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PUZZLE: OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE by Melinda Bula
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You can do the puzzle right here in the blog. Give it a try! (Ignore the time clock).
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11th Quilt Japan brings the best of Asian quilting to the National Quilt Museum June 14 - September 9, 2013. The quilts are from the "11th Quilt Japan" contest which is the mostly highly contested quilting competition in Japan.
Over 370 quilts were submitted and the quilters recongized in the contest are considered to be among an elite group. The 33 piece exhibit will travel to only three museums in the United States.
According to the museum:
The mix of traditional and contemporary quilts show the exquisite attention to detail that one can only develop through years of practice. The quilts challenge the viewer with unique colors, shapes, and styles.
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This week, Helen Gibb shows you how to prepare and attach your fabric print, as well as how to add a few ribbons and beads to your postcard foundation.
Helen has a limited number of kits available on her website. Along with all the necessary elements, each kit also includes dupioni silk for the background, beautiful lace, and luscious silk ribbons and trims imported from Italy and Japan.
Don't forget: if you post your WIP, you're eligible to win one of four of Helen's Ribbonwork DVDs.
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Okay, this isn't strictly quilt-related, but it does involve sewing and a passion for the past; the Reconstructing History website is now featuring "Downton Abbey Patterns" for those who love the show and would like to dress like their favorite characters.
Patterns from the 1910s and 1920s are included for both men and women. If you start sewing now, you'll be ready just in time for next season!
Click here to go to the Reconstructing History website.
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Join us as we take you on a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio located in Oak Park, IL. This beautiful Chicago neighborhood boasts a rich diversity of homes designed by the world renowned architect. His home and studio served as a study for many of his new and often groundbreaking architectural ideas.  |
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What do you do with the paper when you have to fix an error? Watch this short section of Carol Doak Teaches You To Paper Piece.
Carol Doak's Paper Piecing detailed lessons teach you this great technique that makes sharp points possible and beautiful.
Join or renew now (your renewal date is in the upper right border) and watch the video over and over to perfect your technique. These online lessons are a free addition for Star members. Get a 1 year membership 26 new shows, 13 past shows and the Carol Doak online lessons for $37.95 (the price of one lesson elsewhere).
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Jerome by Margot McDonnell won First Place, Art Pictorial at Road to California 2013. It was created from a photo she took in the old mining town of Jerome, AZ. She hand appliquéd, painted, penciled, penned, netted, and hand embroidered the quilt to give the house and surroundings a textured, weather look.
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Jeffrey Gutcheon - Inducted into the Quilter's Hall of Fame - 1990
Composer, arranger, songwriter, author, designer and architect, died in New York on June 23d following a long struggle with Lewy body dementia. Born in New York City in 1941, Jeffrey was Phi Beta Kappa at Amherst College, then earned a B. Arch from MIT. He played piano and organ in many styles (rock, country, gospel), and performed and recorded with, among others, Gladys Knight, Willie Nelson, Steve Goodman, Ringo Starr, Great Speckled Bird, and Geoff and Maria Muldaur. The album he released with his band Hungry Chuck (Bearsville records, 1972) has achieved cult status, the subject of numerous bootlegs and re-issues. He designed recording studios, most notably the Hit Factory on 48th St. He was one of the great stride piano players of his generation, and the original musical director of Ain't Misbehavin' the first hit non-book musical, which won the Tony award for Best Musical 1978. A polymath, he was also a force in the American art quilt movement, and authored or co-authored several iconic books on the subject. Jeffrey designed and distributed innovative fabric patterns for two decades through his company, Gutcheon Patchworks, and taught quilting and fabric arts to fans around the world. He served as president of the board of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine and is a member of the Quilters' Hall of Fame. He recorded four albums with the Texas band Lost Country before declining health forced his retirement. He is survived by his son David Gutcheon, his sister Peppi Graves, Ed Graves and his niece Lucy Graves, and is mourned by extended family and friends from the many worlds in which he lived his life. A memorial will be held in New York in the fall, and donations may be made in his honor to The Jeffrey D. Gutcheon 1962 Music Fund by contacting the Amherst College Development Office.
Published in The New York Times on June 30, 2013
You can visit Jeffrey's website here.
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The Queen of Paper Piecing, Carol Doak, takes you through the step-by-step process of foundation
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