Sunday, March 10, 2013

Lyric Kinard: Giveaway!

Way back in November, while at Festival, I met Lyric, as we were chatting across the table with a large group of friends, and she mentioned that she was going to be taping the QUILT show in Feb. I piped up and said, "Really? When? So am I!"  It turned out that we were taping on the same day!  Small world!  This was wonderful on so many levels.   One, getting to tape and spend the day with someone you already know is grand! And also,  Having now known her, it made for a little girls get away!  We had so much fun tooling around Charleston together.

Lyric is an art quilter/ teacher/music lover, who has so many fun tricks up her sleeve.  I learned so much from  her, while watching her taping! So many other things for me to try in my quilts! She opened up a new set of tools for me to explore.  


Lyric was kind enough to give me a copy that I can giveaway of her Book, Art+Quilt Design Principles and creativity exercises!  It's so cool that we were put together because even though we make different kinds of quilts, a lot about our books, relate.  Inspiration, tools and exercises to get you trying new things, and all the good stuff about design!

Want to win a copy of her book?
Tell me one thing you have never tried in quilt making...
The list of options is long, and I'm sure there is one thing you haven't tried yet... What is it?

I will leave the giveaway open until Thursday(March 14th at 9am). Then I will post the winner, and ship it off before I fly off to AU!



Lyric Montgomery Kinard, 2011 Teacher of the Year (International Association of Professional Quilters) will be in Houston this year at the International Quilt Festival. Check out her class offerings at http://www.lyrickinard.com/schedule.html.

AND!
Check out Lyric's instructional DVD's at http://www.lyrickinard.com/publications.html if you are interested in some excellent and entertaining instruction in Surface Design or Beading techniques.

115 comments:

  1. I haven't tried painting on fabric - I have the paints, the brushes - no reason not to jump in - I just haven't!
    I was in Charleston last year - I loved - we saw so many trees like the one you are in front of :)

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  2. Hi: I haven't tried trapunto or couching or discharge dyeing.... thanks for the chance to win.

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  3. I've still been avoiding Y seams. I don't really know why - I have probably done more complicated things in clothing construction!

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  4. trapunto. i don't know what is stopping me ;-)

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  5. I love Lyric's work ... and know I would make good use of her book. Thanks to you both for the great giveaway.

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  6. I've tried a lot of techniques in quilting but I'm scared to death to try beading though I love how it looks!

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  7. That would be a whole cloth quilt - toooo boring! I couldn't stand looking at solid white or cream for dozens of hours.

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  8. The list is long, but I've never tried thread painting.

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  9. As I think about it, even though I've been quilting for years, I have a very long list of techniques that I haven't tried. Trapunto, paper piecing, and machine quilting are probably the top three. Can you tell that I'm an appliquer who hand pieces and hand quilts?

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  10. hand sewing any part of my quilts! :)

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  11. I haven't yet sewn a curve or sewn a dresden plate or done blocking a quilt to get it to the right shape... SOO much to try - sooo much to learn!!!

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  12. Since I have been blogging I have been trying lots of new and wonderful things. Right now I am trying to learn to machine quilt. I am improving every day.

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  13. One thing I haven't tried to do is thread art on a quilt. It's so pretty, just not sure how to start, if I even could do it.

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  14. There's a lot I haven't tried yet in quilting, but what's been on my heart lately is thread painting!

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  15. I haven't tried thread painting and the list could probably go on and one.....Thanks for a chance to win.

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  16. I haven't had an opportunity to try to dye fabric. I am seeing such awesome results so that may be the next 'thing' for me!!!

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  17. I have never tried painting on a quilt yet and would really love to try embelishing with layers!
    Thanks.

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  18. Hello! I'm not sure if it counts, but I've never entered a quilt in a show/contest. I think I've tried all the quilting methods, application & quilting methods. So, I should make that my new goal for the next year.

    Thanks Lyric for the great give-away!

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  19. I have never tried paper piecing. Maybe 2013 is the year.

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  20. I have never made a art quilt, which is what I love most! I keep getting caught up in group ideas etc. Looks like a great book!

