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This lovely quilt created by Joyce Becker, TQS Guest artist in Episode 912: Doubleheader Today: Landscapes and Longarm, required a number of different techniques.  It uses hand-dyed fabrics, machine embroidery, textile painting and an overlay of organza.  Red Skies at Night - Sailors Delight was made in the summer of 2000 and measure 50" x 52."

It is a sample for Joyce's Luscious Landscapes Workshop.

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Here are some of hints for this quilt.  It is the cover quilt for Machine Quilitng a Primer of Techniques by Sue Nickels, available by clicking here.  And, it is the backdrop for Sue's free episode this weekend, Episode 402 - Quilting to Perfection.  It is called Blue Tulips on Pink Skies.

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This little quilt, Ashley's Flower Basket, by Sue Nickels, is something you can create yourself.  It is the first pattern in a series of flower basket designs that Sue created for JWD Publishing. You can find the pattern here. The quilt was created using raw-edge fusible machine applique which Sue focuses on in the AQS book Stitched Raw Edge Appliqué co-authored by Sue and her sister, Pat Holly. This book is available from AQS at www.AmericanQuilter.com. You can also visit Sue's site by clicking here.

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Red Wings is a 16" x 16" quilt that Sue Nickels created for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative Stanley Cup Quilt-Off 2011.  This quilt raised $710 for the AAQI.   This quilt is a "wholecloth" quilt which Sue quilted with red thread.

Sue is the author of Machine Quilting: A Primer of Techniques. This book is available from AQS at www.AmericanQuilter.com. You can also visit Sue's site by clicking here.

You can also watch Sue this weekend in Episode 402 - Quilting to Perfection as this show is open to all until Sunday, 11/27.

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Tea at Tenby by Sue Nickels and Pat Holly won Best of Show at the 2009 Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England.  It also took 1st place, Bed Quilts, Home Sewing Machine at the AQS 25th Annual Quilt Show & Contest.

Sue and Pat coauthored Stitched Raw Edge Appliqué and Sue is the author of Machine Quilting: A Primer of Techniques. Both books are available from AQS at www.AmericanQuilter.com. You can learn more about Sue and Pat at Sue's website by clicking here.

Some of you may have been fortunate enough to see the quilt at Quilting in the Garden 2010, where Sue was the featured artist.

You can also watch Sue this weekend in Episode 402 - Quilting to Perfection as this show is open to all until Sunday, 11/27.

Pat was also a guest at TQS in Episode 608 - Mastering Machine Applique.

Tea at Tenby - 36 pieces non-rotating

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Tea at Tenby - 289 pieces rotating