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Artistic talent can (and should) be learned

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I grew up with highly artistic family members. My sisters were drawing realistic dogs and cats- I mean REALISTIC, dogs and cats- before kindergarten. Around the age of ten, I mastered cute rows of flowers. It worked for me, it was the early 70’s, Flower Power was in.

In high school, I managed an “A for effort” in art by making a train engine out of slabs of clay. It was engineered beautifully. It looked like it was painted by a second-grader.

Good thing I got perfect scores on every math test, my mother wouldn’t have had a thing to put in the scrapbook with my sisters’ works of art….

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Looking for a Few Good Quilters…

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…to fill up the QT Summit November 6th-8th in Lake Geneva, WI.

SIGN UP with a friend by October 4th and receive FREE LODGING for the nights of November 6th and 7th, a $100 value.

Use the Coupon Code: FreeLodging when you sign up and email the friends’ names to info@quiltersthread.com.

In addition, all participants will receive a FREE COPY of Lisa’s new eBook: COLOR: Obsession, Joy & Torment. (Available October 8, 2018.)

About the Summit:

You’ll be Making Traditional Quilt Blocks Your Own….this is a theory class about design, but you’ll leave with something to show for it. You’ll be learning and you’ll be making the quilt you design.

Click here for more information on the Summit.

Taking the Guesswork out of Fabric Selection

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Correctly determining the color value of fabric makes fabric selection and placement a sure thing. Here, Lisa talks about how she uses red and green color filters, as well as a five-step value scale to take the guesswork out of the process.

Here Comes the Sun: Festival of the Sun Quilt

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The charge was to make a quilt inspired by a summer festival, and I had a week to do it. The only festival I attended this summer was Inti Raymi (Inti- Sun, Raymi- Festival) which was celebrated when I was in Cusco, Peru with my granddaughter.

The Inti Raymi dates back to Inca times when the Sun was worshiped and offered sacrifices. The festival coincides with the winter solstice, when the Incas, and Peruvians today, gather at the Temple of the Sun at sunrise to welcome and celebrate the “return of the sun” and longer, warmer days.

In earlier times, the celebration lasted many days. When the Spanish conquered the Incas, the celebration date was changed from the actual solstice to June 24th to continue the celebration in hiding by coinciding the date with the Catholic feast of John the Baptist.

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