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Longarm quilter you will want to meet!

margaret | June 30, 2011

I want to share a few snippets from our current newsletter featuring Anita Estes, longarm quilter extraordinaire.

Anita explained, “I discovered quilt making when living with my grandparents as a young child. Can’t tell about my love of quilts without telling about them because the things they taught me were a big influence on who I am today.

Anita is a professional longarm quilter with a big heart. She mades memory quilts from clothing of deceased individuals, finishes UFO tops (unfinished quilt tops) donated to her and gives them to charity, machine quilts for textile artists, designs her own quilts, and
hosts three blogs with tons of quilt related tutorials!

Below is a sample of quilting out extra fullness into a beautiful design.

There is so much more about Anita to share! If you are wondering…it’s in the July issue. Sign up to the left of this post.

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Tags: newsletter, quilts

Quilt outside the box!

margaret | June 27, 2011

September 10, 2011 begins another 4 week online class!
If you’ve always wanted to expand your quilting skills and quilt outside the box…
this is your chance!

Registration is open for a seat in the class to learn to make your own custom patterns
for pictorial and portrait quilts. More information is available!

A sample video of the type you will view is just a click away!

Videos will cover: techniques on using specific tools, menus, resolution, photo adjustment, cloning, histograms, cropping, layers, separating values, and more!

Instruction in three different software applications (including a free application) will be presented.

A seat in the class is available just for you! Register today!

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Tags: online quilt class, online quilting class, quilt patterns, Videos

Quilt Block Becomes Town Logo

margaret | June 23, 2011

An unexpected email arrived from a quilter with some exciting news!
Carol gave me permission to use the email contents and photos!

Dear Margaret, I took a workshop from you in Beaumont, TX.

I have moved to a small community just outside Beaumont named Taylor Landing.
We were named one of the 24 finalists as an All-American City.
One of the activities involved was a quilt block.

My inspiration was a picture I took and I remembered the
crane project from your workshop.

I did an adaptation of the crane for my block. I am attaching pictures.
Everyone loves the block and it represents our village so well
they would like to adopt it as our logo.

I felt that once it had gone past the quilt block I needed to get your permission.

May we have your permission to use my adaptation of your crane as our logo?

Carol

Carol sent these two photos:

Isn’t that fun! She has turned her block into the town’s logo!

Below is the original quilt design I shared with the guild and from which Carol made modifications.

This quilt pattern and others are located on our pattern website.

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Quilting presentation plus!

margaret | June 18, 2011

Two things Brenham, Tx is noted for… got to experience both!

and

Thanks so much to the wonderful group of quilters in the
Friendship Quilt Guild for inviting me to present to your group!

Met a lady from Australia visiting friends in Brenham and the guild.
As a last minute thing, she was asked to tell a bit about her guild
and was very humorous in her presentation. We exchanged emails
and I plan to interview her for our newsletter.

Arrived in time to visit Blue Bell Creamery. You know, the ice cream you love!