tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80134692978860004482024-03-17T21:58:20.339-05:00Bonnie B's BlogThe Quilting Tangler... See what keeps me busy -- quilting, judging, Zentangle art, writing books (I have 13 books published by AQS on quiltmaking, Zentangle Art To Go, and one family cookbook -- Cooking with the Kirklands), my travels, and my favorite hobby - photography... AND what we are doing at the AQS QuiltWeek events.
I am a Certified Quilt Judge, and a Certified Zentangle Teacher®.
For information on teaching, go to my website: www.bonniebrowning.com.Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-73964343330559339322021-12-29T13:35:00.001-06:002021-12-29T13:37:52.742-06:00The End of 2021<p> Oh, my, this has been another year that we don't want to relive again. I am vaccinated and boosted as my way to help control the Covid-19 virus. I hope you are doing your part. That means I have not been traveling this year either. But I have kept busy...</p><p>When so many people bought sewing machines to make facemasks, I developed a series of classes to teach some of the basics for making quilts. So far, we have taped six classes that have been viewed by nearly 400,000. The series is: AQS Let's Quilt: Beginners' Series with Bonnie. The classes are free on YouTube because we have some wonderful sponsors who supported the classes. Taping the classes was fun. People liked when I made a mistake and then showed how to fix it. There isn't much that we do in quilting that we can't fix. Here are links so you can view them,</p><p>Class 1: Nine-Patch - The Basics: <a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/lets-quilt-class-1-nine-patch-block">American Quilter's Society - Let's Quilt - Class 1 - Nine-Patch Block</a></p><p>Class 2: Quilting with Triangles: <a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/lets-quilt-class-2-quilting-with-triangles">American Quilter's Society - Let's Quilt - Class 2 - Quilting With Triangles</a></p><p>Class 3: Xquisite Scrap Quilt: <a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/lets-quilt-class-3-xquisite-scrap-quilt">American Quilter's Society - Let's Quilt - Class 3 - Xquisite Scrap Quilt</a></p><p>Class 4: Paper Foundation Piecing: <a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/lets-quilt-class-4-foundation-paper-piecing">American Quilter's Society - Let's Quilt - Class 4 - Foundation Paper Piecin</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNWYH8KLjO6LzegiE9ZhwVGAAN5v815tcj0g1TC9BhXYb0En0CY8QV8sjgtS0waj7cdf5SOTgRSizYysf0rPb5t_Dr-xcGhD_oqYk9euluKtuxD8i-xDVEXmnEgN11xA5Ma5inNk5mg_pvhUQJlP9kSiaZZfQkGTabviJwv84i8EzrZTrqPunn4jDj=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNWYH8KLjO6LzegiE9ZhwVGAAN5v815tcj0g1TC9BhXYb0En0CY8QV8sjgtS0waj7cdf5SOTgRSizYysf0rPb5t_Dr-xcGhD_oqYk9euluKtuxD8i-xDVEXmnEgN11xA5Ma5inNk5mg_pvhUQJlP9kSiaZZfQkGTabviJwv84i8EzrZTrqPunn4jDj=w179-h237" width="179" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tote bag with Foundation Paper Pieced pocket; lined with inside pocket</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Class 5:Applique & Ruching: <a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/lets-quilt-class-5-applique-ruching">American Quilter's Society - Let's Quilt - Class 5 - Applique & Ruching</a></p><p>Class 6: Six Panel Quilts in Six Weeks: <a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/lets-quilt-class-6-six-panel-quilts-in-six-weeks">American Quilter's Society - Let's Quilt - Class 6 - Six Panel Quilts in Six Weeks</a>. I chose seven panels and showed how to add a different style of border to each one - half-square triangle border, three borders with cornerstones, three borders with miters, pieced blocks on the left and bottom, four-patch blocks like dentil molding, and single border with hand-dyed fabric. I love how the Eagle in Flight wheelchair quilt turned out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia48qaVsBOWFNq-4VBkhQTWBy6R8fcRS7p3Qh1Td73b4AcnbPq9BnZcklLsPobHbhvnDioqDsVMPqUBPEvivVYLLXHrxhQukupfXS_T-gEq24xhdH5PNCZMOCMOimwAiHQkogN7ykNJNMKkU29diPiUhzzJnbwBkcN69rGxVyyBaHBpxiADJZedCDS=s526" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="526" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEia48qaVsBOWFNq-4VBkhQTWBy6R8fcRS7p3Qh1Td73b4AcnbPq9BnZcklLsPobHbhvnDioqDsVMPqUBPEvivVYLLXHrxhQukupfXS_T-gEq24xhdH5PNCZMOCMOimwAiHQkogN7ykNJNMKkU29diPiUhzzJnbwBkcN69rGxVyyBaHBpxiADJZedCDS=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXtXRaQv_17kQyzwi7JeI8gRVjTHCn5W42QIk_Rpsj-ITiNk3z4iWXO27pPCqS0ZQCSaAjTFT6rcXGFR3qssRNbrvdZMinPOugp9HSQ8oXhDA5I3CKAlf41frDeITZEkfrVm2u-_lxYJc-v5MWF316BQGGisjtrWReoKhDq006yAQsInt3uJvQkVWu=s2131" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2086" data-original-width="2131" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXtXRaQv_17kQyzwi7JeI8gRVjTHCn5W42QIk_Rpsj-ITiNk3z4iWXO27pPCqS0ZQCSaAjTFT6rcXGFR3qssRNbrvdZMinPOugp9HSQ8oXhDA5I3CKAlf41frDeITZEkfrVm2u-_lxYJc-v5MWF316BQGGisjtrWReoKhDq006yAQsInt3uJvQkVWu=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eagle in Flight panel by Robert Kaufman</div><p>There are tons of tips throughout the classes. Speaking of tips...I taped a video about joining the ends of binding on a quilt. Thousands of quilters have watched this video. Here is the link for the video.<br /></p><p> <a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/blog/magic-trick-for-joining-the-ends-of-binding/">American Quilter's Society - Magic Trick For Joining the Ends of Binding</a></p><p>Here is a little gift for you - my Dogbone Pillow that fits perfectly in a carry-on or use on the sofa for a nap. Three fat quarters of fabric will make two Dogbone Pillows.</p><p><a href="https://www.americanquilter.com/blog/head-rest-pillow/">American Quilter's Society - Head Rest Pillow</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGcl2FxmE-Y6bnM6OpCt-0FteqLk0I32abj_Ptkr6q9S_gyFUHyf0fMEu3vgaKPUeU7dl_c4TfXBhLKVZyufrXzgaO_tGF4hS3hepp7CMJVR-aomYCdRgNY7OXxedaCsY4Z4dOTK6i7TGNPxrS3nJY3aXScGd5psJPAScHuxss9ycIgFS7M9WQizPr=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGcl2FxmE-Y6bnM6OpCt-0FteqLk0I32abj_Ptkr6q9S_gyFUHyf0fMEu3vgaKPUeU7dl_c4TfXBhLKVZyufrXzgaO_tGF4hS3hepp7CMJVR-aomYCdRgNY7OXxedaCsY4Z4dOTK6i7TGNPxrS3nJY3aXScGd5psJPAScHuxss9ycIgFS7M9WQizPr=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bonnie's Dogbone Pillow</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We are busy at AQS working on the AQS QuiltWeek shows. We will be doing five shows at these locations. We will follow the health and safety protocols that are effective at the time of the shows; every city and state is different. Watch the website for the latest information: www.americanquilter.com. 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I can't wait to see you at AQS QuiltWeek!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bonnie B</div>Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-62566480149425447052018-05-27T22:08:00.002-05:002018-05-27T22:11:08.013-05:00It has been a while since I did a post on my Blog... too many irons in the fire. In May, I took a photography tour with Pam Holland to Ireland. It was the first "real" vacation that I have taken in several years. It was so nice to have someone else planning our activities and the pace they set for us was good. We had some touring time and some down time.<br />
