Are you an Eleanor Burns fan?
#1
Are you an Eleanor Burns fan?
I lover her down home attitude and fast methods.
This video is wonderful, it is an interview with her by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims.
http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/shows.php/episode/913
It lasts an hour, shows her home and her personal quilts. Attend a class in her studio and tour the historic town she where she lives.
I enjoyed it and didn't mind the length.
Jean
This video is wonderful, it is an interview with her by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims.
http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/shows.php/episode/913
It lasts an hour, shows her home and her personal quilts. Attend a class in her studio and tour the historic town she where she lives.
I enjoyed it and didn't mind the length.
Jean
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Her specific quilt patterns are not my favorites, however, I do like her teaching methods and showing how to do things easier and get a clean, perfect quilt square. Some of the historical background information is also interesting to hear.
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I applaud her hard work, talent and business-savy. She seems like a very decent person. However, if I had to listen to her more than a half hour.....sorry but I find her voice irritating. Maybe her voice comes across differently when she isn't informing/instructing?
#7
thank you for sharing that link, we just this week got an internet connection that is fast enough to even bother with youtubes I'll watch it tomorrow
It's been a long time since I've seen her shows, we haven't had a TV for about 8 years but I watched her religiously on Saturday PBS, and really admired how she instinctively knew how to do something quicker. The throwing junk over her shoulder made my eyeballs itch though...
It's been a long time since I've seen her shows, we haven't had a TV for about 8 years but I watched her religiously on Saturday PBS, and really admired how she instinctively knew how to do something quicker. The throwing junk over her shoulder made my eyeballs itch though...
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I do like Eleanor because she really was at the forefront of making quilting easier with the strip quilting method. I admire how she has turned lemons (a divorce with young sons to raise) into lemonade (international business). Throwing fabric over her shoulder is a bit of silliness that makes me laugh. Still use her log cabin method to this day.
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She has some really great quilting methods. I have several of her books, especially like her Sunbonnet Sue.
She is entertaining as well as productive in her Quilt in a Day series. she has contributed a lot to the quilting industry.
She is entertaining as well as productive in her Quilt in a Day series. she has contributed a lot to the quilting industry.
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