{"id":3451,"date":"2015-09-10T22:07:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T05:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2015-09-10T22:07:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T05:07:53","slug":"so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-road-2015-outstanding-innovative-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/10\/so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-road-2015-outstanding-innovative-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want To Make A Winning Quilt? Road 2015 Outstanding Innovative Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tKathie Beltz and Mara Novak were awarded $5,000 by sponsor SewBatik<\/a> for their winning entry.\"Innovative<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nSkyfall <\/em>was the second time maker Kathie Beltz and quilter Mara Novak have collaborated on a quilt project. They began the quilt in 2013 and finished it in 2014. Skyfall <\/em>was born of the desire to marry Kathie\u2019s love of innovative piecing with Mara\u2019s interest in translating everything she sees into quilting designs.\nBoth ladies are established quilters. Kathie got her start when she was invited to join a group of friends who were quilters and they started her with the basics. Mara began in quilting by taking a class with Deb Tucker<\/a>.\nIt was Kathie\u2019s idea to create as many different stars as possible in one quilt. Kathie had recently become a Studio 180 Design<\/a> Certified Instructor, and wanted to fully explore the Studio 180 tools. She was inspired to create as many different stars as possible in one quilt.\u00a0 Kathie pieced fifty-eight unique stars and, instead of a basic block-by-block and row-by-row construction, she set them in a cascade across a deep blue sky.\u00a0 The stars range in size from 2 inches to 10 inches and vary in brightness, to add to the perspective and depth of the quilt.\u00a0 Kathie also added three Lemoyne stars in a blue fabric different from the background, which represented stars so far away and faded, they can barely be seen.\u00a0 The cascade of stars left plenty of room for Mara to add secondary star falls, as well as an elaborate border, made entirely of thread.\nFrom design, to shopping for fabric, then to construction and quilting, it took about 9 months for Kathie to make the quilt. This project taught Kathie that she needed to schedule more time for quilt making, because she was always up against a deadline. Mara\u2019s quilting took even longer as she had to learn that it takes very bright thread to show up on dark fabric.\nWhen they found out they had won, Mara did a \u201chappy dance\u201d and Kathie was \u201cincredibly excited.\u201d Kathie still isn\u2019t sure what she is going to do with the prize money. Mara has bought a treadmill.\nMara and Kathie intend to continue collaborating in the future, as they \u201ckeep looking for the perfect balance of piecing and quilting\u201d that will \u201cpush our abilities and stretch our imaginations.\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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