contents 46 - Machine Quilting Unlimited

SKY INSPIRED QUILTS
Linda V. Taylor
Leading the Way
Thread
Transformations
Machine
Embroidered
Kaleidoscopes
Judith Trager’s
Grand Canyon Series
Cutting Tool
Compendium
Keeping Your
Machine Clean!
Part 1
Todd Fletcher
JULY/ AUGUST 2012

46 Quilting Design Decisions
Louisa L. Smith
contents
19 design elements
Digitizing and Creating
Kaleidoscope Embroidery
Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero
26 Quilts Inspired by the Sky
Kit Robinson
38 Linda V. Taylor . . .
. . . Leading the Way!
Vicki Anderson
60 art studio
Creating a
New Body of Work
Judith Trager
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6 from the editor’s desk
8 contributors
10 tool box
12 bookshelf
Kit Robinson
14 foundations
Stippling Workbook
Barb Hollinger
34 ask kimmy!
Back It Up!
Kim Brunner
52 design elements
Thread to the Rescue!
Kim Brunner
58 filler finesse
Diane Rusin Doran
66 design ideas
Concepts in Design
Jessica Schick
70 a cut above
—A Guide to Cutting Tools
76 noteworthy
79 tech talk
Keeping it Clean — Part 1
Todd Fletcher
85 subscription information
86 jaw dropper
Ginger
© 2012 Sue Reno
Inspiration
and instruction
for ALL machine
quilters!
Keep an eye out for the Web Extras!
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information on the subject being
discussed.
On the Cover: Birds in Paradise (detail of
back view), by Linda Taylor and Cherie
Meineke-Johnson, 78 × 80 inches. Shown here
is the front view.
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from the editor’s desk
There comes a time in most organizations
when the people involved look around at their
workspace and realize that they are bursting at
the seams! That time came last month for us at
Meander Publishing. Fortunately, Vicki Anderson
was able to find the perfect space for our growing
team right in her backyard in Fort Lupton,
Colorado. We can now have meetings where
not only do we all fit at the conference table at
the same time, but our laptops do, too! A small
kitchen area gives us the ability to stave off hunger (any group that gets
together has to have food, right?) and, most importantly, there is a large
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they demonstrate their stitching techniques.
We are happy that much of our work on Machine Quilting Unlimited and our
new, upcoming magazine, Modern Quilts Unlimited, can still be done virtually,
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I hope that you will share our enthusiasm in this issue as you read about
Linda Taylor’s trail-blazing career in the longarm industry, see the incredible
kaleidoscope machine embroideries of Jeanie Sumrall Ajero, learn
Louisa L. Smith’s quilting secrets and peruse Judith Trager’s latest art quilt
series, based on the Grand Canyon. More design, technique and informational
articles await, and our Sky Quilts, Noteworthy Quilts, and Sue Reno’s
wonderful Jaw Dropper, Ginger, are here for your inspiration and enjoyment.
Kit Robinson
Managing Editor
kit@meanderpublishing.com
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