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When I walked into my studio this morning I noticed Sparrow had gotten into the holiday spirit. Not to be beaten by A CAT - I jumped into gear and started to deck the halls. How many of you are ready for the holidays and does this include a quilterly switch out to reflect the season? Just asking.......
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Celebrate your love of quilting with The Keeping Quilt, a delightful story of a handmade quilt that becomes a symbol of the enduring love and faith of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family. This beautifully illustrated story is sure to become a favorite. In fact, it might even spark a new tradition for your family.
Why not make a special quilted tablecloth that each family member can sign at family gatherings? You can keep the signatures just as they are, or embroider them for dimension and durability.
Do you have a special quilt idea? Please tell us about it.
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Sheila's first art quilt won Honorable Mention in Houston this year. Sharon finds out about how it all started for Sheila.
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Meet Sarah Vedeler, the creator of the fabulous 2012 Sedona Star BOM. Sarah learned to sew at about age 6, on her Mum's 1964 Bernina Record. Mainly making clothes for herself and others, she also dabbled in home decor projects. During her college years, while earning a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Brighton, England, Sarah admits to not having much time for sewing.
After a brief career in England as a Software Engineer, Sarah move the the United States in 1998 and continued to work as a Software Engineer and Project Manager.
With the birth of her first daughter, Sarah became a stay-at-home Mom and rediscovered her love of sewing, quilting and embroidery. Not long after, she learned digitizing and put all of her software experience to good use in creating her own embroidery designs. Fueled by a 2nd place win in the Machine Embroidery category of the Arizona Quilters Guild, Sarah embarked on creating larger and more elaborate embroidered applique quilts.
2008 brought some changes for Sarah and her two daughters, as she became a single mom. Regrouping in early 2009, Sarah got in touch with her purpose in life - to create beauty, inspiration and infinite creative joy - and decided to channel her energy into doing what she loves, making quilts and spending time with her daughters (the inspiration behind the quilts). Sarah brings a refreshing perspective to quilting with her unique style, and loves to share her talents with quilters all over the world when she teaches.
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Sheila Frampton-Cooper is a realitively new quilter that is already winning prizes. Here Sharon talks with Sheila about her 1st Place Quilt in Art Abstract Small at Houston 2011.
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Photos by Gregory Case Photography
Join us in Episode 912 for two great that teachers hit it "out of the park" in a single episode! First up is certified longarm-quilting instructor Pam Clarke, who uses a Gammill Vision to demonstrate her simple techniques for creating complex-looking quilting designs.
What are the designs every quilter should know? Pam is the expert.
Then designer, author, and teacher Joyce Becker steps up to the plate to show some of her wonderful landscape-inspired quilts, and to demonstrate how she "builds" a mini-landscape, adds texture with variegated thread, and finishes with a frame. It's a home run in any league!
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You know that Meg Cox is the President of the Alliance for American Quilts and the author of The Quilter's Catalog - a Comprehensive Resource Guide, but you did you know that she also authored The Book of New Family Traditions? In fact, Meg just finished writing an expanded/updated edition of her book which will be published in late March 2012. The book is filled with a variety of ideas that will help you build a strong family connection through the use of rituals and traditions. There are ideas to help you celebrate with your children everything from the winter Solstice, to Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and other important events throughout the year.
For example Meg talks about having your child decorate one plain piece of fabric every year at the holiday. Over time you'll accumulate enough squares to create a quilt that celebrates what was important to the child during that time in his or her life.
Do you have family rituals or traditions that you celebrate during the holidays?
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You can't beat this: Two great teachers hit it "out of the park" in a single episode!
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In this lastest video from Superior Threads, Bob Purcell, Chief Threadologist, discusses what Cotton Staples are. A cotton plant produces boll's and each cotton boll contains upwards of 250,000 individual fibers. A short staple fiber is up to 1 1/8" long. A long staple fiber is between 1 1/8" and 1 1/4" long. An extra-long staple fiber is between 1 3/8"and 2" long. What may seem like a miniscule difference makes a drastic impact on lint and quality.
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