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I didn't realize the number one export from Ireland is peat. They have these huge peat bogs... and are kind of like quick sand, if you step in them wrong, they can suck you right down. They took us to a dry bog so we could get out and see how they cut the peat. Peat is used there for furl to heat their homes. We went into some restaurants that had it burning in their fireplaces.<br />
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If you're looking for a way to relieve stress and have an aptitude for crafts, Bonnie Browning thinks you should give quilting a try. Browning, who has quilted since the late 1970s, is a certified master quilt judge who has taught and judged quilting around the world. As the executive show director at the American Quilter's Society (AQS), she promotes the craft and the mental health benefits of this therapeutic hobby.</div>
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"If you're quilting — and I don't care if it's the up and down of the needle on your sewing machine or you're doing it with your hand — you've got the motion of the needle that you are pushing through the fabric," she said. "First of all, you need to focus on what you are doing. Then the other part is repetition. To me this is the part that is relaxing." In the process, she believes, quilters find a quiet space where they can take their minds off life's troubles.</div>
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The therapeutic benefit of quilting is the underlying theme of the latest of her 13 books on quilting, "Zentangle Art to Go," published by the AQS in August 2016. "Zentangle is a very easy drawing method in which a person defines a space into shapes and then fills that space with designs that require only a very minimum of strokes," she said. The art form was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, who compared it to an artistic form of meditation, from which they drew the name Zen. Tangle refers to the images drawn in the art form. As the method became accepted, the practice established a headquarters in Whitinsville, Massachusetts.</div>
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Browning is a certified Zentangle instructor and has applied the concept to various art forms, including jewelry, but most notably to quilting. "I am a quilter, and I wanted to share this with the quilting world," she said, adding that applying the Zentangle method of drawing to quilt design just seemed logical to her.</div>
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"When you are designing the background for a quilt, it's a whole lot easier to take that background space and divide it into sections and then fill it in than it is to try to come up with a single design to fill that space. It also adds a lot more interest to a quilt. So, I took the drawing method and then adapted it to how we could use it in quilting by combining the quilting and the drawing to convert the drawing into continuous stitches on a quilt. There’s something very therapeutic about that process." It's a process that she believes can be an effective mental health therapy for all stages of life, whether it’s for children with attention deficit disorder, someone going through chemotherapy after cancer surgery or seniors in assisted living.</div>
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Is coming up with a design concept difficult? Not according to Browning, "I tell everybody if you can make a dot, a circle, a 'C,' an 'S' and draw a line, you can draw any of the Zentangle designs." These designs are typically drawn on three-and–a-half-inch tiles. "There are tons and tons and tons of designs on the Zentangle site," she said. "They don't copyright the designs because these are all designs that have been used for centuries in architecture, flooring and almost every place you look, even places like fences."</div>
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Of course, many people are drawn to quilting as a hobby, for artistic competition or for reasons other than its therapeutic benefits. There are 16.4 million quilters in the United States with 10.3 percent of all U.S. households (12.62 million) having at least one quilter, according to the Quilting in America 2014 survey, conducted for Quilts, Inc., which is based in Houston and is the parent company of several quilting shows for the public and soft crafts industry.</div>
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If you think of these quilters in the stereotyped image of little grandmas sitting in a rocking chair sewing pieces of fabric together, Browning said to think again. "In the early days that would have been absolutely correct," she said. "And in those early days they had quilting bees. You know, it was an opportunity to get neighbors together, and they would sew together and maybe they were making a quilt for the minister. It was a social time as well as satisfying the need that they had to have blankets. That still goes on today, just exactly like that. Ladies in the church get together to make quilts for charity."</div>
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But today's quilters run the gamut of age and other demographics, said Browning. Of the AQS's 73,000 members, Browning said that while the AQS surveys show the average of their members to be about 56, "That means we have quite a few older and quite a few younger members for our medium to be that age."</div>
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Quilting as an art form can mean big prize money. The AQS, for example, will award more than $121,000 in prizes at its fall show in Paducah, Kentucky, from Sept. 13 to 16.</div>
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There are also plenty of non-competitive and relaxing local and online opportunities for casual hobbyists to enjoy the craft. "Almost every city in the country has at least one quilting group," Browning said. "Sometimes they have a daytime group and a nighttime group." If you want to find a quilting group near you, just do an online search using the keywords quilt and the name of your city or town, she suggested. No matter what your interest in quilting, Browning is sure you will be able to find a group that matches those interests. If you can't find one locally, you can almost certainly find one online.</div>
