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Long-time quilter, teacher, and self-confessed "obsessive quilter" Ann Petersen thrives on producing sharp points and perfectly pieced blocks, and loves to share her techniques for piecing success.

In this episode, Ann demonstrates her method for piecing accurate curves with the aid of freezer paper and just five pins! She also reveals her ingenious method for foundation piecing...without the fuss of paper to remove.

Finally, if you suffer from arthritis, you'll appreciate our visit to the home and studio of Bend, OR, artist Sarah Kaufman, who has successfully adapted her quilting methods to cope with this debilitating ailment. Watch as she shares her nifty process for making the Folded Log Cabin block.

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Long-time quilter, teacher, and self-confessed "obsessive quilter" Ann Petersen thrives on producing sharp points and perfectly pieced blocks, and loves to share her techniques for piecing success.

In this episode, Ann demonstrates her method for piecing accurate curves with the aid of freezer paper and just five pins! She also reveals her ingenious method for foundation piecing...without the fuss of paper to remove.

Finally, if you suffer from arthritis, you'll appreciate our visit to the home and studio of Bend, OR, artist Sarah Kaufman, who has successfully adapted her quilting methods to cope with this debilitating ailment, and shares her nifty process for making the Folded Log Cabin block.

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I'm one of the lucky ones. I LIKE vegetables. Vegetables are good for you, and low in calories. We can all agree on that, right? But sometimes it gets difficult to get enough vegetables into your day.  

I've found that cooking extra servings and having them ready to warm up in the microwave is what works for me. I've also been exploring a few new-to-me veggies and veggie combos. Because if I get too bored with anything, I will just rebel and stop eating it. Having plenty of salad fixings ready in the fridge also makes for a quick lunchtime quilt break.

If you'd like to ready more about my vegetable explorations, click here:

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Saratoga Campfires measures 66" x 66" and is an original design from TQS Guest Ann Petersen. This quilt was a finalist in the New Quilts from an Old Favorite - Burgoyne Surrounded contest held by the National Quilt Museum in Paducah. 

You can learn more about Ann by watching Episode 1211 - Fresh Techniques for Old Favorites debuting on May 20, 2013.

Click here to visit Ann's website, Obsessive Quilter.

Saratoga Campfires - 36 pieces non-rotating

Saratoga Campfires - 100 pieces non-rotating

Saratoga Campfires - 289 pieces non-rotating

Saratoga Campfires - 100 pieces rotating

Saratoga Campfires - 289 pieces rotating

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Very Creative and Very Fun! Barn Quilts show the public the beauty of the quilt block.  Here are the Top Ten finishers in the 2013

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Here's a Zoom quilt from a TQS favorite, Mary Buvia.  You'll remember Alex interviewed Mary about her quilting back in December.  Here's Mary's entry for 2013 AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah, Once Upon a Time.

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In honor of Grand Central Terminal's Centennial, New York quilting and fabric store, The City Quilter has designed two commemorative 100% cotton prints, "Grand Central" and "GCT Constellations," both in beige and aqua colorways. As the shop's Cathy Izzo commented, "As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's fabric licensee, and as long time City residents, we felt that the most beautiful building in New York deserved to be celebrated in fabric." These mark the 8th & 9th original, New York-themed fabrics created and exclusively sold by The City Quilter.

"Grand Central" captures the history and iconography of this world-famous structure in a large-scale print. "GCT Constellations" is inspired by the amazing Grand Central ceiling.

American Patchwork & Quilting magazine has joined with The City Quilter to sponsor a national quilt-making "challenge," a competition to make commemorative quilts that make use of these Grand Central fabrics (at least 25% of the quilt's surface). There will be a grand prize of $ 2,000 as well as other prizes. The winning quilts and finalists will be displayed for about three months in the New York Transit Museum's Gallery Annex in GCT, beginning in March, 2014.

Quilts can be up to 36" X 36." APQ plans to write about the submissions & competition next year. Up to 5 submissions per person/group. Submissions are by photograph and are due by August 21, and final winners will be announced by November 7th, 2013.

More details about the competition, submission form, and the fabric can be found at www.cityquilter.com and at www.allpeoplequilt.com/grandcentral.

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Libby has been transported to a new hospital where she will begin very slow rehabilitation. I understand her first day there was tiring and so her progress was not evident. However, the general improvement continues. 

The family has set up a Caring Bridge page where you can get updates directly from the family. This will be the best way for you to get your information. RIcky will continue to report from time to time, but urges you to visit this page - sign the guestbook and submit your email so that you can get email updates if they are sent.

God Bless Libby.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/libbylehman

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Join Alex and Ricky on the set with Ann Petersen for Episode 1211: Fresh Techniques for Old Favorites. Ann Petersen thrives on producing sharp points and perfectly pieced blocks, and loves to share her techniques for piecing success.

In this episode, Ann demonstrates her method for piecing accurate curves with the aid of freezer paper and just five pins! She also reveals her ingenious method for foundation piecing...without the fuss of paper to remove.

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It's not often that the quilting world is featured in business journals. This week, however, the International Business Times mentions in an article that quilting (and the work exhibited in the National Quilt Museum in Paducah,KY), while perhaps not forefront in everyone's mind, is changing the way many think when it comes to what constitutes fine art. 

"If not already a believer, everyone who visits the museum leaves converted as to the magnificence behind the museum's many masterpieces," says Museum CEO Frank Bennett. "What's more," he says, "they come away with a new sense of respect for what's been one of the most misunderstood, yet growing art forms in the world." 

In Episode 1113, the TQS crew stopped by the museum for a visit while taping our 2012
Legend show. SHOW 1113 IS OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS THROUGH SUNDAY.

Learn more about the museum
and those behind the vision here.