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Kathy Kansier writes a regular column for the TAS newsletter. In our July/August 2008 issue she expanded her column to share her experiences teaching at the "Festival Brasileiro de Quilt e Patchwork em Gramado" in the city of Gramando, Brazil. We are sure you will enjoy reading about Kathy's trip and seeing her photos so as a special treat we are posting her article to our website. This file is in a PDF format and you will need Acrobat Reader to open the file. If you do not have Acrobat Reader you can download it for FREE at this site http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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This quilt was designed and stitched by TAS member Seri Mylchreest. The TAS newsletter article about Ricky Tims’ Rhapsody quilts inspired Seri. It is about 45" square and done with broderie perse appliqué which was machine quilted. Ricky's book goes into detail about how to piece intricate curves-- I said "not in this lifetime" and decided to do the whole thing as one big appliqué. The pieces were all appliquéd onto the dark blue background and the broderie perse is sewn on top of that-- there's no piecing except in the border

A special thanks to Phyllis D. Miller for her mystery appliqué pattern of 2007. My sister, Diane Bennett, challenged me to start this project with her. Mine was finished in time for our guild quilt show in May 2008; hers I haven't seen yet. Come on Sis, I still want to see you finish yours. The picture was taken in a fellow 'Naughty Needlers' (Karen Wheeler's) rose garden, at our first annual anniversary luncheon of the Naughty Needlers. Thanks again, and I hope we will see another mystery project in the future. Naughty Needler Kathie Murtha

TAS member Bernadine Heller-Greenman shares her story on how she came to using luscious beadwork and raw edge applique in her work in our July/August 2008 newsletter.

We thought you would like to see examples of Bernadine's work in color. We are sure you will find her pieces absolutely gorgeous.

Carol Mesimer has donated all the patterns from her beautiful Baby Baltimore quilt project to TAS.

The first series of patterns can be found in the March/April 2008 TAS newsletter.

It is a stunning quilt and promises to be a fun project.

TAS member Kathy McNeil from Tulalip, Washington has won the hand appliqué Best of Show award at Pacific International Quilt Festival for her quilt "Gone Fishin".

Kathy says "Lucky the puppy is quite pleased and so am I". Congratulations, Kathy!!

The East Texas Appliqué Society of Tyler, Texas made a donation quilt for the Azalea Quilt show of East Texas on 3-30/31-06. The pattern came from the book: “Pick-a-Pattern Appliqué & Variations” by Joan Waldman. The appliqué blocks were completed by needle turn and the sashing and alternate blocks were machine pieced. Machine quilting was completed by Kay Costner. A $4,800 profit from ticket sales was shared by Camp Tyler and the ARC of Tyler.

The Turning Points recently submitted a picture of a quilt featuring “Cats” for a local animal adoption/foster program. We, as a group had made double that amount of blocks. The other blocks were won (in a drawing) by a member, Bev Morgan. Bev is one of the founding members of “The Turning Points” TAS Chapter. This is a picture of Bev Morgan and her quilt that she completed with the extra blocks. The paws around the outside border are all pieced and she added quite a bit of embroidery.

The "As The Needle Turns" Chapter of TAS began a challenge in November 2006 for the appliqué mystery published in the TAS newsletter. Participants donated $5.00 to the "pot", and were given points each month for meeting certain benchmarks, e.g. stems completed, leaves completed, flowers completed, if they did any stitching that month, and if they brought it to the meeting for show and tell. A total of 28 participants (at the time about 80% of our members) started the challenge bringing the "pot" to $140.00. Several members dropped out, and these five pictured below finished the challenge and brought their piece to our December Christmas Party where the winner was announced. Nancy Brown, second from right, was the grand prize winner. Several other mystery challenge participants are close to finishing. Members used a variety of techniques to complete their appliqué including machine appliqué, hand appliqué, broiderie perse, bead and thread embellishments, and embroidery. Members enjoyed seeing the project develop, especially after the flowers were added. We must admit, the beginning months of stems and leaves were pretty boring! But, the flowers and embellishments added life and interest to the project. The As The Needle Turns chapter is located in The Woodlands, Texas.

Anne Peck, RCC writes...while I was visiting the new Sugar Land TX TAS chapter on October 27th, one of their senior appliquérs, Esther Mohr, had made the 10th anniversary TAS pattern into a large wall hanging to help publicize TAS at the quilt store where they meet. Denise Tipton has supplied us with photos of the Sugar Land group and the two ladies that made the quilt. On the left is Karen Shively, who did the machine embroidery and quilting. On the right is Esther Mohr who did the appliqué top. Denise says, “We are very proud of their work; I don't think there could be a better advertisement for our group.”

