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

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.

I like her books. She gives great explainations and good illustrations in them and many are spiral bound.

That was alot of fun .Thank you so much.

I do love her videos, but don't always use her methods. Like all of us, some are great...some I chose to do something else...they are good reminders of how to break down a pattern though.

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?

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...

Thanks for the link. I really enjoyed watching it. :thumbup:

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.

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.

I might not be a quilter if not for Eleanor Burns. I just love her and the techniques she teaches!

I learned much of my quilting skills from her, via her books and show. I think her way of making flying geese is genius and use it always. Kudos to Eleanor Burns.

I made her Log Cabin quilt and it turned out beautiful. Hubby helped pick out the colors...he did an outstanding job:)
I just bought her " Delectable Mountain" book that comes with the template. .It is my next project after the "Aunt Cora's Cupboard" BOM I have had in my sewing room for 10 years.....civil war reproduction fabric speaks to me somehow!!

Fast and easy patterns, I've made a couple of her quilts, Lovers Knot and a log cabin of sorts from her larger books.

A few weeks ago I attended the Quilter's Dream Retreat with Eleanor. She taught one of the classes and I was chosen to have lunch with her. It was wonderful. She is a great person.

The first time I saw a show I had never even heard of her. The first time she got "rid of it" over her shoulder I think my mouth dropped open and after that I just loved her. She is so quirky that you know she is real. What a good time you would have if you could take a class from her or spend any time with her.

I have come to love her. I've made several of her quilts and have learned a lot. Her instructions to me are very simple and easy to understand. I watch her show wherever I am that gets it (Not here unfortunately, but all her shows are on her website free)

I adore her! She made believe that I too could quilt! I love it when someone is so enthusiastic and encouraging.

I did watch the video. Thanks so much for posting it. Makes me like El even more!!

Thanks for sharing!

I love El!!! She is so open and helpful. Thanks for sharing!!

Sharon

I loved the video. Can't wait to meet her in person at Quilt Festival this year.. I saw her across the room last year, but being a new quilter, I was too intimidated to go over and meet her. Now I know she would have made me feel right at ease. She overcame some tough times by her sheer determination and hard work. What's not to admire.

I learned to quilt watching Eleanor, as well as Kaye Wood. Eleanor can be a little tiresome to listen to, but you can learn a lot watching her.

She is wonderful. She is the reason I'm starting to learn to quilt.

Thanks for the video -- I really enjoyed it. I started watching Eleanor Burns years ago (I have one of her old Log Cabin book and still use the method, though my strips are now smaller).

Years ago she was on about the time my kids were napping and I would not miss her. She made me laugh -- the best medicine. Her set looked like an attic back then -- great fun. I think her greatest gift to us quilters is her ability to simplify the steps to make a quilt.

Very enjoyable show. Eleanor gave a talk locally a few years ago and had everyone learning and laughing at the same time. I haven't been a big fan of hers as we didn't get many of her tv shows locally..

I so enjoyed seeing Alex Anderson who I am a big fan of because I learned to quilt watching her Simply Quilts show. She used to have a quilting message board where I met so many wonderful quilters from all over the country and Canada, many of whom have been friends of mine for over 10 years. In fact this weekend I'll be at a retreat with a few of them. I plan to bring a quilt I made from some squishy swap blocks we traded back in 2002. I'm going to see if they can pick out the blocks they made for me. .

Nope, can't stand her

I would not be quilting if eleanor burns had not come up with the log cabin method.... I thought all quilts had to be hand cut out, hand sewn and hand quilted.... and with a family and job and school at the time... I did not have the time to do that...Eleanor burns showed me a different way and i love her way at laughing at herself and making all of us enjoy the journey.
hugs
quiltinmama

I watched that video last week and really enjoyed it...I would love to have that cabin, of course she would have to leave all the quilts...lol

Wow, thanks for the link. There is no one like Eleanor Burns. She is an American icon, who is very deserving of being honored by The Quilt Show for 2011. I would be remiss though if I didn't heap my own personal praise upon Alex Anderson, who for me, was the inspiration behind my love of quilting. I watched Simply Quilts every day for years before I ever bought my first yard of fabric.

Rural01 that's how I started too! I watched Simply Quilts for years while I ate breakfast before I went to work never imagining in ailloon years that I would start quilting. I do remember seeing Eleanor on that show and loved how she pitched the scraps over her shoulder

Eleanor really is one of the "greats" in quilting. I may not always like her patterns or fabrics she chooses... but I just can't turn off my TV when she is on. I have so much respect for her and the way she runs her business.

I know! I saw she was on the list for Houston last year, and all I could do is tell my daughter how I was going to go see her. Finally I was able to catch her in her booth and just stood there in awe. When I got the opportunity to speak with her, my throat was dry and I could barely speak. I looked like a true country bumpkin to anyone who was watching me. She was so sweet and pleasant and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting her. Got my picture with her too!

All I had heard about Eleanor Burns was that she has an irritating voice. I have never watched her show, and know little to nothing about her patterns. Of course, her face and books are familiar to me by sight. But I am aware that my favorite technique for flying geese is one of hers. I love any techniques that make quilting faster, and easier, because I am an impatient quilter. I want to watch the video, since I didn't know that she was a single mother. Wow, thanks Eleanor!

Thank you so much for posting this video. It is absolutely wonderful. Truly enjoyed it.

Love Eleanor Burns! Thanks for posting the video link, it was great!

I was so enjoying the video til it froze saying there was a prob. with my internet connection.

I was enjoying it so much that I actually muted the TV & focused on the video. I'm such a huge fan of Eleanor's as well as Ricky & Alex. I so loved seeing her home & how much she loves her family. I just hope I can see the rest of it. I got as far as making a quilt in her studio with a grp. of friends.

Thank you a million for sharing this with us.

PS. I especially enjoy Eleanor's Sat. morn. PBS shows since she always tells a wonderful story as she works.

I couldn't watch the video, cuz my internet is to slow. Think I'll see if I can watch it at my DD's house. I love Eleanor Burns. She reminds me of when my mother sewed. there was always a mess on the floor , when she was finnished.I always watched all of E.Burn's TV shows when they were on, but the last 5 or so years haven't been on TV. Will be right back there watching , if she's ever on again.

I love Eleanor Burns..such a strong woman and fantastic quilter...the throwing of the fabrics always bothered me but she says she was the one that had to pick them all up...we all have our quirks and if thats hers...she is entitled I just ordered twice from her Paducah Ky store last week..great bargains in honor of her birthday week. I admire her and her ability to teach us to be better quilters...with easier methods...If her voice bothers you maybe its your accent...just kidding...Glad to see she was finally inducted inthe Quilters Hall of Fame