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The AQS, for instance, has a free quilting community called MyQuiltPlace. "There are thousands of quilters on the site who share their quilts, and there are discussion groups of all kinds," Browning said. "It doesn’t make any difference what kind of field of quilting you are in. It's a public group, and anybody can go in there and participate to whatever level they want."</div>
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In the unlikely chance you can't find a group that piques a special interest, create one, she suggested. "If all you use is black and white fabrics, for example, you could start a black and white fabrics group. Pretty soon, you'll have a whole bunch of people in there talking to you about that. There are thousands of pictures in there of quilts that people have made from around the world." The AQS, she added, is active in every state in the U.S. and in 80 countries worldwide.</div>
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For those who are not quilters but who have a quilt that’s been handed down through generations, Browning said it’s important to know how to take care of it. Rule number one, she said, is don’t put it in a cedar chest.</div>
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"The call I get a lot is … 'I have this quilt, and we stored it in a cedar chest and now it's got brown marks on it.' Most of the time there is absolutely nothing you can do about those brown marks because they are from acid in the wood leaching into the fiber in the quilt."</div>
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The very best way to store a quilt is to put it on a spare bed and put a sheet or something clean and soft on top of it, Browning said. If you have several quilts you can pile them one on top of the other. "That puts less stress on any part of the quilt," she said.</div>
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If you want to put a quilt on a shelf in a closet, she recommends putting it in a cotton pillowcase so the quilt won’t touch anything but the pillowcase. If you do this, she advised taking the quilt out of the pillowcase every few months, refolding it in a different manner and returning it to the pillowcase so the creases are not in the same spot. This is important, she said, because the creases are hard on the fabric.</div>
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Be especially careful of exposing quilts to light as sunlight is probably the most damaging thing to quilts. "Even indirect light, just light in a room, can be hard on the fibers in a quilt," she said.</div>
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Cleaning quilts</h2>
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It is not necessary to take a quilt that has not had any attention for a while to a dry cleaners and have it professionally cleaned, Browning said. Instead, she said, there are several ways to safely clean a quilt at home.</div>
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One is to lay the quilt on a flat surface, put a piece of plastic screen over it and vacuum the quilt with the hose end of the vacuum cleaner. "That will remove any loose particles that might have collected in the fabric through the years," she said. "The screen will also prevent the vacuum from sucking pieces of the fabric of the quilt up into the hose."</div>
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If a quilt is made from cotton and was made fairly recently, it can be washed in a washing machine and dried in the dryer if you have machines that will handle the size of the quilt, Browning said.</div>
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If your laundry equipment isn't large enough for a quilt, you can wash it in the bathtub. "Just use a very mild liquid soap, like Orvus or Woolite, and let the quilt soak," Browning said. Then, she said, drain the tub, squeeze the soapy water out of the quilt and repeat the process several times using clear water with no soap to remove all soap from the quilt. After that, take the quilt outside and lay it on a clean sheet on the grass to let it dry. You'll will need to turn it over and dry it on both sides to completely dry the quilt.</div>
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Don't hang a quilt to dry, though. The weight of the wet quilt will cause it to stretch and lose shape, said Browning.</div>
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If you have a quilt that's been passed through generations and wonder if it has more than sentimental value, Browning said that any value "depends on the quilt. If it's a pattern that has been made two million times, it has more sentimental value than monetary value. But if your grandmother made the quilt all by hand and that was her best quilt, then the quilt may have a pretty good value."</div>
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The AQS also has an appraisal program through which people can become certified to appraise textiles. "That kind of a quilt … I would probably find an appraiser close to me and have it appraised, because it probably does have some value," advised Browning.</div>
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Even if an old quilt grandma made doesn't have immediate monetary value, someone down the road might find it valuable because of the collection of fabric that's in it, Browning mused.</div>
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In 2013 Paducah, Kentucky was named the 7th Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art. Now there are 20 cities around the world with the Crafts and Folk Art designation. The other U.S. city with that designation is Santa Fe, NM.<br />
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The Creative Cities Network is comprised of 116 cities in 54 countries. Ambassadors from more than 100 cities met in Sweden. Ostersund is a Creative City of Gastronomy so they laid out food of all kinds for our meals. We ate reindeer - the Sami people who herd and care for the reindeer in the north part of Sweden have a museum in Ostenburg that we visited.<br />
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<li>Fostering partnerships and exchanges intended to support the mobility of artists and cultural professionals within the Network</li>
<li>Revitalizing cities through culture and creativity</li>
<li>Fostering the role of research and locally-generated data to assess and monitor the impact of creativity for sustainable urban development.</li>
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We were greeted at the Ostersund Airport by local musicians.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storsj%C3%B6n" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" title="Storsjön">Storsjön</a><br />
