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Here's a great 12" block pattern featured in The Quilt Life.
"Going green and recycling" was the focus of the issue. Why don't you consider going through your fabric stash and using a variety of scraps to create these beautiful blocks?
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Cindy Needham talks to Bonnie Browning about The Nuns' Quilt which one 3rd Place - Small Wall Quilts - Home machine Quilted at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2014.
Star Members can watch Cindy in Episode 202: Antique Linens and Textile Revival.
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We are hard at work making the new website the best that it can be and we'd like your help in testing some of the latest HD video technology.
We are opening up Episode 1412: "I Can't Believe It's Pieced!" with Cynthia England and Wendy Mamattah to everyone and we'd like you to watch and see what you think of the video quality.
The show will default to be in HD quality. Increase the size to Full Screen by the 4-arrow icon in the bottom right of the player. If HD is too high a quality and slows down your streaming, then just click the "HD" symbol and it will go back to standard video quality and stream faster. Remember, if you have slow internet, you can start the video, pause it, and then get a glass of water and allow it to buffer in. Then it should play with less pausing.
Please let us know what you think in the comments section.
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Here's a look at the work of fiber artist, writer, and designer Wendy Mamattah, originally from Ghana, who shares her Africa-inspired silhouette and symbols quilts, as well as her charming one-of-a-kind pin cushions. The slideshow includes her Asabone patterns. Asabone in Ghana means wild dancing which is the name for her art quilt pattern series. According to Wendy, "This is a very normal way of entertaining in most African villages and is common practice."
Star Members can watch Wendy in Episode 1412 - "I Can't Believe It's Pieced!" with Cynthia England.
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Have you ever wanted to own a quilt from one of our generation's master quilters? Did you know that many amazing textile artists and quilters offer their work for sale? Even if you aren't in the market for a quilt, browsing through some of these sites is like visting a quilt museum and will be sure to inspire your work.
How about this fantastic quilt by Libby Lehman? A number of beautiful quilts, such as Circle the Date below, are available for sale on Libby's website.
Love the work of Caryl Bryer Fallert? How about Dancing Through the Blues? This quilt and many others are available on Caryl's website.
And here's a little beauty, Tilty Town, from Laura Wasilowski, available on her website.
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Create an updated version traditional wooden tray...using quilted fabric ! This charming little tray (from Threadridinghood.com) can be made in no time and requires only a few bits of fabric that you probably already have in your stash. Why not whip up a few of these for your next family picnics.
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Susan Shie shares the inspiration for her "For Love of Libby" quilt, part of the Inspired by Libby exhibition to be featured at IQA Houston 2014.
Star Members can watch Susan in Episode 1013: Journaling Through (and On) Quilts.
Inspired By Libby
Libby Lehman, a beloved woman, wife, mother, talented quilter, teacher, and artist is struggling with multiple medical issues. Her personality and sense of humor is leading the charge for recovery. Team Libby and her quilting friends are her support through this time. What's left? Well, what do quilters do at times like this? Make quilts. An invitation was sent out last fall to award winning quilters and teachers to create a 30x30 quilt inspired by one of Libby's quilts, to be auctioned off to aide the family with the medical bills.
This unique collection will be on display at the International Quilt Show in Houston late October, 2014. Two quilts will be up for a silent auction at the show. The collection will be up for an online auction for everyone to bid on. The auction info will be announced here in September. The exhibit will then go to the American Quilter's Society Paducah Show in April, 2015. After this, they will be shipped to their new owners to be enjoyed.
There will be two quilts created to cover any expenses. The entire monies raised from the invited artists will be sent to Team Libby as soon as the auction is complete. The quilts will be personally delivered to Libby's family after the quilt show, so they can see them up close before moving on to their next destination.
Here is a partial list of the artists who created quilts for the exhibit and auction. More are working on theirs. The artists are having fun making tutorial videos, sharing their stories here on TQS, posting on social media and especially their blogs. The work is breathtaking and emotional, for their friend Libby.
Alex Anderson
Rob Appell
Wendy Butler Berns
Patt Blair
Melinda Hopkins Bula
Susan K Cleveland
Joe Cunningham
Pat Durbin
Sheila Frampton-Cooper
Helen Godden
Cherrie Hampton
Pat Holly and Sue Nickels
Beth Kennedy
Lyric Montgomery Kinard
Carol Moellers
Cindy Needham
Yvonne Porcella
Susan Shie
Susan Stewart
Janet Stone
Ricky Tims
Gail Thomas
Laura Wasilowski - with Libby Lehman
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If you were taken with Cynthia England's (Episode 1421) no tear paper piecing technique when creating her quilts,then you'll definitely want to check out these three artists and their techniques for perfect piecing.
Remember: As a Star Member, you have access to EVERY SHOW, EVERY TEACHER, AND EVERY TECHNIQUE . . . PLUS, in our Little Scrap of Magic lessons, we're creating small projects to practice some of the techniques taught in the current shows.
Just 21¢ a show. Practice is free.
Setting in a perfect paper pieced curve
with Jacqueline de Jonge (Episode 911)
Make miniature quilts using a combination of paper and strip piecing
with Terrie Sandelin Episode 511
Creative ideas using stripes
with Anita Grossman Solomon (Episode 905)
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AQS has Alex's Neutral Colorway Flutter fabric line from RJR Fabrics available to ship (AQS Members receive 20% off) and if you act quickly, you will receive free shipping on your order! The deadline for free shipping is June 10, 2014.
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Join TQS in Episode 1412 as we return to the Texas Hill Country to rendezvous with quilt artist, author, and designer Cynthia England, who gives us a glimpse of what she's been up to since her last TQS appearance (Episode 610).
Over the years, Cynthia has achieved a well-deserved reputation as an award-winning pictorial art quilter who - amazingly - builds her design with piecing, not appliqué.
Here she unveils the tools and techniques she uses for her "forgiving" methods, and demonstrates a clever technique for attaching a sleeve to a small quilt or wallhanging that requires no hand sewing.
Then we head off to visit fiber artist, writer, and designer Wendy Mamattah, originally from Ghana, who shares her Africa-inspired silhouette and symbols quilts, as well as her charming one-of-a-kind pincushions.
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