A Behind the Scenes Look at Filming at Craftsy

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It has been a week since my Craftsy class has launched and I thought you might all like a look "behind" the scenes.  Becoming a Craftsy instructor has been such a fabulous experience for me as a quilter, and many of you may wonder what and how the tapings happen.  I would love to share that all with you!

Back to School: My Craftsy Class is NOW Live!!!

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Today is the day, WOOHOO!!  I can't tell you how hard we (Quiltworx.com, Craftsy.com, and myself) have worked to make this class happen!  We listened to the many requests from our followers to get this class off the ground and are very, very happy with the results and what we are bringing to you!!!

We Have a Winner!!!

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First, I would like to thank you all for participating in the 7 days of giveaways for my soon to be launched Craftsy Class!  I am completely and utterly excited for the launch of the class in 10 days! But for now, we have a winner of the FREE class!!!

At Last, It is Getting Quilted!!

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Many of you know that I have a ton of quilt tops to quilt.  If you have been to my trunk shows you will know!  I guess that comes with the territory... after quilting quilts for customers from 2000-2012, your own pile starts to add up!  I have made it my mission to quilt them little by little.  After all it is not a quilt until it is quilted right?

Class Time...

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Yesterday I had the pleasure to teaching another session of Paradise In Blooms.  I was in NY with this wonderful group of student's and their beautiful creations and I would like to share them with you!

Geese Migrations Blog Hop Book Tour and Giveaway Day 1

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Welcome to Day 1 of the Geese Migrations Blog Hop Book Tour!!   You are in for a real treat.  Today, you will be able to visit 3 Certified Quiltworx.com (Judy Niemeyer) Shops and see lots of great things and have the chance to win some great prizes too!

Here is what I would like to share with you today...

Paradise In Blooms Class

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On Sunday, I taught the second session of the Paradise In Blooms Technique of the Month (TOM) Class at The Quilt Basket in Pawling, NY.  The students in this class are awesome!  I wanted to share a few of the pictures that I took during the second class.

Bali Bed Runner Progress Report #8... Quilting the Quilt

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In my last progress report, I showed you that I completed the Bali Bed Runner and it is a top!!  Since then I have loaded it on the long arm and it is almost done being quilted.  Let me show you a few pics...

Bali Bed Runner Progress Report #7... It's A Top!!!

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Diligently working yesterday, all the units that you have been seeing have now become a quilt top!!!  Yes, they have and I am thrilled with the results.  Let me show you how my day went, first a teaser photo... (I must apologize for the darker photos.... it was night time and I was having a difficult time getting them to be a little brighter)

Bali Bed Runner Progress Report #6

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Joining the units into the blocks has commenced and I am loving the results.  A little more curved piecing needs to happen, but not much more.  

Bali Bed Runner Progress Report #5

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Now that I have many of the curves sewn, I am now joining some of the units with more curves... LOL! But once these curves are done, they become traditional square blocks!! Yay!!  Then I can piece the entire quilt together in a traditional way.  Let's take a look at what I accomplished yesterday.

Bali Bed Runner Progress Report #4

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Yesterday was a day for corners.  I sewed the corners onto the B arcs!  This actually doesn't take too long, but after you must trim down.  My hopes is that by the end of the week I will have all the units joined and a top complete.... we'll see.

Raffle Quilt

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Thank you to David Archambault for the excellent photo... here is our RAFFLE QUILT for this year's Flights and Fantasies Quilt Show!!! It is Judy Niemeyer's Queen Size Fire Island Hosta. All the fabric was donated by Timeless Treasures Fabrics, the quilting was done by Shelly Pagliai of Prairie Moon Quilts. For tickets you can contact me via e-mail or contact the New England Air Museum (click here).  Please wait until Tuesday, April 14, 2015 to contact us.

Click here to learn more about the show and to download and entry form to enter one of YOUR quilts into the show!!!

Bali Bed Runner Progress Report #3

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Yesterday, I spent some more time joining units and piecing more curves.  If you missed where I was at yesterday, you can click here and read yesterday's blog post.  I have many more curves to go, but I really enjoy piecing curves!

Let's take a look at what I accomplished yesterday...

Bali Bedrunner Progress Report #2

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Yesterday, I go a bunch of curves sewn on the Bali Bed Runner.  I hope you all like the progress photos?  Some of you have told me they are very helpful to all who are making this pattern or the Bali Wedding Star Quilt.  Today, I will be working on more curves.  Well, it could be that this whole quilt has curves in it...

If you are afraid of piecing a curve, watch the video tutorial on curves that I did by clicking here.  This is the technique I am using on this quilt.  Quick and easy!

Bali Bedrunner Progress

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I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  I spent a good portion of it working on my second Bali Bed Runner!!!  I have some cool photos that I took that I wanted to share.  Making this bed runner requires you to make the arcs, the melons, and the center units.  Once all the units are done then you begin the curved piecing assembly.

A Terrific Weekend

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It has been a little bit since I blogged, I have been busy teaching and doing trunk shows.  This weekend I spent 3 days with some wonderful ladies at the Strong House Inn in Vergennes, VT.  This is where I go to teach a yearly retreat on Judy Niemeyer techniques.  Some of the ladies worked on the same things, others worked on different things.  I would like to share with you some of the highlights.

Total Eclipse Class

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Sorry I have been remiss in blogging lately.  I have been super duper busy!  That is definitely a good thing! So I am going to start with yesterday and then go backwards on my next blog post to last week.  I know reverse order isn't always the best, but it is what I have for now.

Yesterday, I spent the day with a fun group of ladies in Mt. Vernon, NY, the Pelham Quilters.  I taught the Total Eclipse Class.  This classic Judy Niemeyer pattern is one of my favorite to teach.  It is a beginner paper piecing class and can be taught in one day.  The ladies had a great time and made some terrific progress.

Day 4.... of the Retreat

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What can I say.... we have had a GREAT time... here are just 4 fun pictures.  You will have to click on the link at the end of blog post to see all the photos.

Day 3 Paradise in the Pines Retreat

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We are having such a great time at retreat and these ladies are just having a fabulous time sewing up a storm! Here are some more pics from the day.  The first picture is magnificent...