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A photo of the delegations to the UNESCO Creative Cities meeting in Ostersund, Sweden.<br />
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The Mayors of the Creative Cities of Crafts and Folk Arts, taken during our section meeting.<br />
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This photo is all of the delegates in the Crafts and Folk Arts section. Cities in this section include:<br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Aswan" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Aswan">Aswan</a>, <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Egypt" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> (2005)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a class="new" href="http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Icheon&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background: none; color: #a55858; text-decoration: none;" title="Icheon (page does not exist)">Icheon</a>, <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/South_Korea" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> (2010)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Kanazawa" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kanazawa">Kanazawa</a>, <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Japan" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Japan">Japan</a> (2009)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Santa_Fe_(New_Mexico)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Santa Fe (New Mexico)">Santa Fe</a>, <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/New_Mexico" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, USA (2005)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Fabriano, Italy (2013)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a class="new" href="http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Paducah_(Kentucky)&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background: none; color: #a55858; text-decoration: none;" title="Paducah (Kentucky) (page does not exist)">Paducah</a>, <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Kentucky" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/United_States_of_America" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="United States of America">U</a>SA (2013)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Jacmel (2014)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Jingdezhen, China (2014)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Nassau, Bahamas (2014)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Pekalongan (2014)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Suzhou, China (2014)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">Al-Ahsa (Saudi Arabia) (2015)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">Bamiyan (Afghanistan) (2015)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">Durán (Ecuador) – Crafts and Folk Art (2015)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">Isfahan (Iran [Islamic Republic of]) (2015)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">Jaipur (India) – Crafts and Folk Art (2015)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2015)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (2015)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;">Sasayama (Japan) – Crafts and Folk Art (2015)</li>
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At their museum, I snapped some photos of textiles.<br />
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I was intrigued with this wallhanging made from foiled cloth that was displayed in their museum.<br />
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Traveling by bus from the refugee camp, we went around some round-a-bouts in the highway. I don't remember ever seeing these in a highway like this before.<br />
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We passed by this beautiful old church. Our driver told us they have many weddings in this church. Sorry for the poor quality of the photo -- we were moving pretty fast when we spotted it.<br />
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One evening we needed transportation to their folk museum. This was my chariot. They had a variety of old classic cars and even some really old buses.<br />
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Mary Hammond and I had a very busy six days... and enjoyed every minute of it... once our luggage arrived. This is my first international flight that my luggage did not make it at the same time as I did. It arrived a day late - was sitting in Chicago. Lesson learned: be sure to pack an extra top too.<br />
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Paducah will be hosting the first ever UNESCO Creative Cities meeting in the United States for the Creative Cities of Crafts and Folk Art section. It will be held in September 2017. Can't wait to host the many international friends we have made at the Creative Cities Network meetings.<br />
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All for now..... BonnieBonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-32122553915257661682017-01-28T10:23:00.000-06:002017-01-28T10:23:00.368-06:00<br />
I have not posted in a while... it is because I have been really busy...is is chilly here today so I'm staying inside and catching up.<br />
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We currently have registration open for all three of our Spring AQS QuiltWeek shows. That is Daytona Beach, FL; Lancaster, PA; and Spring Paducah, KY. The reason it says Spring Paducah is because we are doing a second show in Paducah in the Fall. It will be the Fall Paducah QuiltWeek. That means we have been very busy working on new things for all of these shows. If you want to check them out, go to www.quiltweek.com, and then click on the location.<br />
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My new ironing board arrived this week. This morning I opened it. While I was in South Korea last year I had seen a commercial of this ironing board that had a large table and it could be flipped over cutting the amount of time it takes to iron a shirt. I finally found it in the U.S. through a Kickstarter program. I donated to the Kickstarter and received an ironing board.<br />
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Some of the good features of the ironing board:<br />
1. The top is 18.5 inches across so a full fat quarter of fabric will fit perfectly.<br />
2. It has an iron rest.<br />
3. The legs are very sturdy and it can be raised and lowered to a variety of heights.<br />
4. Folds up and stores easily; it has wheels so you don't need to pick it up and carry it.<br />
5. A sleeve board is stored at one end of the ironing board.<br />
