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Here are more great quilts by Jean Wells, Barbara Shapel, Rosalie Dace, Sarah Kaufman, Colleen Blackwood, Julie Herman, Hilde Morin, Scott Hansen, Sue McMahan, and Tonye Belinda Phillips. The quilt below is by Karla Alexander.

(Also, don't miss the earlier teacher quilts      Part I,    Part II,    Part III )

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Photo by Gregory Case Photography

Becky Goldsmith (who appeared in Episode 611) is one of the true Queens of Appliqué, but she is also a Master of Color.  In this episode she shares great information about the use of color and its various elements: 

• How white can freshen the look of a project.
• How to identify and use clear colors vs. gray ones.
• How to combine the two into one quilt. 

She shares some of her many quilt creations, including her recent Ugly Fabric Quilt Challenge, in which she used every unsightly piece her blog readers sent to her.  Still near and dear to her heart, Becky shares her secrets for making wonderful appliqué letters, and getting around tricky turned corners.  She even shows how to appliqué your signature.  Lastly, she shares an amazing technique for binding quilts, which may be your biggest challenge to duplicate! 

Alex then demonstrates a super fast, three-hour baby quilt top, made with a center panel and a border of flying geese, and she shares her speedy and accurate technique.

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Click on the picture to enter the tent and see the work of Alex Anderson, Karla Alexander, Scott Hansen, Tonye Belinda Phillips, Colleen Blackwood, Sue McMahan, Jean Wells, June Jaeger, Sarah Kaufman and Rob Appell.

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Because of a problem we have shifted the Game to Week 35.

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Pixie Party is the ultimate monthly program that features 2 1/2" strips from RJR.  All the fabric elements from strips to borders and binding are pre-cut. Geared toward confident beginners, the projects are offered in a variety of sizes and feature RJR's newest designer collections. Click on the video below to see what's new.

Keep your head up, and cast your dreams to the stars! Featuring fabrics from the Jinny Beyer Palette and RJR’s Handspray, Dashing with the Stars is a stunning collage of on-point variable star blocks accentuated by churn dash sashing and a series of borders. Learn Sharyn Craig’s Cutting Corners technique to create floating effects behind blocks. The quilt finishes at 61" by 78" inches. The pattern includes instructions for 2 additional sizes. So what are you waiting for? Make a dash for this pixie perfect project.

Click here to learn more about Pixie Party.

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We continue our tour of the Teachers Tent at the Sisters Quilt Show. Watch for creations by June Jaeger, Lawry Thorn, Lynn Koolish, Barbara Shapel, JanniLou Creations, Pam Goecke Dinndorf, Scott Hansen and Julie Herman.

Click on the picture to sneak a peek like the guys below.

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Becky Goldsmith's quilt is lovingly called the "Ugly Guild Challenge" quilt.  (Sure wish all my challenge quilts were this "ugly.")

Becky asked her blog readers to send her their ugliest fabric.  She said that she would make a quilt with everything that she received.  She added white to the fabrics she received.  Grouping the fabrics by families (reds, blues, etc.) helped when putting the entire piece together.   She pieced the back with remnants.

Star Members can watch Becky in Show 1704 - Color Challenges and a Quickie Quilt when it debuts on August 17, 2015.

UglyGuildChallengebyBeckyGoldsmith - 36 pieces non-rotating

UglyGuildChallengebyBeckyGoldsmith - 100 pieces non-rotating

UglyGuildChallengebyBeckyGoldsmith - 300 pieces non-rotating

UglyGuildChallengebyBeckyGoldsmith - 100 pieces rotating

UglyGuildChallengebyBeckyGoldsmith - 300 pieces rotating

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Superior Threads' "SewGlow" thread has be selected as one of the coolest products of the year.  They are currently in a competition and need our help!

Here's what Superior says:

"We are thrilled to announce we are a finalist for the Launchpad event at the SEMA show this year. SEMA is to car enthusiasts what Houston Quilt Festival is to Quilters. Our cool new industrial thread, "SewGlow," was selected as one of the coolest products of the year and we are currently in a competition.

Please help us by voting for Superior on the Launchpad Facebook page. With a few clicks, you can help us make the top 5 and present at the SEMA show in Las Vegas this coming November. To vote, click the "Vote Now" button below, click the "skip" or "continue" button on the prompt which appears, and then click the little "Vote" icon on the SewGlow image. If you are going to attend the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, please let us know and we'd love to talk cars and threads with you."

Thank you for your help!

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Alex and Ricky were joined in the studio by Becky Goldsmith, a true "Queen of Appliqué" and a "Master of Color."

Star Members can watch Becky in Show 1704 - Color Challenges and a Quickie Quilt when it debuts on August 17, 2015.