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The TQS gang returns to The Charleston Tea Plantation for a visit with quilt artist, teacher, and author, Wendy Butler Berns, known for her amazing photo-based pictorial quilts. Wendy, recipient of the 2009 Jewel Pearce Patterson scholarship for quilting teachers, presents practical solutions for designing and implementing pieced borders, offers a wealth of tips for adding texture to a variety of quilt projects, and compares notes with Ricky about their simultaneous foray into quilting-with their respective dads! Then we check in with contemporary folk artist and teacher Sue Spargo (Episode 810), who shares a sampling of her newest adventures in dimensional stitching.

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This week's puzzle quilt, Birth of a Star, was created by Wendy Butler Berns.  She writes, "As a star is born, I imagine a gigantic embryo writhing through the universe. I picture gases building until the pressure is so great a huge explosion occurs, creating fiery, neon colors that shoot and dance across the sky."

The quilt has Machine applique, bobbin drawing, embellishing and machine quilting. It was completed in January, 2002 and measures 44 1/2" x 44 1/2."

Birth of a Star - 36 pieces non-rotating

Birth of a Star - 100 pieces non-rotating

Birth of a Star - 289 pieces non-rotating

Birth of a Star - 100 pieces rotating

Birth of a Star - 289 pieces rotating

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I have a confession to make. I am a closet hooker. NO, NOT THAT KIND OF HOOKER! I am an occasional rug hooker. But with the never-ending succession of quilting ideas, it is hard for me to get to my rug hooking. At most, I make about one hooked rug per year. And I usually attend one big rug hooking event each year as well, which motivates me to actually WORK on my hooked rug occasionally. 

Over the last couple of months, I would tell myself every week "I'll hook my rug on Sunday." But it never happened. Instead I did some hand-quilting, or even knitted on occasion. So one Sunday, I set myself up for success. I actually set myself up to hook when I got home from church. I put away the current hand quilting project. I put away the knitting that is always at the ready. I even dusted the little side table off, and cleared away the clutter of needles and needle threaders that had fallen. And I got everything ready to go.

And guess what? I HOOKED ON MY RUG!

The correlation is obvious, right? You don’t need me to point out that we need to do the same thing to set ourselves up to make healthy choices when it comes to our diet, do you? I wrote about specific things I do to keep myself on the healthy eating bandwagon on my blog:

Setting yourself up for success, whether in art or healthy living…its a good thing.

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Meg's Wedding Quilt by Cynthia Collier was part of the In the American Tradition 2012 exhibit at the International Quilt Festival Long Beach 2013.

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A new exhibit made its debut at IQF Long Beach 2013.  Maps features fiber art pieces that explore the various ways that maps and our lives intersect.  The exhibit was sponsored and coordinated by Quilts on the Wall.

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Here's some great news because Libby is left-handed! Be sure to click on the Journal History for the most recent update.  Click here for the latest update.

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The TQS gang returns to The Charleston Tea Plantation for a visit with quilt artist, teacher, and author, Wendy Butler Berns, known for her amazing photo-based pictorial quilts. Borders with Benefits, Terrific Textures...and More! debuts on Monday, August 12, and includes a special visit with folk artist and teacher, Sue Spargo.

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Next at The ArtQuilt Gallery·NYC is Kimono Inspirations, a show of works by FiberartNE, a group of fiber artists from New York and Connecticut. These artists took on the challenge of creating a surface design dictated by the the shape and size of a kimono.

The exhibit of 25 kimonos will be run from August 13 - August 31, 2013.

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Thanks to all that participated in the Helen Gibb's Antique Postcard class. We were thrilled that you enjoyed creating something beautiful using fun little scraps and bits. As promised   One lucky TQS member was selected to win a copy of Helen's DVD Beginner's Guide to Ribbonwork. Here's the winner's completed project.  Is it yours?

A big round of applause goes out to PatHobbs for being selected the winner of the DVD!!

Did you miss the class?  Remember that the classes remain in our classroom.  It's your turn to create an beautiful antique postcard.

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The Peony was part of the Hands All Around 2012 exhibit featured at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach 2013.  

"Artists around the world are incorporating influences from their own cultures into their designs and techniques.  This prestigious, long-running international showcase includes recent quilts by talented artists from every corner of the globe."