{"id":53,"date":"2010-08-18T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/road-to-california\/karla-alexander\/"},"modified":"2010-08-18T13:44:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T20:44:00","slug":"karla-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/18\/karla-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Karla Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Karla Alexander<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Salem, OR<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Visit Karla’s Website!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karla will be teaching classes 4001, 5001, 6001 & 7001.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Matt: <\/span><\/span>How long have you been quilting? What made you begin quilting?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karla: I always sewed as a young girl – I began my quilting career during the long dark winters in Kodiak, Alaska.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Matt: Do you have a quilting studio?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karla: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Yes I have a studio by default. When we purchased our house, it came with a newly built 20’x24′ music studio, entirely hidden from street view, complete with lots of windows and vaulted ceilings, overlooking out back yard. The only thing in my studio that I think is unique is Lucy, my black lab.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Matt: What do you consider your quilting specialty?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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K: I like to work and teach designs that can be re-worked into whatever style I want without always having to have a predetermined out come. I encourage students to make projects their own rather than simply duplicating a pattern, to change it up and put their own spin on it. I also love using a lot of different fabrics – often using 8 to 10 different pieces to represent one color, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Matt: What is your favorite color schemes to work with?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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K: As much as I hate to hem myself in to one color scheme… seems purple and green are always in the final cut!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Matt: What books or articles have you written?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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K: I have written six books; <\/span>Stack the Deck<\/span><\/i> – 2002, <\/span>Stack a New Deck<\/span><\/i> – 2004, <\/span>New Cut for New Quilts<\/span><\/i> – 2006, <\/span>Baby Wraps<\/span><\/i> – 2008, <\/span>Color Shuffle<\/span><\/i> – 2009 and <\/span>Stack the Deck, Updated Quilts<\/span><\/i> – 2010. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
I have also designed 4 rulers for Creative Grid, unique for cutting curves.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Matt: What do you do while you quilt?<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Do you listen to music?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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K: I listen\n to music ALL day long – fill orders and hang with my Lucy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Matt: <\/span><\/span>What is your quilting inspiration?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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K: To begin with – I am fascinated with quilts from the past. I am amazed at what quilters accomplished with the tools and fabric they had available. Quilters from the past are an enormous inspiration to me. with that in mind… I love to find designs in nature, floor tiles, old buildings etc.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Matt: <\/span><\/span>What is the funniest moment you have had happen while you were teaching?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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K: That would have to be when I showed up to teach a class and found most of the students had the wrong supplies. I continued on, encouraging them to learn the new techniques I was teaching – claiming they would eventually begin using them in their project. It wasn’t until an hour in that I realized I was teaching an entirely different project than they had signed up for…<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matt: What was the best class you ave ever taken?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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K: July 2009, I had the pleasure of taking a class with the Ladies of Gees Bend. Nothing will ever top that experience!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<\/span>]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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