July 2008
Kaye’s Tips
Tip #1 - Perfect Y-seams by Kaye Wood
Tip #2 - Kaye’s Mitered Corners
Tip #3 - Kaye's Easy Hexagons Cutting Techniques
Kaye Wood has been teaching for 35 years and still going strong. Kaye began teaching the machine arts, such as free motion embroidery, in 1973; then the quilting bug hit her in1977, when a student asked if they could do some of that “quilting stuff”. She now teaches her original techniques internationally through classes and lectures, her books and patterns, through her PBS (now in its 40th season) series, Kaye’s Quilting Friends, and her video website, kayewoodTV.com. Kaye Wood describes herself as a “quilt Engineer”. Her main quilting interest is to simplify the quiltmaking process, which results in easier and more accurate techniques so her students can have an easier time making quilts. She breaks a lot of the “rules” with her original piecing tips which are specifically developed for the sewing machine. For instance, she never marks seamlines; she never leaves seams open ¼” at one end or the other; she never uses templates. Because of these “nevers”, she has eliminated the show-downs in quiltmaking. For instance, her hexagon cutting technique uses no templates and they can be made any size desired. Her hexagon sewing techniques eliminate the need to mark seam lines, and results in perfect inside points. Quilting the Kaye Wood Way includes the use of her line of quilting tools, the Starmaker® Master Templates and the View & Do™ Shapes. The Starmakers® accuratedly cut diamonds, triangles, and many other shapes in any size. Quilters interested in fussy-cutting will enjoy using her View & Do™ Shapes for hearts, diamonds, circles, octagons and hexagons.
Quilting cruises are one of Kaye’s passions. She has taken quilters on 25 cruises; check her website www.kayewood.com for the next scheduled cruise. She is well known for her charity quilt project, The LoveQuilt Connection, which is presented at consumer shows around the country. Quilts made during these shows are donated to local charities. Kaye also has been compared to a “stand-up comedienne”, with her stories of strange and funny things that keep happening to her. Come to her talk on the “Funny Things That Keep Happening to Me.”
Kaye was the Special Guest Speaker / Educator at Reno, Nevada’s “The Original Creative Festival” August 14th thru August 16th, 2008. Along with her daily seminars, Kaye hosted Friday evening's, Quilter's Gathering, a FUN evening of “Giggles and Chuckles”. Kaye shared a fun evening on the funny and strange things that have happened to her during her quilting trail.
Along with Kaye’s busy schedule, she also hosted her Charity event “The LoveQuilt Connection” during the Festival.
For more information about Kaye Wood go to www.kayewood.com
Thank you,
Kaye Wood
www.kayewoodTV.com
kayewood.com
1-800-248-5293
Phone: 1-989-345-3028
Fax: 1-989-345-3049
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