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SKY INSPIRED QUILTS<br />
Linda V. Taylor<br />
Leading the Way<br />
Thread<br />
Transformations<br />
<strong>Machine</strong><br />
Embroidered<br />
Kaleidoscopes<br />
Judith Trager’s<br />
Grand Canyon Series<br />
Cutting Tool<br />
Compendium<br />
Keeping Your<br />
<strong>Machine</strong> Clean!<br />
Part 1<br />
Todd Fletcher<br />
JULY/ AUGUST 2012
<strong>46</strong> <strong>Quilting</strong> Design Decisions<br />
Louisa L. Smith<br />
<strong>contents</strong><br />
19 design elements<br />
Digitizing and Creating<br />
Kaleidoscope Embroidery<br />
Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero<br />
26 Quilts Inspired by the Sky<br />
Kit Robinson<br />
38 Linda V. Taylor . . .<br />
. . . Leading the Way!<br />
Vicki Anderson<br />
60 art studio<br />
Creating a<br />
New Body of Work<br />
Judith Trager<br />
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6 from the editor’s desk<br />
8 contributors<br />
10 tool box<br />
12 bookshelf<br />
Kit Robinson<br />
14 foundations<br />
Stippling Workbook<br />
Barb Hollinger<br />
34 ask kimmy!<br />
Back It Up!<br />
Kim Brunner<br />
52 design elements<br />
Thread to the Rescue!<br />
Kim Brunner<br />
58 filler finesse<br />
Diane Rusin Doran<br />
66 design ideas<br />
Concepts in Design<br />
Jessica Schick<br />
70 a cut above<br />
—A Guide to Cutting Tools<br />
76 noteworthy<br />
79 tech talk<br />
Keeping it Clean — Part 1<br />
Todd Fletcher<br />
85 subscription information<br />
86 jaw dropper<br />
Ginger<br />
© 2012 Sue Reno<br />
Inspiration<br />
and instruction<br />
for ALL machine<br />
quilters!<br />
Keep an eye out for the Web Extras!<br />
icon. That is your cue to go to our<br />
website, www.mqumag.com, for extra<br />
information on the subject being<br />
discussed.<br />
On the Cover: Birds in Paradise (detail of<br />
back view), by Linda Taylor and Cherie<br />
Meineke-Johnson, 78 × 80 inches. Shown here<br />
is the front view.<br />
<strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Quilting</strong> <strong>Unlimited</strong> (USPS 000-230) Vol. XVII, No. 7.<br />
Published six times per year by Meander Publishing Inc, 1801<br />
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from the editor’s desk<br />
There comes a time in most organizations<br />
when the people involved look around at their<br />
workspace and realize that they are bursting at<br />
the seams! That time came last month for us at<br />
Meander Publishing. Fortunately, Vicki Anderson<br />
was able to find the perfect space for our growing<br />
team right in her backyard in Fort Lupton,<br />
Colorado. We can now have meetings where<br />
not only do we all fit at the conference table at<br />
the same time, but our laptops do, too! A small<br />
kitchen area gives us the ability to stave off hunger (any group that gets<br />
together has to have food, right?) and, most importantly, there is a large<br />
space for our sewing lab, where we can test new products and machines, do<br />
still photography for the magazines and even film visiting quilt artists as<br />
they demonstrate their stitching techniques.<br />
We are happy that much of our work on <strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Quilting</strong> <strong>Unlimited</strong> and our<br />
new, upcoming magazine, Modern Quilts <strong>Unlimited</strong>, can still be done virtually,<br />
but there is a lot of value in having us all meet together from time to<br />
time, sharing our ideas, excitement and enthusiasm for these endeavors. We<br />
each have our own important parts to play, whether it is publishing, editing,<br />
graphics, advertising, accounting, handling the subscription arena or the<br />
web content, and every area intertwines with the others. I am truly grateful<br />
to be part of such a fantastic team!<br />
I hope that you will share our enthusiasm in this issue as you read about<br />
Linda Taylor’s trail-blazing career in the longarm industry, see the incredible<br />
kaleidoscope machine embroideries of Jeanie Sumrall Ajero, learn<br />
Louisa L. Smith’s quilting secrets and peruse Judith Trager’s latest art quilt<br />
series, based on the Grand Canyon. More design, technique and informational<br />
articles await, and our Sky Quilts, Noteworthy Quilts, and Sue Reno’s<br />
wonderful Jaw Dropper, Ginger, are here for your inspiration and enjoyment.<br />
Kit Robinson<br />
Managing Editor<br />
kit@meanderpublishing.com<br />
Visit our website to see our<br />
Galleries, Blog and Web Extras<br />
www.mqumag.com<br />
<strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Quilting</strong> <strong>Unlimited</strong><br />
Executive Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vicki Anderson<br />
Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kit Robinson<br />
Web Content Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emily Vanek<br />
Advertising Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sara Duffert<br />
Circulation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tiffani Hahn<br />
Graphic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jonathan Miller/<br />
JLM Graphics<br />
Photographer . . . . . . . . . .Gregory Case Photography<br />
www .gregorycase .com<br />
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Subscriptions<br />
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MEANDER PUBLISHING INC<br />
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