Three members of The White River Appliquers, along with a few others from our church, completed this quilt to hang in our sunday school area. The members of our group are Annie Wagar, Linda Shute and Jan Dawes. The quilt was completed in time for the 2007 Hill N Hollow quilt guild show and won an Honorable Mention in the group category. The group photo is of the Sew Many Blessings Quilt Group at the First Christian Church in Mt. Home, Arkansas. Three of us spun off from this group and are founding members of the new TAS group, White River Appliquers. The photo is L to R: Donna Bohaty, Barbara Koenig, Susan Svatek, Annie Wagar**, Ann Mann, Dorothy Patterson, Jan Dawes** and Linda Shute**. TAS WRA members are designated with [**]

Elsie Tolley writes: Enclosed please find two photos of "Little Brown Bird" by Margaret Docherty. This quilt was hand-appliqued and hand-quilted by the little lady in one of the pictures. Her name is Alice Fellers, and she is a member of the Busy Needle Turners of Stephenville, Tx. Alice is one of the very first members to join our group, when we first started. She does such beautiful work and has done so many pretty things that we wanted to share some of her work with others. Sorry that the Newsletter does not print in color but thought that it might be put on the website as well as the Newsletter. We are all so proud of Alice and would like to share her talent.

TAS member Val Ursulak made this quilt in 2007 from Aie Rossman's pattern called Affairs of the Heart. Val says " I named mine "Heart Parade". I met Aie, who is a Calgary, Alberta designer, at an Elly Sienkiewicz appliqué class in Calgary in 2005. Aie brought her original quilt to show and I was entranced by her wonderful choice of vibrant color and the lovely embroidery she used to enhance the blocks. Aie is originally from Burma and I thought the embroidery and some of the blocks were beautiful reflections of that culture. I entered this quilt in our Nanaimo Quilters Guild show last May and won first for large wallhanging and was awarded the CQA ribbon for Viewers Choice. When I sent in a photo to the Canadian Quilter magazine, the editor asked permission to feature it on the cover of the winter issue. It was also juried into the World Quilt Competition last summer and after traveling to 4 different venues in the States, it was returned safely to me just before Christmas. Every block was a joy to make as I fussy cut most of the hearts to take advantage of pattern or texture. I also used a lot of batiks for shading purposes. The border was done in reverse appliqué using a Caryl Bryer Fallert fabric called "Splash" for the bottom layer. I used black batting and a black floral backing and did the quilting free motion with black silk thread. Working on black was hard on the eyes but very rewarding for the dramatic contrast of the colour against the black. The size of the quilt is 61" X 61". That's the history - I hope you will find what you need here - but don't hesitate to contact me again if there is something else I can tell you. Val is the chapter leader of The Dimensional Divas who meet in Nanaimo, BC (on Vancouver Island)

