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On December 8, 2015 Douglas Tompkins died from the results of a kayaking accident. He was famous to the quilting world for his involvement in the Esprit quilt collection. He specialized in collecting Amish Quilts. Janneken Smuker, a quilting author, remembers Douglas with several vintage pictures.
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In this "Ask Angela" video, Angela shows you her favorite ruler as well as giving you tips on how to use rulers on your longarm quilting machine.
Star Members can watch Angela in Show 1306: No-Pin Curves and Quilting "Modern."
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This huge goddess quilt is one of Leah's favorites for the transformation it brought to her life. While working on it, Leah was struck with the idea to start the Free Motion Quilting Project and challenge herself to share new quilting designs every day. In this way, Release Your Light allowed Leah to release her light to the world, build a business, and support her family.
While it may not look like it, this quilt began as a large white bedsheet! The goddess figure was hand appliquéd to the surface, then the entire quilt was quilted. Only after it was completely finished, did she begin painting the surface with Shiva Paintstiks and colored pencils to create the dramatic blazing sun effect.
Star Members can watch Leah in Show 1713: Free-Motion Practice Makes Perfect.
ReleaseYourLightbyLeahDay - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating
ReleaseYourLightbyLeahDay - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating
ReleaseYourLightbyLeahDay - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating
ReleaseYourLightbyLeahDay - 100 Pieces Rotating
ReleaseYourLightbyLeahDay - 289 Pieces Rotating
Original Photograph by Gregory Case
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Leah has provided us with photos of her wonderful quilts, including close-ups of that fabulous quilting.
Star Members can watch Leah in Show 1712: Free Motion Practice Makes Perfect.
Descriptions of the quilts follow below.
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365 Free Motion Quilting Designs - This is the collection of designs Leah created in the first three years of her blog, The Free Motion Quilting Project. Oddly enough, Leah never planned to make this quilt from the beginning, but decided to connect all the little 4-inch blocks together years after they were finished. Once complete, this quilt has become a favorite at quilt shows and when Leah teaches in person. Every single design is different, making it a truly addictive quilt for texture-loving quilters!
Dancing Butterfly Quilt - This year was all about butterflies, as Leah taught quilters around the world how to piece, appliqué, and free motion quilt this beautiful quilt block by block. The butterflies were inspired by an antique quilt that was probably made by a grandmother or great grandmother in Leah's family.
Duchess Reigns - This is one of Leah's most time-consuming and challenging goddess quilts to date. This beautiful wholecloth quilt began as a large, solid white square of fabric and Leah marked and quilted the design before dyeing the entire quilt dark red. This created many challenges for the quilt because the fabric distorted badly, and at one point Leah put it away for more than a year. When she finally got back to the project Leah had to accept the flaws on the surface and just keep quilting. One of Leah's favorite tips is "throw more thread at it!" which definitely came in handy for this quilt.
My Cup Runneth Over - Thankfulness was the theme for this goddess quilt that Leah designed and quilted in 2010. Leah had a sudden inspiration to make a quilt that would represent the overwhelming love and joy of her family. This was one of the first quilts Leah designed with fusible appliqué and the hardest part was knowing what to quilt in the background. Finally after a few months of looking at the quilt on the wall, Leah realized the perfect background was a simple landscape. Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best!
Release Your Light - This huge goddess quilt is one of Leah's favorites for the transformation it brought to her life. While working on it, Leah was struck with the idea to start the Free Motion Quilting Project and challenge herself to share new quilting designs every day. In this way, Release Your Light allowed Leah to release her light to the world, build a business, and support her family.
While it may not look like it, this quilt began as a large white bedsheet! The goddess figure was hand appliquéd to the surface, then the entire quilt was quilted. Only after it was completely finished did Leah began painting the surface with Shiva Paintstiks and colored pencils to create the dramatic blazing sun effect.
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Laura from SewVeryEasy.com is back with a great method for creating reusable fabric gift bags. You can make your own pattern from any paper gift bag. Any size gift bag will work, and you get to choose your own fabric. But don't expect your bag to be returned back to you because they are too cute to re-gift. :)
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Click here to learn more about donating to the Year-End Matching Campaign.
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Sue's quilt, "Tutti Frutti Alleyway," won 3rd Place Art Whimsical at IQA Houston 2015. Here she talks about how she created the quilt. The interview is part of the Quilt Alliance's "Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! project.
Star Members can learn more about Sue in Show 1608: Creating Unique Collage Quilts & Quilts with Meaning. In this show she shares her fabric collage techniques, walking us through the process layer by layer. She also demonstrates using dye magnets to create her wonderful tone-on-tone fabrics.
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TextileFusion was a special exhibit at IQA Houston 2015. Suzann Thompson fuses together knitting, quilting, crocheting, and embellishing to create her signature TextileFusion pieces. She cuts and pieces recycled knits onto a fabric foundation. After she quilts and binds, she embellishes with crocheted motifs, embroidery, buttons, and beads.
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Look at what they are discussing in Paducah.
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Here's a beautiful quilt from Sue Nickels and Pat Holly, "New York State of Mind." The sisters talk about the quilt and how they managed to create it while living many miles apart.
Sue and her daughter, Ashley, will be featured in 2016 in "Show 1808: A Quilting Family From Vintage to Modern."
Check out close-ups below the video.
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