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I am officially a Karen McTavish groupie

Old 04-14-2011, 02:46 PM
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Just rolled in from MQX and have loads of pics to share. First, the whole reason I went to take a McTavishing class from the most awesome Karen McTavish. If you ever get a chance to attend a seminar, trunk show or class by Karen you absolutely MUST go. Not only is she an amazingly awesome quilter, she is an amazingly awesome person. Fun, outgoing and a great speaker and really funny too!

Interesting bit of trivia, Karen originally called McTavishing "comic book wonder woman hair" when she first posted the technique on an online forum. She got totally shot down by the group with that name and unanimously decided she should call it McTavishing.

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Karen doing her trunk show
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Karen McTavishing
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The shameless goupie moi and Karen
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Close up of Karen's quilt
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My first attempt at McTavishing, I missed a spot!
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Old 04-14-2011, 02:48 PM
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I've taken her class a couple of times at Innovations, the second time for the comedic value. She is a very funny, talented, and funny lady!

Have fun at MQX! My daughter has a quilt there, in the Kids Can Quilt section. It has a ribbon on it....!!!!!!
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Old 04-14-2011, 02:53 PM
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You didn't miss a spot. You just quilted a large tear drop motif into the design.
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Old 04-14-2011, 02:58 PM
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I've only seen her on TV but I understand!!!
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Old 04-14-2011, 03:06 PM
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you did a great job quilting...
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Old 04-14-2011, 03:12 PM
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I met her in Fennimore Wisconsin and found her a very nice person, very down to earth and kind. With the tatoos and the motorcycle she is a free spirit but that is probably whey she is so creative. I had her books and loved to McTavish. It works so well around applique. It is so free.

Her feathers are out of this world

I'm glad you got to take her class. My friend took a class from Dustin something. He quilts in the dark with glow in the dark thread. She said he thought he was a rock star. She didn't enjoy him at all
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she did a class for our guild and a trunk show. she is a very talented person.

her new book and dvd just came out this week called Custom Curves
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She definitely has a lot of energy!!
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Lucky you, looks like a great time.
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Old 04-17-2011, 08:03 PM
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Lucky you!! You did a beautiful job on the quilting :D:D:D
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