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Here's a crazy quilt beauty we found at AQS Paducah last year. It is Crazy with a Twist by Mary Chalmers from Willmar, MN. Crazy with a Twist is a multiple award-winning quilt including, but not limited to: First Prize: Wall Quilts - Any Other Type in 2011 at the Wisconsin Quilt Expo and 1st place: Other Techniques at the 33rd Annual Minnesota Quilters Show in 2011. The variety of stitches will make you swoon.
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Can you imagine being named artist-in-residence at several prominent US National Parks, including Denali (Alaska), Acadia (Maine), and Mesa Verde (Colorado)? That's the enviable experience of Colorado-based fiber artist Linda Beach!
Join us in this episode (Episode 1409) as Linda visits the TQS gang to show some of her amazing, nature-inspired, machine-pieced works, and to share some of the fabric-selecting and construction techniques she uses to create them, a process she compares to assembling a giant quilter's jigsaw puzzle.
In addition, Ricky shows how a traditional Sailboat block can be an inspirational springboard for a fun and funky new design. "Sail" in, settle down, and enjoy!
(Photo: Gregory Case Photography)
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Want to make these cute blocks? It's "sew" simple, click here for the tutorial from the Nittany Block Party.
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Can you imagine being named artist-in-residence at several prominent US National Parks, including Denali (Alaska), Acadia (Maine), and Mesa Verde (Colorado)?
That's the enviable experience of Colorado-based fiber artist Linda Beach! In this episode, Linda visits the TQS gang to show some of her amazing, nature-inspired, machine-pieced works, and to share some of the fabric-selecting and construction techniques she uses to create them, a process she compares to assembling a giant quilter's jigsaw puzzle.
In addition, Ricky shows how a traditional Sailboat block can be an inspirational springboard for a fun and funky new design. "Sail" in, settle down, and enjoy!
This episode debuts on 4/28/2014.
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One very lucky TQS Member (who has posted a quilt in the Quilt Gallery) will win a Ricky Tims Rhapsody quilt when the Gallery reaches 36,000 quilts. Your fellow TQS viewers would love to see your quilts. Yes! Yours!
Keep the quilts coming. Upload photos of your quilts today. Each TQS Member can enter up to twelve quilts. They do not have to be your quilts, they can be an antique quilt that came down through your family, or a top that you just proudly finished.
To enter a quilt, select MY ACCOUNT from the top navigation bar, then select MY PROFILE, then select ALL MY QUILT PHOTOS and add a photo. It's as easy as that. While you are at, don't forget to enter a little bit of information about yourself as well as your quilts.
Here's just an example of the wonderful quilts which can currently be found in the Quilt Gallery. It is Ehrnst Rhapsody by keeper. Click here to learn more about the quilt.
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Jackie Got Into Aunt Millie's Garden was Jackie Aguilar's first attempt at needleturn applique, yes, her first attempt. She writes,
"Never having done any needleturn appliqué before, at the end of the first block I wondered what I had gotten myself into. Focusing on one piece at a time, this quilt was a lesson in patience and fortitude. Several stressful events occurred while I was working on this quilt and I found that the appliqué was a relaxing escape. Three years and countless hours later, I had it done."
Design Source: Aunt Millie's Garden from Piece O'Cake Designs.
The quilt is needleturn appliquéd, machine pieced, trapuntoed, embellished, and quilted on a domestic machine.
It is a multiple award-winning quilt, including Bed Quilts: 1st Entry in an AQS Paducah Contest 3rd Place ribbon at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2013.
Jackie Got Into Aunt Millie's Garden - 36 pieces non-rotating
Jackie Got Into Aunt Millie's Garden - 100 pieces non-rotating
Jackie Got Into Aunt Millie's Garden - 300 pieces non-rotating
Jackie Got Into Aunt Millie's Garden - 100 pieces rotating
Jackie Got Into Aunt Millie's Garden - 300 pieces rotating
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Alex visits with Dr. Bob at Superior Threads to learn about their Magnifico polyester, a high sheen, high strength thread. She also discovers what trilobal and tenacity mean. Mother Superior discusses how she selects colors for making variegated thread and Dr. Bob describes the manufacturing process.. Magnifico is a strong, bright, and beautiful 40 wt. thread which is ideal for quilting and embroidery.
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Alex and Ricky learn about the new Vision 2.0 from Gammill. You won't believe some of the features and the new, customizable system starts at only $8,995!
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There is still time to get your Quilt Block Design in to AccuQuilt and be qualified to win $22,000 in prizes. We want a TQS member to win. Plus you can win prizes just by voting. Voting starts May 1.
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Captain John interviews Linda Neal about her quilt, Perseverance, which won 1st Place, Bed Quilts - 1st Entry in a Paducah Contest sponsored by Statler Stitcher. This entry, quilted by Jackie Brown, is made up of 10,509 half-inch hexagons. It took 16 months to hand baste and hand piece the top. The original pattern was called "Insanity" by Rhonda Pearce.
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