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Free Birthday Pattern

QNM's birthday pattern is now available. Designed by Mary Leman Austin to celebrate our 35th birthday, it was inspired by the picture on the cover of QNM #1. To receive your free black-and-white copy, send a long SASE marked "Birthday Pattern" to Birthday Pattern, QNM, 741 Corporate Circle, Suite A, Golden, CO 80401.

Sewing Perfect Kaleido-
scope Blocks

Try pressing units next to a drawn line on your ironing board cover to square them. This technique is especially helpful when sewing blocks that are made with 2 halves where points come together in the center, such as 8-pointed stars. Join the kaleidoscope patches in pairs. Draw a 90-degree angle on your ironing board cover or a piece of muslin pinned to your ironing board. Press the 2-patch unit next to the lines. Ease and block as necessary to achieve a perfect 90-degree corner. Press all block seams open. Join 2 pairs to make half the block. Press this unit alongside a straight line on your ironing board. Finally, join the 2 halves.

How did she do that?

Suzanne Mouton Riggio told us how she made the girl in her Photo Finish quilt, Nineteen Sixty-nine, look like she is holding the first issue of QNM. Suzanne explained, "I printed out the picture of the cover from QNM's website, and I enlarged it on my copier to 8 1/2" x 11". I taped the enlargement to my guild newsletter to approximate the thickness. I placed this construction in my daughter-in-law's hands and photographed her sitting against the tree. When I made the quilt, I scanned the photograph in which the magazine was at the correct angle. I enlarged just that part of the picture to the size I needed and printed it on a sheet of Printed Treasures. Then it was appliqued as usual."

View Suzanne's complete Nineteen Sixty-nine quilt in the Photo Finish column of the September 2003 issue of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine.

50 Best Blocks

The 2004 issue of 50 Best Blocks from the editors of QNM is in quilt shops and on newsstands now. This year's pattern collection includes full-size templates, rotary cutting directions, applique designs, and paperfoundations. Order it from our website at www.villagequiltshoppe.com.

Quilt It for Kids 2004

This special publication from QNM will be available in early April at your favorite quilt shop or newsstand. It's chock full of fun quilts and projects you can make for your special child. You can also pre-order a copy from www.VillageQuiltShoppe.com, or phone 800-590-3465.

Every Quilt Tells A Story

Helen Kelley, the popular author of QNM's Loose Threads column, has created a collection of her best-loved articles. To order Helen's new book Every Quilt Tells a Story (Voyageur Press, Inc., 2003), phone 800-590-3465.

Primedia Gallery

If you're in Golden, be sure to schedule time to visit the Primedia Gallery for free quilt exhibitions. The Primedia Gallery is located at 741 Corporate Circle, Suite A, Golden, CO 80401. To contact the gallery, call 303-278-1010.

Calendar of Events
Guidelines

To be included in QNM's Calendar of Events, send your quilt show announcement to us (sorry, no auctions, symposiums, or lectures) at least four full months in advance of the event. Include the name of the sponsoring group, name and address of the facility where the show will be held, the show date(s), and a contact name with address, phone number with area code, and email address, if available. Mail announcements to the QNM editorial offices at 741 Corporate Circle, Suite A, Golden, CO 80401, attn: Calendar; fax 303-277-0370; or email to qnmcalendar@primedia.com.

Announcements will only appear once--in the issue of the month the show occurs.

Quilt Teachers Alert

Quilter's Newsletter Magazine is publishing a list of quilt teachers on this web site for the use of quilters and guilds. If you would like to be included, please send your name, contact information, and a brief description of your areas of expertise to:
QNM
Teachers List
741 Corporate Circle
Golden, CO 80401