The first 5 minutes or so of each of her programs is spent showing you quilts and giving you their history. The first quilts I ever made were at a quilting weekend and the lady giving it showed us how to do two quilt tops following the directions in her books. Everyone finished both quilts.

She is probably the best quilt teacher out there especially for a beginner or anyone who needs a liitle help learning new techniques. She shows lots of great time saving techniques for making quilts. I've watched almost every video in her media theater, have some of the DVDs and I'm hoping to acquire more of her templates and rulers. She makes it all seem easy.

Her personal experience and work ethics are an example to everyone, especially anyone trying to raise a couple of children alone. I have a tremendous respect for her as a woman, mother, role model and teacher.

Eleanor Burns is my favorite quilting person. I really love her books as the instructions are easy and do contain a bit of history as well. Her teaching methods make it easy for even the newest quilter to understand. I have never met her but hope to some day.

love her

That's the first quilt I made nearly 30 years ago. Her book and methods got me hooked, er addicted.

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I love Eleanor Burns!

I always watch and record her shows. I have learned about quilting from her. Her books are so easy to follow and you always get a history lesson when watching her on TV. I did meet her at Paducah a few years ago and she is a charming person.

We visited her shop while on vacation in CA a few years ago. I was a bit intimidated with the thought of meeting such a celebrity, but she was the most gracious, friendly lady. She was teaching a class but still took the time to greet us, pose for a picture, and give a short tour of her TV studeo. Such a down-to-earth person. She helped revolutionize quilting and will recorded in history herself because of her influence.

When I started quilting in 1973, there were few books out there, mostly published in the 1930s and 40s. My inspiration was a scene remembered from my childhood of my mother chain piecing on her old machine and my brother clipping them apart. I was jealous but he got to do it.

Anyway, Eleanor and I developed together over the years. When I discovered the rotary cutter and her book on Quilt in a Day, my production really took off.

As for her take on history, well I'm a history buff based in real stories and experience and have the college credits too. So on my list of quilt heros are the people who kept this craft alive and the 1974 exhibit that raised everyone's awareness of quilts as folk art. So I could cite a long list of people responsible for the quilt revival and their contributions but Burns would be way down there.

I love Eleanor Burns. Her techniques, patterns and books are wonderful. A great help to the beginner or advanced quilter.

She was the one that inspired me to start quilting. She made it look so easy and fun. I love listening to her story as she is making the quilt. It may not impact me on what quilts I make but it does give bring history a little more alive and personal.