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Australian quiltmaker, designer, shop owner, and teacher Carolyn Konig's favorite quilts are those of the 18th century, which she enjoys recreating in "old world" style with hand techniques and reproduction fabrics.

In this episode, Carolyn shows how she drafts the medallion center for a reproduction quilt, and how she prepares and works on her hand appliqué, including a great tip for "keeping it portable."

Also, Alex reviews the importance of good pressing technique, including the difference between pressing piecework vs. appliqué or redwork.

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Watch this Free show and help us. We are changing to a new Video Player. Let us know in the comments if you have trouble. Be sure to tell me if your are PC/Mac/Tablet and what browser.

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It was an idea.  Could two quilters from different worlds take their love of teaching to the internet? Watch as they play off of each other for the very first time.  There are no scripts and no cue cards. Alex flew to La Veta at Ricky's invitation to sit down together and see if there was any magic.

What do you think? Magic?

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Name: Triangle Chain
Designer: Bonnie Hunter
Begins: May 26, 2014
Show 1410: You Can Have It All: Two Modern-Day Quilters Mix Old and New
Price: Free to Star Members
Description: Practice your string piecing and precision piecing while making a block from Bonnie Hunter’s Jamestown Landing quilt as featured in Show 1410.

You must be logged in as a Star member to download the patterns.  If you are not logged in, you will have to login and then return to the TQS Show Techniques page.

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Australian quiltmaker, designer, shopowner, and teacher Carolyn Konig's favorite quilts are those of the 18th century, which she enjoys recreating in "old world" style with hand techniques and reproduction fabrics. In this episode, Carolyn shows the tools and techniques she uses to draft the medallion center for a reproduction quilt, and how she prepares and works on her hand appliqué, including a great tip for keeping it portable. Also, Alex reviews the importance of good pressing technique, including the difference between pressing piecework vs. appliqué or redwork.

Episode 1411 - Create Old World Charm with a Quilter from "Down Under" debuts on May 26, 2014.

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Affairs of the Heart, designed by Aie Rossman and published by AQS, contains 36 different applique blocks.   To learn more about how the quilt is made, click the button below.

Affairs of the Heart - 36 pieces non-rotating

Affairs of the Heart - 100 pieces non-rotating

Affairs of the Heart - 289 pieces non-rotating

Affairs of the Heart - 100 pieces rotating

Affairs of the Heart - 289 pieces rotating

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Anna Aldmon has made the process for creating this amazing quilt (designed by Aie Rossmann) really easy. It uses laser pre-cuts with fusible web already installed and your embroidery module (come on, you can find all the attachments). You have to see it in action. 

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Yvonne Porcella writes about her quilt for Libby that will be part of the International Quilt Festival exhibit in Houston, 2014.

Want to learn more about Yvonne? Click below to watch her show.

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Every month my AIM (Adventures in Maintenance) friends and myself choose a question asked by readers and  then write separately our answers to that question. We don't talk about how we are going to answer the question, and we don't see each others articles until the day they are published. Last month we tackled the question, "What was your “last straw” moment, or whatever it was that finally made you say “I just have to do this (get healthy)”?"

It was a surprise to see that all of us wrote similarly about our experiences. There really wasn't a singular "last straw" moment for any of us.

I knew that I had a LOT of moments that SHOULD have been “the last straw.”

• Like when I would take my nieces on a special trip to Lake Tahoe, and I would sit on a bench in the shade just watching them.
• Or when I admitted to a special group of friends that sometimes I just felt like running out the front door, but I wasn’t physically able to do that.
• Like when I would limp into the house from the car after my 12 hour shift, thinking, I guess I’m just going to die early (because I can’t give up chocolate chip cookies.)
• Knowing that my blood pressure and blood sugar were starting to increase just a bit (and my dad had long-term hypertension and diabetes.)
• Or when something popped in my knee while taking a shower, and my leg hurt so bad that it literally took me half an hour to tie my shoe laces (so I could go to the ER.)

That last one. Man, I really thought that was going to do it for me. But no. I couldn’t seem to change the way I ate and thought and moved.

So my last straw seems to be an accumulation of years of quiet acceptance and desperation combined.

I so wish for all of you who are looking for that “last straw” or that “AHA moment” that you will find what you are looking for. Maybe it won’t be a big recognizable moment. Maybe it will just be that little admission “I need help,” or the quiet desperation that finally reaches the tipping point. Whatever it is, I know that I wish the very best for you. If you have more questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments.

To read more of my thoughts (and my friend's thoughts) on "The Last Straw" click here.

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You'll want to take a closer look at every exquisite detail of Aki Sakai's, Blue Tone.  Aki's quilt won the Coats & Clark Best Wall Hand Workmanship award at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2014.  The quilt is based on family memories and her favorite flowers.