6. Almost forgot, it has clips to hold pant legs while you iron.<br />
Now I really do need to get my iron out and try it.<br />
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But meantime, here are some photos I took as I opened it.<br />
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If you want more info and so see a video of it in operation, here is the link:<br />
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sharkklabs/flippr-the-ironing-board-that-saves-80-of-your-tim?ref=discovery<br />
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Until next time... have a great day. Take some time to MAKE something or IRON something!<br />
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<br />Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-69570294882905987832016-11-19T21:17:00.005-06:002016-11-20T20:33:44.185-06:00zenAgain Conference<div style="text-align: center;">
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Spending several days with other Certified Zentangle Teachers (CZT's) is a good way to re-energize. Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts, founders of the Zentangle Method, and their staff put on a first class event. We drew tangles, learned some new tangles - Noom (named after the Super Moon which occurred while we were in Newport), Waybop, Drawings (pronounced like Draw Wings), and Icanthis (I can this).<br />
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It was fun to sit with different CZT's for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Always fun to share different things we are doing, different groups we are teaching for, and different ways we are using Zentangle Art.<br />
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I'll let my photos tell the story....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hyatt Regency Newport on Goat Island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Conference started with the new 3Z tiles - equilateral triangles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Used the new tangle, Noom, on the 3Z tiles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic using the 3Z Tiles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly Hollibough introduced all of the Zentangle Staff</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When the music played, we stood up - something new was coming</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic from Molly's Meditation class</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tangles on marble tiles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Color Wheel of Tangles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved the tangled art inserted into this old frame</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tangled Art by Maria Thomas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner with Bonnie Browning, Margaret Bremner, Chris Letourneau</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos in the CZT Gallery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My quilt, book (Zentangle Art To Go), jewelry, and foiled cards... and more</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zentangle Art by Margaret Bremner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More in the CZT Gallery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Zentangle Art by Maria & Rick</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tangles on a denim jacket</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CZT Gallery artwork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more from the CZT Gallery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using an iPad for document camera</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wednesday afternoon, some of us went to the Newport Art Museum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caroline, Suzanne, Bonnie, Leslie, Sandhya, Izumi in the Art Museum</td></tr>
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<br />Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-60571053682180039982016-11-19T20:12:00.000-06:002016-11-20T20:34:12.057-06:00zenAgain - Tour of Newport, RI<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>zenAgain Conference</b></div>
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<b>Newport, RI</b></div>
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<b>November 13 - 16, 2016</b></div>
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I enjoyed attending the zenAgain Conference in Rhode Island this week, and especially enjoyed sharing my room with Suzanne McNeill (former owner of Design Originals and author of hundreds of books on Zentangle art and publisher of books on many other crafts). We stayed at the Hyatt Regency on Goat Island in Newport Bay - a beautiful site for an event.<br />
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We started with a tour of Newport on Sunday morning. I'll let my photos tell most of the story.<br />
After our tour of The Breakers, we hopped off the trolley downtown and enjoyed a tasty Lobster Roll for lunch. <br />
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I'll do another blog with more photos from the conference.<br />
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Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-90377833602119021922016-06-04T17:14:00.001-05:002016-06-04T17:15:35.523-05:00Today is Saturday, June 4, and it has been a while since I wrote a blog post. We have completed four AQS QuiltWeek events so far this year - Phoenix, Daytona Beach, Lancaster, and Paducah. And, now we are working on the last four show - Syracuse, Grand Rapids, Chattanooga, and Des Moines. Keeps us hopping!<br />
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I also flew to Icheon, South Korea in May with Mary Hammond from the Paducah Visitors Bureau. We attended the UNESCO (United National Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) for the Creative Cities of Folk Art and Crafts Workshop. I'm going to write another blog so I can include photos from that trip.<br />
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Since the first of the year I have been busy working on my next book, Zentangle Art To Go. We are finishing the layout of the book now and it should go to the printer next week. Can't wait for you to see some of the fun things I have done with Zentangle designs, both drawn and quilted. Meanwhile here is what the cover looks like... you'll see gold on the cover and wait until you see the gold foiled project inside... yes, that is a teaser.<br />
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<br />Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-13466460141261033642016-01-13T19:54:00.002-06:002016-01-13T19:56:59.627-06:00What a Surprise!<br />
