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Frankly, when I first met Karla Alexander, I thought she was this artsy quilter from the West coast!!!  She mountain bikes, runs marathons – and the final nail in the coffin????  She sews curves, for God’s sake – and thinks it’s fun!!!!  Not only that, she thought I would think that was fun too!!!

Did she not know that I was raised in the Midwest, that I loved Civil War reproductions, and developed new ways to do traditional blocks – in other words, “death by country”!  Two people couldn’t have more opposite tastes!!!

Then, I HAD to use her rulers – it was literally part of my job.  So I went to my studio – kicking and screaming – to sew my first curve since my beginning quilting class!!!  And, I sewed my first curves, SUCCESSFULLY, with only three pins….I picked up the phone and told Karla she was a genius!!!!

She has designed five rulers with Creative Grids that include a “sweet spot”!  This sweet spot – placed on a curve is a straight spot that guarantees that all of your seams match.  She is, simply brilliant!  Who knew that a fellow math geek could be wrapped in Batiks???

Her newest addition – Split Seconds – is a demo waiting to happen!  She also designed four quilts around it – and a book coming out with Martingale will have a few more….We are working on the instructions right now – so it won’t be available to ship for a few weeks, but I know you are looking for shop hop demos and summer classes.  Keep this one in mind!

Item #CGRKA5  Retail $32.95

This ruler can cut curves in blocks – up to 15″.  Sometimes bigger IS better!

Item #SSQ410  Retail $9.59
Giant Rail Waves

This quilt provides a great opportunity to show how to use this ruler in a multitude of ways.  Piece the curves and curved four-patches for the background – and then add the raw edge appliques.  A picture just doesn’t do this quilt justice!

Item #SSQ409  Retail $9.50
Favorite Things

Spring Fever is an example of making large blocks – and then cutting them into curves.  Wow!!!

Item #SSQ411  Retail $9.50
Spring Fever

Checkered Path looks like the ocean – this woman has an amazing sense of color!!!

Item #SSQ412  Retail $9.50
Checkered Path

Come.  Join in the fun….She sucked this country girl into curves!!!