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  21. I have never tried hand applique and I am still avoiding Y seams and set in seams.

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  22. I have a HUGE list of untried things, but the thing I want to do next is painting on fabric & stamping...ok, & dying fabric, too.
    Thanks for a chance to win Lyric's book.

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  23. I'm so glad you turned me on to Lyric. I want to try screen printing fabric and will give her Quilt University class a go!

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  24. I haven't tried dying or painting fabric yet. Someday maybe, if I get brave enough.:)

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  25. Thanks for the giveaway. One thing I haven't tried that I would like to is words in quilts--free form letters and such.

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  26. Appliqué...I'm new to quilting and am eager to give this a try. Thanks!

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  27. I have never sewn a perfect seam:)

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  28. I have never tried Trapunto. I am thinking about doing it with a little piece I'm making right now, but don't have any idea how to really do it so I'll have to wing it.

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  29. Many things including following "the rules". I have not tried intricately pieced blocks, or fabric dyeing. I'll gladly skip those blocks, but I really want to try my hand at dyeing fabric sometime. Any thanks to you and Lyric for this giveaway.

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  30. I haven't tried FMQ. I've just done straight lines so far.

    Thanks!
    www.whatthebobbin.com

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  31. I have not tried using ahand wheel sewing machine and am on the look out for one. Would love to read this new book!

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  32. I've never done any work with wool. Love the look, but haven't tried it.

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  33. I haven't tried adding beads, or a block with curved seams that repeat ( like an apple core pattern).

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  34. I have never done any fabric dying, but I'd love to try. I am worried that I'll make a mess and end up with something funky I can't use. Silly really.

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  35. There are so many things I have not tried -- One that I plan to start this year is a clamshell quilt. Another is using my hnad stamped fabric in a quilt.

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  36. I have only been quilting for a year so the list of thing I haven't done is quite long. Thanks for the giveaway!!

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  37. I have never made an 'art' quilt, this looks like a good book!

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  38. I would like to try some fabric dyeing and painting. That would be a blast!

    Book looks wonderful! Thanks for letting us know about Lyric and her book!

    Bari

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  39. I really want to dye my own fabrics, but have developed a healthy fear of trying it. I would love this book. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  40. I have never done (and have little interest in) fabric dyeing, trapunto, or yo-yos ... but I'd love to use beads and thread-couching on a quilt someday. Looks like a great book; thanks for the giveaway!

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  41. I have never transferred a photo to fabric.

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  42. I have quilted and. Have dyed. But I have never quilted what I have dyed!!!

    glen

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  43. I haven't tried crazy quilting with all the cool stitches and antique buttons and ribbons. This will be in my future. I have friends who are looking for men's ties for me and I plan to use them.

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  44. I have never tried using the paper cut method for my quilting. I love learning and tring new things. Looks like your book would give me some interesting challenges. Thanks - Michele

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  45. I have never tried any rounded seams...they seem scary to me.

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  46. I've never embellished a quilt.
    Hey my maiden name is Montgomery...
    oh dear I haven't been a maiden since 1972 :0)
    thanks for the chance to win :0)

    Happy Sewing and safe travels

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  47. I have yet to machine quilt anything bigger than 18 inches square or so and am eager to try. Seeing the pictures of you, Victoria, with your machine going inspires me to give it a shot one day soon !~! Thanks for holding the giveaway.

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  48. I have never tried thread painting.
    Mary Ann
    zenthea@comcast.net

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  49. I could not think of anything that I hadn't tried yet as all I could think of were the things I had tried, so I was reading through the comments to see what I could find there and there it was: screenprinting! I have got the screens, I have got the paints, I even got some paint thickening powder to add to regular fabric paint, all waiting for the right time.

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  50. I really have been trying to learn to be more free with my quilt making, just cut shapes and work with them in a quilt, I want to learn to do more textural quilts using different thread weights/ fabrics/ layering of fabrics, just not cottons...
    sort of like collages with paper or paintings with layers
    but with fabrics...
    I need to break out of the box! would love to read this book and own it would be awesome, thanks!!!
    Kathie
    look forward to watching you on tv!

