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New York is also a mecca for quilters and fiber artists. Take a look at Nina Edelman’s recommendations for the best places to find fabric in New York City.
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Linda, the former editor of Sew News magazine, loves writing and designing for the textile craft industries. Living outside of Portland, Oregon, she is also an avid machine embroiderer. In fact, she’s written two books on the topic, plus others on fabric printing and needle felting.
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Helen has been an active participant in the growth of the quilt industry as a designer, lecturer, and teacher, best known for her Dear Helen quilting pattern books.
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Learn from the best! Award-winning quilter, master appliqué artist, world traveler—these only begin to describe Suzanne. Her recent AQS book, Adventure & Appliqué, was inspired by textile designs from cultures around the globe. Suzanne shows you how to make perfect bias stems for appliqué without any gadgets. Suzanne makes her home in St. Louis.
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Sheryl is an award-winning quilt artist who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her two children. Her academic degrees have nothing to do with art, though she does work at an art gallery! She began quilting 14 years ago, focusing her attention most recently on creating original art quilts.
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Carol Taylor teaches her technique for smooth, consistent satin stitching around the raw edges of appliqué shapes.
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Helen Squire is the author and designer of the Dear Helen quilting design book and CD-ROM pattern series.
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“Well, I needed some kind of stitch to hold the layers of that quilt together,” explains quilter Carol Switzer about her innovative technique.
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Learn Ricky Tim’s tried-and-true tricks for perfectly stitching blanket stitches for machine applique.