Eleanor Burns
#151
I love Eleanor Burns and actually started quilting because I watched her show and thought "I can do that"!!!! Just brought my Egg Money Sampler quilt to the Long Arm Quilter this weekend. I can't wait to see how it comes out. The book had a lot of historical info and recipes. I enjoyed doing the sampler one lap sized quilt. Her instructions are very easy to understand.
#152
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,097
Originally Posted by MargeD
I love Eleanor Burns. She has given me new information about some American history, and her patterns are very clear and easy to follow. I think she's a role model for all women. Her husband left her with 2 small children to raise and she has worked long and hard to become such a good quilt teacher. She teaches us to quilt and she adds humor to all she does. How could you not like her?
#156
I always liked EB and her patterns, and she is quite helpful for new quilters. However, I had a whole new respect for her when I attended a program at her shop in California recently. She was broke, divorced and had 2 small children whom she had to support. She told the group how she even had her kids help her "dumpster dive" for usable goods. She found a job at the local town rec center teaching quilt-making, so had to run home and whip up 2 sample place mats in order to show that she could actually quilt. Her classes soon became so popular that she wrote manuals (then books) to assist the students, and her classes tripled. Now, her adult sons and other family members work with her in her business. What a great success story of hard work, humility and determination!
#157
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Grants Pass, OR
Posts: 2,071
I love her and her quilts. She is an inspiration and living the "when life gives you scraps, make quilts" adage. Keep tossing those scraps Eleanor!
PS, I have made 8 log cabin quilts from her pattern.
PS, I have made 8 log cabin quilts from her pattern.
#158
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: York, South Carolina
Posts: 263
I do like Eleanor Burns. She finds easier ways to do some of the more difficult jobs in piecing (Y seams, curved seams, etc). She explains things well and makes producing a quilt easier. I can't get with her flinging scraps over her shoulder, but that appears to have become her trademark.
#160
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 20
I definatley love Eleanor Burns. I have done the Underground Railroad. She has some of the easiest techniques. I try to apply these techniques when doing all my quilts. I was fortunate to meet her in person in Nashville a few years back and she signed my Victory Quilts book. I am trying to have a collection of all her books. I also tape her show on RFDTV and enjoy watching her work and tell her stories.PS I also went to a seminar way back and I must say she is hilarious but educational as well.
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