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  51. I haven't tried making an art quilt so this would be a terrific way to start! E

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  52. Thanks for the opporturnity to win the book, it looks wonderful. Something new to inspire us. I've actually never dyed fabrics, believe it or not......

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  53. I actually have not quilted - I've made a number of tops but have not done the actual quilting which is strange as I do alot of needlework - needlepoint, knitting and crocheting.

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  54. I've painted and I've quilted, but never have painted on my quilts. I need to try that!

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  55. This is a tough one - when you've been quilting for...wow, 38 years? eeshh! Well, I have hand quilted, but I have never set up my antique quilt frame (in the attic) and put a quilt in it for hand quilting. I wonder if I'll EVER do that! (I remember crawling under the quilt frame as a young girl!)Thanks for the walk down memory lane! :)

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  56. I have never done paper piecing. I've watched shows and videos on the process, but have yet to get out the old phone book and give it a go!

    Deb
    ladara at cfl dot rr dot com

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  57. I have not done circles yet. It is on my "to do" list.

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  58. I have never tried thread painting or doing a portrait.

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  59. I have never tried making a bargello quilt. Thanks for the offer!

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  60. Paper Piecing and actually machine quilting a quilt. I practice and practice but I'm no there yet.

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  61. Curves and paper piecing...but they haven't been ruled out!! Thanks for the cool giveaway. Have a great time in AU!!!!!

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  62. There are so many different ways to manipulate fabric, and I have only scratched the surface. Thaks for the opportunity to win this book.

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  63. I've never tried paper piecing, but there's a lot I haven't tried because I'm a quilting newbie!

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  64. I have never dyed fabric but maybe one day. I love the effect of the colors blending on the material. Thanks for the chance to win that most interesting book!!

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  65. I have never tried painting on a quilt. Would love to win. Thanks for the giveaway and enjoy Australia for all of us!

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  66. I have never done trapunto quilting.

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  67. I've yet to do Y-seams ~ a definite on my list and I may even give them a try this coming weekend ~ going on a sewing retreat with a bunch of sewing friends!
    Thanks for the giveaway ~ looks like a fab book!

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  68. If I had answered this question before October 2011, my list would be very long. That is when I joined a small group of friends in an art quilt group. We meet once a month and experiment to learn new things, and every two months a new 12x12 is due to be show. Our topics include words, colors, themes so far. Now it would be photo transfer, and manipulating fabric for texture. O course, they are on the list to try.

    This book would be great for my group so fingers crossed! I love Lyric Kinard. She is so talented, and very gracious in sharing what she knows.

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  69. Quilting so excites me! I'm always eager to try and learn new things although at times I'm intimidated. This year I've made it a point to continually ask myself - what am I waiting for? I'd like to learn how to embellish with thread and paint.
    Thank you for the chance.

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  70. I've never thread painted or dyed fabric. (and with over 30 years at this!)
    Phyllis

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  71. The book would be perfect for my next project!

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  72. I have never taken the time to quilt by hand. I seem to always be in a hurry to finish when I get to that point.

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  73. I have never tried diamond shapes in my quilts...or setting blocks "on Point". I must have "fear of angles"...Julierose

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  74. Oh how fun! I wuold LOVE to win this book. I'm really trying to expand my quilting. My next goal is to learn how to paint on fabric. I would love to win her book!

    sharon huismith at yahoo.com

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  75. I have not tried my 9 degree ruler yet.
    I want to, but it seems I are scared te do so.
    Must do it some day.
    Greetings from Janny Schoneveld

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  76. I have never dyed or painted my own fabric.

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  77. I've never tried English paper pieceing.

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  78. Actually I've never done any string piecing. But I have a book...

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  79. Thank you for the opportunity to win Lyric's book. I have never tried painting on a quilt - hope to some day!!

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  80. There are so many things that I haven't tried in quilting. I have never tried making an art quilt. I'm an advance beginner (at most) and I've a lot to learn.
    thelady at hotmail.com

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  81. I have not tried trapunto. Thanks for the chance!

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  82. I haven't tried Y-seams - just the thought of them frightens me!
    Thanks for a fabulous giveaway!

