How to Quilt: Martha Nordstrand

Who Else is Frustrated with Applique? Afraid to Start? Ever Thrown One Away Because it was "Messed Up?

Applique Expert, Martha Nordstrand, Shared Secrets that Will Make Your Applique Quilts Beautiful and Easy-to-Make

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Martha Nordstrand, applique expert joins us on May 14.

Dear Quilting Friend -

If you are at all interested in applique, quilts with flowers, quilts with leaves, quilts with berries, quilts with trees, or any other kind of nature quilts, you will definitely want to listen to this quilter talk.

Last night Martha Nordstrand will join us for our Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation.

Martha has been sewing since she was three years old when her grandmother placed a needle in her hand. She has worked in crochet, knitting, embroidery and needlework.

Her quilting adventure began as she made simple little ninepatch quilts for her daughter, baby quilts for friends, and a log cabin.

She has wandered through every type of applique style…English piecing, paper piecing, freezer paper, needle turn and many more conventional methods before she found her own style of designing and interpreting flowers into fabric. Inspired by her late dear friend, Jessie Harrison, she developed a technique using glue sticks and label paper that was simple and precise to create the fine lines and delicate petals and leaves.

After much experimentation, she implemented a new way to prepare and apply appliqué pieces to background fabrics. She loves teaching and sharing this method with all levels of quilt makers. In some ways it is revolutionary and in others, it is very simple. Appliqué is still her favorite style of quilt making.

Martha shared her method with us and gave us all kinds of inside secrets for beautiful applique.

Click here to open the Worksheet for the Call

If you missed the call, you missed something truly special. I have stayed away from applique because I wasn't any good at it. With Martha's inside secrets, I may pick up a needle and leaf and try again.

You can see how detailed her applique is in the quilt below.

Listen to just one sample of the tips Martha shared with us:

Sanctuary by Martha Nordstrand
Click on the image to see a larger picture of this beautiful quilt.

Whether you are a first time quilter or have years of experience, Martha has techniques to share that will make all of your quilting easier and more fun.

If you aren't already a member of the Eavesdropping Quilters Club, now is the time to get it at the Early Bird investment of $24.97.

I'd like a CD recording of the call.

or... Become an Official Eavesdropping Quilter by Joining the Club!

Because of the success of the Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation series, now it's even easier for you to be sure to hear all of the valuable information our guests have to share.

By Joining the Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club, you will be the first to receive a copy of the Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation CD each month after the call. It's all automatic. You won't need to watch your email for any announcements for ordering, you won't need to get out your credit card each month and fill in all of that annoying information. Yours will be first out the door as soon as the CDs are ready, and your card will be charged automatically - and less than the price for non-members.

That's right, non-members pay $24.97 (Early Bird Price) or $27.97 plus a small fee for shipping and handling for each CD they invest in individually. The Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club member investment is only $22.00 each month plus a tiny charge for shipping and handling. That's a whopping 12.93% savings - every month!

Plus, this month we have 2 calls, and members of the Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club will pay only once, saving you even more!

Plus as a member of the Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club, you will get the secret link to download the transcript of the call. This link will be given only to Members for their exclusive use. Each month you get the full Conversation - word for word - in a convenient Adobe pdf format. You can download it, read it at your convenience, mark it up, save it to your computer and print it out for your own use whenever you want it.

"Why should I join?" you ask. In addition to saving money, here are a few more reasons:

You are busy - with everything you are juggling, it's hard to keep track of one telephone call each month. Maybe you missed the call with expert machine quilter, Pam Bauer. Or the one with the Alex Anderson. As a member of the Club, you will automatically get a copy of the CD of each month's call, even if you miss the call or forget to order it.

You will save money every month - members of the Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club get their copy of the CD for only $22.00 each month plus a tiny fee for shipping and handling. Non-members pay $24.97 plus shipping and handling; and they don't get the transcription.

You went on vacation and missed the whole thing - no need to worry any more, vacation, business trip or just "whoops, I forgot" don't matter any more. You'll open your mailbox one day and there it will be - the surprise CD with the call on it.

You will get "freebies" periodically - because of the way the shopping cart operates, you will be charged only $22.00 per month, whether we have one guest or two. And, between now and the end of the year, it looks like there will be at least one month where we will have 2 guests - and you will get the second one free - including the transcription! What could be better than that?

You don't need to be connected to the phone - it's true that the Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation takes place on the phone usually beginning at 5pm Pacific Time. What if you are in Australia? What if you have a meeting that night? What if it's your anniversary and your hubbie is taking you out to dinner? You get all of the great information from the interview, regardless of what else is going on in your world.

You will get the transcription of the call - after each call, the transcription will be posted for you to download in Adobe pdf format. Not only will you have the audio CD, but you will have a printed version of what was said. You can circle what is important and highlight in yellow things you want to especially remember.

You will have input - when does anybody ask what you want to hear, and who you want to hear? We send a survey out prior to the call asking which topics are most important to you. And then we structure the interview based on the results of the survey. This survey will be sent to members of the Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club. And when we are looking for suggestions for guests, members of the Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club will be the ones we ask for recommendations.

Did I say you will save money? You will. Guaranteed - starting with the day you sign up.

"Why am I doing this?" you ask. Now that we know this series is so popular, and I have guests lined up through the end of the year, I need to let Tony, the guy who copies my CDs, know about how many we will need each month. By joining the Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club Tony will be able to reserve time for our project and get the CDs copied and out the door faster.

"What's the downside?" you ask. Nothing from what I can tell. There is no fee to join - just a lower price for the CD. And you can cancel at any time. Just let us know, and we will stop billing you and stop delivering the CDs - no hassles, no whining, no problem - no minimum time of membership.

"So, why not?" you ask. Good question, join the Official Eavesdropping Quilters Club today, enjoy the convenience of having these pop into your mailbox automatically every month, and begin saving money right away.

And, you get this great looking CD case to put them in -

cd case for teleseminar series

Wow! I'm excited. Please Sign me up for the Club.

I understand that my card will automatically be charged each month for $22.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling until I tell you to stop. Plus I will get the secret, exclusive link to download the transcription of the call each month. I also understand that I will get some "freebies" every once in a while when there is more than one Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation during a month (which may be as soon as next month!) And get the CD case for FREE as a member of the Club.

Yes, please Send me only a recording of the interview with Martha Nordstrand, for the special price of just $24.97, plus a tiny charge for shipping and handling.

Happy Quilting!

Penny Halgren

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