Custom Curves
Hi Karen,
Thought you might like to see one of your designs painted. I was playing around with some new Pro Chem paints and quilted
up one of your designs to try them out on. I just posted it on facebook. You have some beautiful designs here.
Wish I had had you sign your book.
Best regards,
~ Marilyn Badger
Note: This is the wholecloth design from page 62 of Custom Curves. Click on the image to enlarge.
I’ve been buying Karen’s books since her first appearance on Simply Quilts. I have every one of her books and DVD’s.
All of Karen’s work is so inspiring and her instructions make it very easy to follow! The DVD’s are extremely helpful
especially for those of us who learn by watching. I have watched her DVD’s many times and will continue to plug them in
anytime I need that extra inspiration or just to watch the beautiful quilting! The patterns in her books are so beautiful!
You can be as simplistic and/or as complex as you would like to be when making a design so the versatility is wonderful!
Karen’s recent book Custom Curves continues to provide yet another excellent addition for my growing library
of her work. Karen has been a big inspiration in my machine quilting life. Thank you Karen for all of the time and effort
you put into making your books and DVD’s, they will continue to be a great resource of mine for many years to come!
~Kathy Purkiss
Karen,
Although we haven’t met, you have certainly been an inspiration to me!
I’ve been FMQ machine quilting, as a spare time hobby, for about 2 ½ years, and your book/DVD on McTavishing was the first one I
bought when I was starting out. I watched your quilting in amazement, and started and stopped that DVD dozens of times while I
tried out the techniques you demonstrated. My first attempts barely resembled quilting at all, but I was determined to learn. I
must say, I thoroughly enjoy your videos; your Minnesota accent and demeanor remind me so much of home, growing up on a farm an
hour or so south of Duluth. ;-)
I'd like to share with you a small wholecloth/whitework quilt that your books and videos helped make possible. So far I have
Mastering the Art of McTavishing, The Secrets of Elemental Quilting and Custom Curves
as well as one of Ronda’s curved crosshatch rulers and used things I learned from all of them to design this quilt. Your other
two books are on my wishlist and I think I’ll be ordering them soon! You should be able to see my post of this quilt on
quiltingboard.com. I thought you might enjoy seeing
how I’ve used your books & videos.
Thanks again!
~ Wendy Garrison, Flagstaff, Arizona
Hi Karen
I have just purchased your new book and it is amazing as are all of your books. When I opened the "Whitework" book my jaw dropped
and remained that way until the third flip through the pages. The DVD's with the books gives the hope of success for the rest of us.
Your teaching methods are clear and with practice we can all learn to be quilters. Thank you for your inspiration and I look
forward to any new books in the future.
~ Brenda Lupton
Hi Karen,
I am from England and have all your books even the latest Custom Curves which I am very excited about the lovely designs
and Ronda's Rulers which I ordered and have.
I just wanted to say thanks. I could not have made my latest quilt "Wedding Ring", made for my hubby Jim,
and achieve the standard that I have without your books, youtubes, etc. I thank you so much for the wealth
of info you have shared with us all.
I have used trapunto in the white centres, my very first attempt, easy with your very accurate instructions [in The Secrets
of Elemental Quilting].
Once again thanks for sharing your wonderful talents.
My best regards to you,
~ Brenda Houlihan, England
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