I received a large envelope from Frankfort, Kentucky and in it was a lovely Memoriam Certificate for Wayne from the Kentucky House of Representatives from our State Representative Gerald Watkins.<br />
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Another wonderful gesture to show how much Wayne was loved.<br />
<br />Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-36607245483483927272016-01-08T15:58:00.001-06:002016-01-08T15:59:22.392-06:00Wayne's QuiltThe holidays are over, and I had a great visit with my Mom and sisters in Iowa and Illinois. It was fun to spend a few days with each of them. And weather being what it always is – unpredictable – was just that. Even though the predictions were for decent weather, we had rain, sleet, and snow, all in the same day. They had quite an ice storm in Cambridge, Illinois where my sister Marcia and her husband Don Ekin live. They lost power on Monday morning and didn't get it back until early Wednesday morning - the whole time I was there. Luckily they had installed a whole house generator in their new home so we had all of the comforts of home - lights, heat, hot water, etc.<br />
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At Wayne's Celebration of Life, I displayed a quilt that I made for him years ago that had photos of his early childhood years, his first car, our wedding, some Viet Nam photos, celebrating 25 years at Penneys, etc. The photo of our wedding was much talked about - we were really thin 52 years ago when we were married, and my dress was the fashion of the day - lots of lace. In fact, I wore a hoop skirt underneath it. Anita and Dick Shackelford were at the Celebration, and Anita took the quilt home to add some quilting to the frames around each of the photos. Our photographer, Charley Lynch, took a photo of the quilt for me so we can preserve the images on the quilt.<br />
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You see, I made this way back before we had printable fabric to print our photos on. I used the old method of using photocopies and Mod Podge to secure the photos to the fabric. I have no idea how long those photos on the fabric will last.<br />
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Here is the photo of the whole quilt.<br />
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The plaid fabric used in the sashing was a woven plaid from India that had been used for a promotion at the JCPenney store, and I used colors in the plaid to make frames for the photos that were all different sizes. I knew I couldn't match the plaid both vertically and horizontally, so what did I do? I cut the plaid on the bias. Yikes, what was I thinking?! When I basted the layers together, I basted it every four inches in both directions to keep those sashing strips from stretching. That worked! The cornerstones in the sashing in the cotton fabric gave some stability to the sashing too.<br />
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Thank you Anita Shackelford for quilting the frames. I had stitched in the ditch along the sashing and again around the photos. We can call this quilt all done now.<br />
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And now you can all enjoy this quilt of the life of Wayne Browning too!<br />
<br />Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-23589539004197807472015-12-13T13:05:00.000-06:002015-12-13T13:05:31.545-06:00Celebration of Life - Wayne G. Browning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Garden is cross shaped and is a lovely spot for meditation.</div>
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<br />Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-31885881507698325772015-12-13T12:38:00.005-06:002015-12-13T12:39:45.798-06:00New Star in Heaven<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Heaven has a new star in it. Wayne passed away early the
morning of December 8 here at home. He was the love of my life, my rock, and my best
friend for 54 years. Tonight he is resting in peace, free from any
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Wayne Gerald Browning, 73, of Reidland (Paducah), KY, passed
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Wayne was born December 9, 1941 in Muscatine, Iowa, to
his parents, Carl Hershel and V. Maxine Furnas Browning Martin. He was raised
in Muscatine, Iowa, where he married Bonnie Kay Kirkland in 1963. Wayne
graduated from Muscatine High School, Muscatine Junior College, and the
University of Iowa.</div>
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Wayne worked for the JCPenney Company for more than 32 years
in Muscatine, Iowa City, Burlington, Dubuque, and Sioux City, Iowa; and
Greenwood, Indiana, in Personnel and Operations; and for Kitchens Inc. in
Paducah for 10 years as a computer designer for kitchen and bath cabinetry.</div>
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Wayne was an Army veteran, having served in Viet Nam from
1967-1968. In recent years, he enjoyed reunions with the veterans who served in
Viet Nam with him. In 2012 Wayne received a quilt from the Quilts of Valor
Foundation. In 2013, Bonnie and Wayne arranged for the other members in the
reunion to all receive a Quilt of Valor and a certificate of thanks for their
service. For many, this was the first thank you they had received for that
service.</div>
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Blessed with an easy-going manner, Wayne was able to relate
well with others. In his retirement, he enjoyed helping with the vendors as AQS
quilt shows where he loved being known as “Mr. Bonnie.” The vendors became part
of his extended family and each show was a time to catch up on what they were
doing. In April 1996, Mayor Albert Jones named Wayne and Bonnie as Duke and
Duchess of Paducah.</div>
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He enjoyed his leisure time by taking part in various
hobbies. His favorite pursuits were hunting pheasants and quail, and fishing
and waterskiing at the family cottage along the Mississippi River. He was handy
with car maintenance and repair and building tasks around the home. Wayne loved
ice skating and snow – he was known to scoop the entire subdivision’s sidewalks
with his new red tractor and blade when they lived in Greenwood, Indiana.</div>
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Wayne always was a lover of animals and cherished his pets –
his dog, Kemo, from his youth, to Kelly and Molly, a pair of Irish Setters, and
the two cats that adopted him, Whitesocks and Tuffy.</div>
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Wayne and Bonnie often traveled to quilting conferences
around the country; he also accompanied her on a trip to Japan, and quilting
cruises to the Caribbean and Mexican Riviera.</div>
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He is survived by his wife Bonnie, mother-in-law Mary E.
