Here is a 'sneak preview' of the November issue (ships the end of October). Lisa Calle's new generation quilts, Leah Day's trapunto designing, Barb Hollinger's help with quilting applique quilts, a peek at the Milwaukee Machine Quilting Show, Lenore Crawford's fabulous art quilts and the wonderful America Celebrates! traveling exhibit provide incredible visual and instructional delights. Todd Fletcher's Tech Talk, Kim Brunner's Ask Kimmy! and Karen Overton's What to do with Batting Scraps round out this packed issue.
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Favorite Website
Larkin Van Horn
Larkin Van Horn is a textile artist who produces incredible beadwork, wearable art, and liturgical art. A new Gallery category, Small Treasures, will be added very soon, so be sure to check back often!
www.larkinart.com
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See Us at the Shows!
AUSTRALIA MACHINE QUILTING FESTIVAL Adelaide, South Australia
Dick and Vicki
will be there Oct 1-4!
We can't wait. And Kimmy Brunner is teaching!
INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL
November 4-7, 2010
Houston Texas
Vicki will be with Pam Clarke. See you in the classroom!
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This month's newsletter is a few days early as Dick and I are headed to Adelaide, Australia to attend the inaugural Australia Machine Quilting Festival October 1-4! We hope to see many of our Aussie subscribers while we are there. Kimmy Brunner will be teaching as well. Get your questions ready for her! Vicki Anderson
Executive Editor
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QUILT OF THE MONTH
Purplegator
©2010
Patricia Anderson Turner,
Charlotte Harbor, FL
61" h by 77" w
A native Florida Purple Alligator (gatoris
purple-ISH-ess) bares her teeth during her morning stretch. Purplegators have
populated the shoreline of Charlotte Harbor and the Peace River in harmony with
the rainbow pelican for thousands of years. Local neon-tarpon fishing guides also claim sightings of a yellow dwarf
crocodile on and around the inlets of Cayo Costa. Consulted about this
possibility, noted Sanibel biologist (Sanibel Biological Supply) Dr. Marion
Ford responds "Preposterous." (Dr.
Ford is quoted courtesy of his creator, Randy Wayne White, author of 17 Doc
Ford novels.)
The upper two thirds of the quilt is a silk charmeuse
wholecloth that I dyed and dye-painted with Procion MX dyes. Sections of the
sky and trees are 'stuffed' with bamboo batting. The bottom third is machine
pieced with hand dyed and commercial cottons. The alligator has many elements: cotton,
hand dyed silks (including charmeuse, organza, and habotai), velveteen, hand
painted cottons, felt, and....for the scales....several hand dyed and
commercial yarns that I knit together in separate squares. The eye is beaded.
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Spotlight on Staff
Jonathan Miller
Jonathan
Miller, JLM Graphics, is responsible for the fantastic layout and the overall look
and feel of Machine
Quilting Unlimited Magazine.He produces our spectacular covers, and is integral to all of our design ideas, whether in the magazine, marketing materials, helping with ads or anything else that we throw at him. We get many comments about our extraordinarily clear images and stitching details, and it is all the result of Jonathan's talent and dedication.
Jonathan also enjoys traveling, photography, cycling, running,
skiing hiking and other outdoor activities with his wife, Debbie.
Please
visit his website: www.jlmgraphics.com.
He can be reached at jonathan@jlmgraphics.com.
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Tip of the Month
Making a Quilt Sleeve
The
most frequently used method of displaying a quilt is to stitch a sleeve, or
casing, onto the backing of the quilt so that a rod or dowel can be slipped
through it. The rod and sleeve allow the quilt's weight to be distributed
evenly, eliminating undue stress on any part of the quilt. Most quilt shows require a four inch sleeve, with ½ give for
inserting the hanging rod.
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Cut a
strip of fabric 9 inches wide and 2 inches longer than the width of the quilt.
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Turn
under a 1 1/2 inch hem at both short ends of the strip. Top stitch. This will
give a finished width equal to the quilt width, minus 1 inch.
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Fold the sleeve wrong sides together lengthwise
and press the crease on the long edge.
Baste ¼ inch from the fold of the long edge. Press basted edge to one side so sleeve
fabric is flat.
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Pin
long edges of sleeve fabric right sides together, sew a ¼ inch seam. Press
seam open, and turn sleeve right side out.
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Press
sleeve flat, with the seam in the center of the back side and the basted edge in
the center of the front side.
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Center
the sleeve 1 inch below the binding of the quilt on the back side of the
quilt, with the seam side down, and the basted side up. Hand sew the top and
bottom edges to the back of the quilt with a slip stitch. The short edges
touching the quilt should also be sewn down. Be sure that the short edges
not touching the quilt are not sewn down, so that the sleeve is left open for
the rod to be inserted.
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