Gail Thomas!

Gail Thomas amongst her respect winning quilt Houston Quilt Festival 2011

Last week, Gail sent me to a greater extent than or less photos of our four pes Art Quilter frame laid inward her studio. Before I part the photos, I'd similar to part the floor of how nosotros met. We met Gail Thomas dorsum inward 2011 when nosotros were demonstrating our NEQ frames at the Houston Quilt Festival. We were busy running our JUKI/New English linguistic communication Quilter frames through their paces, when I noticed this amazing adult woman playing amongst our Art Quilter frame. She was together with thus hitting together with looked actually familiar. Then I realized that I'd seen her on a quilt!

This is Gail Thomas, i of the 'three sisters' , you'll recognize Gail equally the i on the left. The Three Sisters are girls from Canada, America together with Commonwealth of Australia who met at the 2006 Quilt Show together with created this respect winning quilt for the next year!

Gail took me over to come across her quilt for this twelvemonth together with thus I could accept to a greater extent than or less photos. 2011 marks the 175th anniversary of Texas' independence from United Mexican United States of America together with thus at that topographic point was a department of this year's exhibition dedicated to Texas history. Gail's quilt to a higher house called 'Someone Found' tells the floor of a missy Cynthia Ann Parker who was captured past times the Comanche indians together with became the woman bring upward of i of the close famous Comanche warriors, Chief Quannah Parker.

In this photo, Gail is showing us the quilting detail. And the quilting is totally awesome but I dearest the photograph for to a greater extent than or less other reason. Gail used her missy equally the model for Cynthia Ann Parker. In this photograph looking from Gail to her missy depicted inward the quilt, the pose is together with thus similar that no i could neglect to come across the resemblance!

Gail loved our frame! She left the Houston Quilt Festival the happy possessor of a novel 4 pes Art Quilter which is only the correct size for her studio.

Our four pes New English linguistic communication Quilter Art frame & JUKI 2010 laid inward Gail Thomas' studio

Here's a skillful photograph of the Juki 2010 sitting on the Art Quilter frame carraiges. The Juki 2010 direct stitch sewing machine is a classic workhorse amongst only the correct amount of infinite nether the arm. It's unproblematic to tension together with has the necessary speed to larn a prissy flowing work of stitching. 

The speed command Nifty Grip handles let Gail to bypass the pes pedal

Notice the laid of Nifty Grip speed command handles at the far correct of the photo. These handles supercede the pes pedal! They're ergonomically designed to move comfortable equally you lot guide the sewing machine  every-which-way,  just similar the much larger long arm machines.

The four pes Art Quilter frame is ideal for smaller projects together with fits perfectly inward pocket-size spaces.

"Thought I would post these equally I hold back similar I am relax together with chilling.

 They are taken inward my pocket-size quilting studio.

 Thank you lot in i trial to a greater extent than Martha."

Love Gail

ps. I dearest the frame ...XXXOOO