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Sharon teaches another way to cut striped triangles to create interesting designs that line up on the outside of the square.  She also includes a safety tip for rotary cutting.

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Rhonda Pierce, Marketing Director and Sewing Educator for SCHMETZneedles.com, discusses SCHMETZ Household Sewing Machine Needles and answers the top questions they receive on a daily basis.

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There was handwork at QuiltCon West 2016 and it was fabulous. From Wedding Rings to Hexagons, handwork was well represented at QuiltCon West 2016.  Take a look at the winning entries.

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Follow along with Jen from Shabby Fabrics and learn how to make a simple Fat Quarter Tote!
Click here for the Free cutting guide download.

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This is the second quilt in a series Ricky has created based on Arthurian legends. It is a snowball design and only uses two sizes of squares to make the quilt. It's easy peasy - but still stunning! It measures 83.5" x 83.5"

Ricky is now offering an online video class for Sir Lancelot at

ONLINE VIDEO CLASS - REGULARLY $29.95 - NOW ONLY $19.95 - SAVE 30%
Included in the video class are the downloadable instructions for making the quilt and four videos.

The pattern for Sir Lancelot can be purchased separately.

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While you're diligently working through all of those stacks of magazines and patterns, think about how you can gather images, designs, colors and textures that you find interesting or helpful, to save for later inspiration. What to do with those ideas? Here are several methods that other quilt artists find useful.

1. Take all of those ideas, ads, color inspirations and place them in notebooks for those times when you feel stumped. Jean Wells (Show 1301) keeps creative notebooks that help her with color, composition, and texture ideas.

             
                  (Photos by Gregory Case Photography)

         
                     (Photos by Gregory Case Photography)

2. Jamie Fingal (Show 1702) uses small notebooks and cardstock hang tags for inspiration, which will later often become quilts or fabric lines.

3. Maybe you prefer to see your inspirations in your space. Jacquie Gering (Show 1202) and Jean Wells (Show 1301) use areas in their studio to tack up images that appeal to them.

4. Pam Holland (Show 110) carries around a small sketchbook when she travels. It allows her to draw ideas whenever the mood strikes.  She also enjoys using her Ipad with the app Paper by 53 for sketching.
                                  
 

5. Alex (Shows 809 & 1210) uses her cell phone to capture things that inspire her. From color combinations (above left) to quilting ideas (above right), she finds that the phone is a great tool for collecting ideas.

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6. Ricky (Shows 803 & 804) takes the time to sketch and draw when he is inspired, and keeps things tucked away in a folder. Once in a while he is struck by inspiration while out and about. In this example, he walked past the post office, looked up, and realized he was looking at a dragon motif in the ornamental decoration on the gate. This dragon was the inspiration for his Fire Dragon Rhapsody quilt.

Fire Dragon Rhapsody by Ricky Tims

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Primitive Quilts and Projects (PQP) is a magazine dedicated to the primitive quilter, rug hooker, and stitcher.  PQP is published by Jeni Gaston, Judy Williamson and Gretchen Smith... all sisters, who are all about bringing you the finest publications in the industry. You'll love the look and feel of their beautiful magazines...the projects are submitted from some of the most-admired designers in the primitive fiber arts world. Each issue offers at least 15 projects, inspiring show and tell, a focus on charitable causes, and a fun advice column from their own Mom, Mary Falcsik.

Their  prize for  International Quilting Weekend is a basket full of Primitive Quilts and Projects magazines, books, wool, threads, and a super-nice coffee mug!  Total retail value is over $500!