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A Note From the Editor

After the cold, dark days of winter, we're starting to see flowers poking through the ground and leaves budding on the trees. It's the time of year I look forward to the most. I'm energized and ready to tackle new projects— from spring cleaning to organizing my quilt room to planning projects (or completing those previously started).

I was thinking about the quilting process in general and what my favorite part of quilting is. For me, making the quilt top is my favorite part. I have a big stack of tops just waiting to be quilted. While I like to think that I will quilt these myself, I know that beyond a small project or possibly a throw-sized top, the chances are pretty good that I won't quilt them myself. That's where I turn to my longarm quilter. I asked Cara Cansler of Sew Colorado Quilting what she thinks longarm quilters want their customers to know before entrusting their quilts to them. She had some very useful advice that I think you'll find helpful in her article on page 92.

We are starting a brand-new series in this issue. Scott Flanagan has designed a beautiful fat quarter-friendly quilt, Prairie Star, that will run in each 2024 issue. I'll be sewing along, and I hope you'll join in the fun. We also have several more fat quarter-friendly quilts along with other fun designs.

I hope you find yourself energized this spring and ready to tackle some new (or finish) quilting projects.

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Carolyn Beam, editor

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Carolyn Beam is the Editor of Quilter's World. She has been quilting for over 40 years and has been in the quilt publishing business for 15 years.

She took her first quilting class when her oldest son was a baby and hasn't stopped since. She has traveled the country teaching and lecturing and has had many original designs published in books and magazines. Besides making quilts for family and friends, she also makes quilts to donate to the fire department her youngest son works for.

Carolyn is married with three grown sons and one adorable grandson. Besides quilting, Carolyn enjoys all crafts, golf, snowshoeing and hiking in the beautiful mountains of Colorado where she lives.








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