Kirkland, and brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Gerry & Carol Kirkland,
Karen Kirkland Franzen, Don & Marcia Kirkland Ekin, and many nieces and
nephews. Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, brother James C. Browning,
and sister Kathleen Browning Beverlin.</div>
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Memorials may be made to the Wayne Browning Memorial Fund,
c/o Bonnie Browning, 5815 Finley Ct, Paducah, KY 42003.</div>
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Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-79244858217244901302015-11-03T00:10:00.000-06:002015-12-13T12:41:01.535-06:00AQS Online Classes are NOW Open!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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YEAH! The online classes from the American Quilter's Society are now open for registration.<br />
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<b>Just click on the iquilt logo</b> and you'll go right to my class, Borders and Finishing Touches.<br />
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<li>Mitered borders</li>
<li>Pipe borders </li>
<li>Making bias strips for piping and/or binding</li>
<li>Mitered binding</li>
<li>Two-sided binding (you'll love this)</li>
<li>Making your borders fit </li>
<li>Shark's teeth</li>
<li>Prairie points</li>
<li>Blocking your quilt</li>
<li>Adding the sleeve to your quilt</li>
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Plus there are tips and tricks all through the class that you'll want to add to your arsenal of techniques to use in making your own quilts.<br />
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I hope you'll enjoy the mini quilt show with quilts from my collection that show you a variety of borders... from no border at all, to some wonderful mitered borders.<br />
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<a href="http://www.iquilt.com/browning001" target="_blank"><b>Click HERE to sign up now.</b></a> And, remember that this class will be available to you at any time. You watch it lesson by lesson, or get a cup of tea and watch all two hours and three minutes in one sitting. Then you can go back and watch any parts when you need a refresher.<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/xUt_pJtGlBw" target="_blank">Watch this short video to give you a sneak peak of the class.</a><br />
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I hope you'll try some of the techniques and that you'll post some photos in the Galleries section of the class. And, if you have questions as you watch, you can click on the Questions button and ask them. The tape will stop while you type your question... and then you can finish watching. I'm here and happy to answer your questions!<br />
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Don't forget to write a review. These reviews help other people who are wondering about the class.<br />
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Always in stitches, <br />
Bonnie Browning<br />
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<br />Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-44481358078035971702015-06-27T18:19:00.002-05:002015-06-27T18:20:23.582-05:00Zombie Painting my HandsI just returned from taping a class, Borders and Finishing Touches, for iQuilt.com. What a fun 2 1/2 days. I asked Corey, the makeup artist if she could cover the freckles on my hands since I was going to be doing some sewing at the machine with closeups of my hands.<br />
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uiltrA note about the BERNINA 550 machine that I used... what a great machine. It has a button that will not let you sew if you don't have the needle in the position for the foot you have on the machine. That feature will save a lot of broken needles.<br />
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Corey has worked as a makeup artist on two Zombie movies and has this special paint that she uses to cover up tattoos for some of the actors... so she brought in her Zombie paint to cover my freckles.<br />
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This is the pad of Zombie paint - it is mixed with alcohol so it stays on.</div>
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Must be removed with alcohol too.</div>
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She began by painting layers of different colors of paint.</div>
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<br />Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-37574026269985278842015-03-20T21:41:00.000-05:002015-03-20T21:42:29.202-05:00Celebrate International Quilting Weekend - Watch TheQuiltShow.com for FREE<br />
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Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-16539172374839334622014-11-18T21:36:00.000-06:002014-11-18T21:37:15.420-06:00In October, Ann Hammel and I represented the American Quilter's Society at the China International Quilt Festival in Keqiao (pronounced koo chow). We met some new quilters and renew friendships with some others from Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S.<br />
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Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-23386916166708111232014-08-10T08:38:00.000-05:002014-08-10T08:38:34.185-05:00Teaching Zentangle for Shawnee Quilters GuildIt has been a while since I posted to my Blog. Today I am sharing some photos taken at a class I taught in Carbondale, IL for the Shawnee Quilters Guild. What a great group, and they enjoyed both the Last Roses of Summer applique class and my Zentangle for Quilters class.<br />
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In the Zentangle class we started out the day with learning the Zentangle drawing method. Then in the afternoon we converted those designs to quilting designs. Check out these photos of what they stitched.<br />
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Thanks, Shawnee Quilters, for inviting me to visit you again. I'll come back when my book is finished and we'll do more fun things using Zentangle designs.<br />
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Bonnie Browning, Certified Zentangle Teacher<br />
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Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-67698239681887382822014-06-15T15:42:00.000-05:002014-06-15T15:42:21.198-05:00Magnificent Alaskan Cruise<br />
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Home from our Alaskan Cruise and I'll share some of my photos of the beautiful scenery we saw there. Mom and I flew to Seattle and boarded the Norwegian Jewel there. I taught the two days we were at sea... and we played tourist when we docked at the ports.<br />
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The Church was one of the winners in the Dogwood Trail Contest.</td></tr>
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Hope we will see you next week in Paducah. The quilts are beautiful - can't wait to see who the winners are - the winners will be announced on Tuesday evening at the 30th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Presentation, 4:45 - 7:00 p.m. at the Carson Four Rivers Center.<br />
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If you need information on the show, go to <a href="http://www.aqsshows.com/">www.AQSshows.com</a>. The show runs April 23 - 26, 2014.Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-18688594209877127892014-03-08T09:07:00.000-06:002014-03-08T09:07:40.291-06:00Zentangle in the NewsSherida Warner of The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, CO wrote a wonderful article featuring quilter and Certified Zentangle Teachers Nancy Smith, Judith McCabe, Suzanne McNeill, and me - Bonnie Browning - the quilting tangler, in an article titled "Zentangle Art Zooms into the Mainstream Consciousness". Thanks Sherida, for sharing the news about Zentangle®.<br />
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Bonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-19218466795087518192013-12-28T10:26:00.000-06:002013-12-28T10:26:46.710-06:00Looking Back and Ahead2013 is winding down and in looking back, it has been a very busy year. It's time to sit a bit in front of a nice warm fire.