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  83. There are many things I haven't tried. Thread painting is just one.

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  84. There are several things but the first that comes to mind is machine quilting on a long arm. Mainly because I don't own one!

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  85. I have not been brave enough to try painting on fabric, although I paint on nearly any other surface!
    Love Lyric's work, so inspirational!

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  86. Thanks for the chance! Sounds like your taping was wonderful. Reading through the comments, I have done about everything, except I haven't ever quilted on a long arm, and I haven't tried free motion quilting on a treadle machine, though I have heard about that. I have not done a realistic portrait on a quilt, though most of my quilts are a story in quilt form. I love a challenge!

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  87. Love, love, love Lyric! I haven't tried Sunbonnet Sue and I'm not sorry I haven't. Just can't get into that trend. Thanks for a great giveaway, Victoria!

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  88. As a relatively new quilter I've yet to try many embellishment techniques. Yet it's hand quilting that is first and foremost of all techniques that I'm most interested in learning.

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  89. believe it or not ... I've never hand appliqued!! not sure where to start :) Thanks for the giveaway.

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  90. I have never tried photo transfer onto fabric.

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  91. I was just at Lyric's website this morning:) Something I haven't tried is hand turned applique.
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  92. I have never done applique. It's on my list of things to learn this year. Thanks.

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  93. I have never tried hand quilting. I can applique, and hand-sew when it's called for, but my beginning efforts in quilting have all been machine quilting.

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  94. I've never done a Dresden quilt, nor have I done any batik quilts.
    :o)
    pippirose59 at gmail dot com

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  95. I haven't tried dyeing my own fabrics or very much free motion quilting....I do lots of line quilting by machine or handquilting. Both dyeing my own fabrics and free motion would add more ........thanks for the opportunity.

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  96. I would love to experiment with fabric dyeing.

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  97. I haven't tried image transfer yet. I hope to try some next weekend.

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  98. I haven't yet attempted machine quilting......love hand quilting very much, but I do find it very, very time consuming at times.
    I love your book and am finding lots of inspiration.

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  99. Quilting is my machine work, knitting is my hand work. So I have never hand pieced or hand quilted.

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  100. Someday I will cross my safe zone and make an art quilt. Have fun in AU!

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  101. There are a lot of things I haven't yet tried, but I think the thing I would like most to try that scares me the most is figurative work.

    Thanks to both of you for the opportunity to win Lyric's book.

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  102. How long of a list do you want?? Curves, machine quilting, zippers (not in my quilts but in sewing), y seams... I could go on and on.

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  103. I haven't tried doing thread painting with my quilting yet.

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  104. My list is also long but the first thing that came to mind was working with curves. Someday maybe!

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  105. I have never dyed fabric - yet! And I love the rich colours that result, so I will some day ...

    Thank you for the giveaway Victoria!

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  106. I haven't made a total improv quilt, or a whole cloth quilt, or used dying techniques on cloth, or thread painting, handquilting. So many ideas.....

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  107. Hi Victoria,
    I also have never added paint to a fabric. Looking at all the types of paint in the craft store is too daunting!
    Thanks for the opportunity!
    Vicky F

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  108. Have nit tried trapunto or thread painting. On my bucket list.

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  109. I havent tried beading on quilts. I've recently seen many beautifully beaded quilts so there is plenty of inspiration out there. I just need to jump in! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  110. Tha ms for a chance to win! I have not sewn on a treadle ( sp?) machine, nor have i done any thread painting. Again, thanks to both of you for a chance to win what looks like a great book!

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  111. What is that?
    A quilter with a plastic bag???
    Time to make a beautifull bag!
    Greetings from Holland. Janny S.

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  112. I would really love to try painting on a quilt but haven't yet. Looking forward to trying tho!

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  113. Love modern and all types of quilting but applique has always been frustrating to me -tried just a bit and was left frustrated. Thanks for the giveaway and have a wonderful trip. Dian

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  114. I would love to do a wedding ring quilt. Yours from QuiltCon was beautiful - inspirational - but it is a project that terrifies me.

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