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Cathy made the Star and Plume quilt after she wrote a song of the same name for her third quilting CD, A Quilter's World. 

It tells a happy-ending story about our favorite quilt gal, Sunbonnet Sue, who finds true love after some dicey moments with an intruder, using 46 quilt block names to tell the story. Thanks to Barbara Brackman for her wonderful "Encyclopedia of Quilt Block Patterns", where Cathy not only got the names of the blocks, but also what they look like. If you have "A Quilter's World," you can "follow the bouncing ball" and read along with the quilt as the song is playing!

Machine and hand pieced and appliquéd, machine quilted.
Each block is 9."
Finished in her car on her way to Texas, January 2005.

You can learn more about Cathy in Episode 1204: Songs, Stories, and Buttons.

The Star and Plume Quilt - 35 pieces non-rotating

The Star and Plume Quilt - 99 pieces non-rotating

The Star and Plume Quilt - 300 pieces non-rotating

The Star and Plume Quilt - 99 pieces rotating

The Star and Plume Quilt - 300 pieces rotating

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This week's puzzle is The Beat Goes On by Ricky.  It was made the week following his heart bypass in 2000.

If you'd like to learn all about this quilt, you can read Ricky's interview with Quilt Alliance which he gave at the International Quilt Festival Houston 2000.

Click here for interview.

The Beat Goes On - 36 pieces non-rotating

The Beat Goes On - 100 pieces non-rotating

The Beat Goes On - 289 pieces non-rotating

The Beat Goes On - 100 pieces rotating

The Beat Goes On - 289 pieces rotating

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Today's TQS Puzzle is from the queen of feathered star quilts, Marsha McCloskey.  Marsha's quilt is called "California Star."  If you'd like to learn more about feathered stars, you can read Marsha's books, Feathered Star Quilt Blocks 1 and Feathered Star Quilt Blocks II, available on her website, www.marshamccloskey.com.

To learn more about Marsha, please watch Episode 1203, Achieve "Stellar" Results with Precision Piecing.

California Star - 36 pieces non-rotating

California Star - 100 pieces non-rotating

California Star - 289 pieces non-rotating

California Star - 100 pieces rotating

California Star - 289 pieces rotating

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Fine Feathered Fancy created by TQS Member Ann L. Petersen (annlp) - 2006- 81" x 81"- Original design (Feathered Star Blocks based on Marsha McCloskey's Feathered Star Quilt Blocks 1).  Ann's quilt was published in Quilter's Newsletter April 2007 and has won many other awards.

Fine Feathered Fancy - 36 pieces non-rotating

Fine Feathered Fancy - 100 pieces non-rotating

Fine Feathered Fancy - 289 pieces non-rotating

Fine Feathered Fancy - 100 pieces rotating

Fine Feathered Fancy - 289 pieces rotating

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This week's puzzle is also from modern quilter, Jacquie Gering.  The original photo is by Joe Hancock and the quilt, illusions, can be found in Jacquie's book with Katie Pedersen, Quilting Modern (Interweave 2012). This quilt is created with what Jacquie calls, "improvisational curves."

To see more of Jacquie and her work, watch Episode 1202, Make It Modern!

Click here to see more of Jacquie's quilts.

illusions - 36 pieces non-rotating

illusions - 100 pieces non-rotating

illusions - 300 pieces non-rotating

illusions - 100 pieces rotating

illusions - 300 pieces rotating