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Wayne and I traveled a lot this year - to all of the AQS QuiltWeek® events: Lancaster, PA; Paducah, KY (didn't need to travel but worked the show for nine days); Grand Rapids, MI; and Des Moines, IA. And then we traveled to Muscatine, IA, for Bonnie's class reunion; to Moline, IL, for Mom's 90th birthday party; to Marion, IN, where Meredith Schroeder was inducted into the Quilter's Hall of Fame; to Williamsburg, VA, for Wayne's annual Army reunion with the guys who were stationed together in Viet Nam; and to Huntsville, AL, where Bonnie judged the quilt show for the Heritage Quilters of Huntsville.<br />
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Mom (Mary Kirkland) turned 90 years young in July. We had about 50 relatives from across the country join us for a big party for her. But we also celebrated several other things - brother Gerry turned 70 in June, youngest sister Marcia turned 65 in May, and Wayne and Bonnie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June. Now that is a lot of celebrations!
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Bonnie made another trip to Egypt in May to select more of the Tentmakers' applique to display and sell at our AQS QuiltWeek events. It takes four days to visit each of the 21 shops that we work with. Bonnie bought some pieces for her own collection on this trip, including the one shown behind her in this photo. This piece is an unusual style for a Tentmaker piece. It looks like it should be pieced, but every piece is appliqued to the background. And, you can see that it is in the colors that Bonnie likes!<br />
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At the reunion of the 222nd Aviation Battalion in Williamsburg, Wayne planned a big surprise for all of the other veterans. We contacted Quilts of Valor and they presented every veteran at the reunion with their own Quilt of Valor. I did a whole blog about that - just scroll down to find all of the photos from that very special evening. Every veteran was thanked for their service - this was the first time that had happened for many of them. Wayne had received a Quilt of Valor from the group in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2012; we took his quilt and they also gave him a very nice certificate of appreciation for service to our country.<br />
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Wayne spent two weeks in the hospital in December - started with a fall at home and they admitted him for cellulitis in his right leg. That led to other tests, and he is now home recuperating. His leg is improving daily and with the help of OT and PT, he is walking better every day. He has a new lift chair that will make it easier for him to get up from his chair and to sit more comfortably with his leg elevated (like it is supposed to be).<br />
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What's ahead for 2014?<br />
AQS has added three new shows to our schedule of events - Phoenix, AZ, in February; Charlotte, NC, in July; and Chattanooga, TN, in September. These are in addition to Lancaster, Paducah, Grand Rapids, and Des Moines. That's a total of seven shows for 2014.<br />
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Bonnie is working on another book that combines Zentangle® with Quilting. You'll learn how to add Zentangle designs to many other projects - from dishes to linens and already-made lampshades and pillows. Then we'll take those Zentangle designs and convert them to quilting designs.<br />
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In May, Bonnie will be teaching Zentangle > Quilting on an Alaskan cruise aboard the Norwegian Princess, along with Patti Hempen. We'll have hands-on classes when at sea, and explore Alaska when we are at port. When Wayne and I have cruised in Mexico and the Caribbean, the stewards have always told us that you don't want to miss a cruise to Alaska. Join us and cross that one off your bucket list!<br />
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Wishing you all a Happy New Year!<br />
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Bonnie BBonnie B - The Quilting Tanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074415446721295957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013469297886000448.post-87671991808908656612013-12-20T19:19:00.000-06:002013-12-20T19:20:05.591-06:00Browning Holiday News - 2013For many years, Wayne and I have printed a Browning Holidays News... and this year we are trying something new. The photos we would have printed are included in this electronic Smilebox album. <br />
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Merry Christmas from Wayne, Bonnie, and Tuffy<br />
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The highlight of our weekend was on Saturday evening when Wayne and I had arranged for all of the veterans to receive a Quilt of Valor. Wayne had received a Quilt of Valor from the QOV group in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2012. That quilt was the first time anyone had thanked him for his service in Viet Nam and for our country. He knew the fellows we always meet at the annual reunion would like to receive a quilt too. I contacted the QOV website and filled out a request form. Jeff Thorne from the Quilts of Valor Foundation serving the National Capital Region responded and told us they would be happy to come and thank the men for their service and present each of them with a Quilt of Valor. <br />
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The Smilebox below shares photos from that evening. Thank you to Jeff and Kathy Thorne, and Les and Elaine Page, from the Quilts of Valor Foundation, for making this a very special evening. These men will never forget it.<br />
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On Saturday, I had lunch with some classmates at Ellie's Restaurant in downtown Muscatine. What fun when we found a huge statute of Mark Twain in the lobby. Then we all went to our old high school for a tour. It is now an elementary school. Things looked somewhat the same, but we were happy to see computers in the library and in the computer lab.<br />
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Saturday evening was our dinner at The Rendezvous on Lucas Street - a new banquet facility. I snapped photos of couples and singles - hope I didn't miss anyone. But I can tell you, it sure was fun to try to put names on everyone on the photos after I downloaded them. It was a good thing I could see most of the name tags... and could blow up the photos to get the last names.<br />
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All of the photos are in the Smilebox below. Since the booklet did not have all of the spouses' names, I put the photos in alphabetical order by your first name. Married names were added from the booklet for the women. Please let me know if your name is not correct - I can fix it.<br />
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You can save the Smilebox two ways - you can save it as the Smilebox, and you can save all of the photos in it. I just save them to my desktop, make a new folder, and put the photos in the folder.<br />
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