For the past year and a half we have had the privilege of featuring an appliqué mystery quilt project in our newsletter. The "Mystery Quilt" was designed by TAS member and teacher Phyllis D. Miller of Murray, KY. We are starting to get photos from some of our members who have worked on the project. Their work is spectacular and everyone enjoyed Phyllis D. Miller's design.
Clara Gibson of the Cozy Quilt Appliquérs chapter from San Diego created this beautiful quilt and added a hummingbird to the center. Clara says "I couldn't wait for the border edition in the Nov/Dec newsletter! The hummingbird is from a pattern by Jane Townswick that I saved from a February 2007 "Quilter's Newsletter Magazine" ... I have been looking for an excuse to use it."
Sally Coble's shows her work in progress. Sally is from the "As The Needle Turns" chapter. Their chapter used the mystery quilt project as their challenge for the year. Sally is using embroidery to accent several places on her quilt.
Sandy Mitchell shows her finished mystery quilt. Sandy is a member of two Arizona TAS Chapters, "Spooling Around" and "Scattered Threads". Sandy and her fellow chapter members got a jump on the mystery quilt when they had designer Phyllis D. Miller come to Arizona and teach an appliqué workshop. This is Sandy's first attempt at hand appliqué and we can't wait to see what she does next.
#1 Fused Fabric Appliqué #2 Block with Paint #3 Block with inked details #4 Finished block with background	Zoe's Painted Posie© 2007 La Veda Longfellow Myers has a wonderful article and lesson on coloring appliqué blocks using paint and ink in our November/December newsletter. These color photos show the four different steps involved
We have invited our members to write an article for our newsletter. This column is called "Creativity, Originality & Ingenuity...Members Share Their Experiences" The subject is of the members choosing and the subject should be something that inspires them or a favorite technique or even an experience. The author of the article chosen to run in the newsletter will win a FREE one year membership renewal. Our first column has been submitted by Denise in Massachusetts. While we did not have enough room to run all of Denise's photos in the newsletter we are posting them here for all to enjoy.	New York Beauty in Purple, Yellow, and Green; Pattern from a book by Valori Wells There's No Place Like Home; Pattern from Quakertown Quilts, entitled: "All Around the Town" Truly Trapunto; Pattern by Keryn Emmerson of Australia
	New TAS member Bernadine Heller-Greenman has submitted photos of two mixed media wall hangings. The pieced and quilted fabrics also include glass beads with some larger Kazuri beads from Kenya and sequins. The beadwork is so intricate we are also including two photos showing some of the detailed bead work The quilt to the left is called Africa and is approximately 24" high and 16" wide.
The beading Quilt to the right is "The Writer" and is approximately 19" high by 18" wide.
	Joylene Bouma shares a photo of her quilt "Botanika". Here is what she says about the quilt: "I love Robyn Pandolph fabric so about 75% of this quilt was from her fabric and the rest batiks. Robyn designed this pattern "Botanika" and Amidon Quiltworks taught it as a block of the month class. The quilt is hand appliquéd and hand quilted and was finished in 2006. I used the freezer paper-spray starch method of appliqué taught by P3DESIGNS.COM. My daughter also likes this "turn of the century look" so the quilt now is in her new home".
TAS member Bunny Leighton has created this beautiful design to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of TAS. The design is called "10 Years of TAS" and was one of the featured patterns in our Sept/Oct 2007 Newsletter.
	Kathy McNeil of Tulalip, Washington. shares her beautiful quilt "Walk With Me". Kathy will be teaching at the 2007 Seabeck Retreat and is working on designing a special pattern for the class. Kathy’s website is www.kathymcneilquilts.com take a moment and visit her gallery to see some of the other magnificent hand appliqued quilts she has created.
"Bougainvilleas on Vines" created by Ruth Peskett, Centreville N.S. (formerly of Chilliwack B.C.) Ruth writes …When our quilting group went to Quilt Festival, Houston, followed by a Gulf of Mexico cruise in Nov. 2004. The quilt was designed and taught by Maureen Goldsmith, Chilliwack, B.C. I particularly enjoyed doing the bead embellishing. What a wonderful souvenir of our quilting trip!
	This quilt was made by the TAS maniacs in Plymouth, WI submitted by Chapter Leader Elayne West as a charity quilt for the Wisconsin Soldiers Home and is to be raffled off. It is a pattern designed by Piece O' Cake.
TAS member, Bunny Leighton, designed "Christmas Morning" especially for our Nov/Dec 2005 newsletter. This charming wall hanging make a perfect Christmas project.
	We are running a series of butterfly patterns in the newsletter called "Butterfly Fantasies". These patterns were designed by Geri Waechter. Luella Kephart is a member of Geri's TAS chapter and created this quilt from Geri's patterns. Thank you very much for sharing your photo with us, Luella
These two wall hangings were created from the pattern "Stained Glass Star" donated to the TAS newsletter by Joan Bouwmeester and Debbie Bouwmeester-Fasek of Three Swan Studios. The patterns appeared in our Nov/Dec 2005 newsletter.
	TAS member, Lois Watkins, has donated several "delightful" patterns to the newsletter. This pattern, "Daisy Delight" appeared in our Nov/Dec 2005 newsletter.
	Detail of "Daisy Delight"
Linda Yantis, of Chandler, Arizona created this beautiful quilt. It is called "Springtime in the Rockies" and was one of our featured patterns in our Nov/Dec newsletter. Linda designed the pattern and very kindly shared it with our TAS members. To see more of Linda's work visit her website at: http://www.lindayantis.com
	I am a new member to TAS, although not new to hand applique. My upcoming exhibit of ten quilts will be on display at The Museum of American Quilter's Society Paducah, KY, this October-January. I would like to submit a JP EG for the newsletter of my little quilt, "Gifts of Love." MAQS named my exhibition after this quilt, which raised $16,000.00 for a 20 year old Leukemia patient that needed a Bone Marrow Transplant. I am thrilled that she has done very well and is getting her hair back. The story is on my website www.kathymcneilquilts.com Thank you for the newsletter. I am so glad someone told me about this organization. Kathy www.kathymcneilquilts.com
This quilt, "Norway in Appliqué" was designed and stitched by TAS member Linda Yantis. Linda designed this as a block of the month series. She has been designing patterns for three years. We all look forward to seeing more of Linda's work.
"I Come to the Garden" is another block of the month pattern series designed by Linda Yantis. Note her clever use of appliqué detail in the border.

I just got news from my friend, a member of the Clark County Quilt Guild, that I won 2nd place in appliqué wall hangings, out of the 275 quilts!!!

There is a story on this quilt. I asked Joyce to find me an antique quilt, no rush, just a nice one, with preference that it would be made of feed sack fabrics. And she did, she found me a bright yellow double wedding ring quilt, and the segments were made of feed sack fabrics.

One day she called me, if, instead of paying her back for the quilt, I would like to make her a Spring Appliqué quilt. So I did, I designed and made it for her and we exchanged the quilts in November last year, after the Houston Quilt show, when I returned home with her to Vancouver (WA). She saw a picture before, but she was trilled with the result. And now she entered the quilt in the show... and I won. I got the ribbon and she got the quilt. I think this is an example of real friendship amongst quilters.

Marilou Vandierendonck, Belgium

This block was stitched and designed by TAS member Linda Giesler Carlson. It is called "Coxcomb Crossing Baskets" and is a 20 inch block. Linda is known for her beautiful 4-Block quilts, and is the author of several books on the subject. This pattern along with an interview with Linda can be found in the May/June 2004 TAS newsletter.

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