouses & Sisters.

Alex and Ricky are joined on the set by quilting couple, Mary & Garry Olson.  Garry designs the quilts and Mary sews them.  This quilting duo has won top prizes with their quilts.  Our next team on the show are quilting sisters, Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson of "Me and My Sister Designs."

Show 1806 debuts on Sunday, March 13, 2016.

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Myrtle Farrell is 106 years old, is still quilting and selling her quilts.  She may be the oldest businesswoman in North Dakota. Learn about the woman who was born when Teddy Roosevelt was President and where every day, she cuts, stitches, and in the last three years has made over 300 baby quilts.

(MAPLETON, N.D. (WDAY TV/CNN Newsource/WKRC)

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Jen shows you how to make ruching and apply hot fix jewels to embellish the "Easter Egg Table Runner" designed by Shabby Fabrics.

Click here to purchase the pattern.

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You'll say "WooHoo" when you see what Ricky is giving away as a prize for International Quilting Weekend.

 

 

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The American Quilter’s Society announced that it will host a second AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah beginning in the fall of 2017.
 
AQS president Meredith Schroeder said, “The Fall 2017 AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah will have a new contest with more prizes and new events for the quilters to attend. More than $250,000 will be awarded to quilters in the Spring and Fall QuiltWeek events in 2017."
 
 

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The "Rock Star" quilter who said, "I wanted a 100 percent women-owned business supported by women, an art space for people to walk in and feel super creative." is longarm quilter extraordinaire, Karen McTavish. 

She opened her studio between the Benchmark Tattoo & Gallery and The Snooty Fox Tea Shop and knew she wanted to move in even when it still had dirt floors.  A year later the floors are covered with colorful carpets and quilting machines are available for rent.
 
She won't tell you she is famous, but you probably have heard of her work.  She developed a wavy quilting stitch to resemble Super Woman's hair, we call it "McTavishing".
 
Click the button to read the full article about Karen McTavish from the Duluth News Tribune.