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Cardinals Winter League Notebook: Wk 11, Pt 2

Results by St. Louis Cardinals prospects during the last week in the Venezuelan winter League. Victor Marte had a rough introduction with Magallanes.

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The regular season of the Venezuelan League finished on December 30th. Five of the eight teams advanced to the post-season: Anzoategui, Caracas, Lara, Magallanes and Zulia move on while Aragua, La Guaira and Margarita go home.

Stats are through the games of December 30th.

Caribes de Anzoategui –
The Caribes went 3-1 to finish with 35-28 record, one game off the lead.
- Ildemaro Vargas: Vargas appeared in two games for the period. He pinch ran in the top of the ninth on the 28th and scored the eventual winning run. Vargas started at second base on Sunday, singling twice in four at bats with a base-on-balls, two runs scored and another knocked in.
Season: 20 G, 28 AB, 7 R, 8 H, 1 2B, 1 3B. 4 RBI, 3 BB, 3 SO, .286/.355/.393/.748, .320 BABIP

Tigres de Aragua –
Aragua went 2-2 for a 23-39 mark. They finished in last place, 12 ½ games off the pace.
- Jorge Rondon: Rondon was left off the active roster for the last four games of the season.
Season: 4.40 ERA/5.12 FIP, 18 G, 0 GS, 28.2 IP, 28 H, 17 R, 14 ER, 3 HR, 4 HB, 13 BB, 19 SO, 1.43 WHIP, .248 BAA, 272 BABIP
- Eduardo Sanchez: Sanchez finished a winner in his last appearance on Saturday. The right-hander faced the minimum in the eighth and was the pitcher of record when the Tigres plated four runners in the bottom of the frame to take a 6-5 lead. A single to left was followed by a swinging strike out as Sanchez notched his first out. The base runner was eliminated via a 6-4-3 double-play ball.
Season: 5.00 ERA/3.53 FIP, 17 G, 0 GS, 18 IP, 17 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 1 HR, 2 HB, 9 BB, 20 SO, 1.44 WHIP, .270 BAA, .364 BABIP

Tiburones de La Guaira –
The Tiburones finished with a 29-33 record, 6 ½ games in back of Magallanes and 4 1/2 behind Lara for the final play-off spot.
- Kender Villegas: Villegas was added to La Guaira's active roster on December 27th but did not appear in any of the team's three remaining contests.

Cardenales de Lara –
Lara went 2-2 for the period for a cumulative record of 34-29, two games back. That mark earned them the fifth and final play-off slot.
- Richard Castillo: Castillo began the week by absorbing a loss on the 27th. He got off on the right foot by slipping out of an inherited mess of runners at the corners when he coaxed a fly out to left to finish the fourth. A base-on-balls with two outs did not do any damage in the fifth due to Castillo's pick off of the runner at first. That kept Lara's deficit to three runs which they made up in the bottom of the frame. Castillo yielded a single to lead off the sixth and he was charged with the loss when two subsequent hurlers combined to allow the runner to score on a wild pitch and a single.
His outing on Sunday did not go much better. Castillo allowed an inherited runner on first to score in the eighth that cut the Cardenales' lead to 5-3 in a game they went on to win. The righty loaded the bases on a single and a base-on-balls then saw the runner cross home via a 6-3 ground out. He limited further injury when the opposition's five batter lined out to short. His stats for the week: 4.50 ERA/5.20 FIP, 2 G, 0 GS, 2 IP, 2 H. 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 2.00 WHIP, .286 BAA, .333 BABIP, 3 IR/2 IRS
Season: 4.50 ERA/5.34 FIP, 26 G, 0 GS, 24 IP, 28 H, 14 R, 12 ER, 2 HR, 1 HB, 14 BB, 13 SO, 1.75 WHIP, .286 BAA, .313 BABIP
- Deryk Hooker: Hooker was the eighth and final pitcher on the mound for Lara on the 27th, the game in which Richard Castillo took a loss. Hooker entered the eighth with two out and a runner on first and recorded the last out via a 5-4 force at second. Three consecutive singles with two outs produced a tally in the ninth before Hooker fanned the last batter swinging.
On Saturday, the right-hander did not retire any of the three batters he faced. Hooker came into the game needing just one out to strand the runner at third but could not deliver. Two successive singles and a walk brought in one tally, jammed the sacks full and ended the reliever's day. His successor recorded the out that eluded him. Hooker's roster spot was taken by another pitcher during the Venezuelan League's play-off draft so his time there is over.
Season: 1.29 ERA/2.63 FIP, 6 G, 0 GS, 7 IP, 9 H, 1 R/ER, 4 BB, 8 SO, 1.86 WHIP, .300 BAA, .409 BABIP

Navigantes del Magallanes –
Magallanes finished the regular season by going 3-1 for a 36-27 mark, good for first in the league.
- Victor Marte: Marte's debut for Magallanes on the 30th was a rocky one. The right-hander, who was scored upon in three of his last five appearances while in the Dominican (Winter) League, gave up two tallies in just a third of an inning for the Navigantes. With his squad already down 8-5, the first batter reached on a single, stole second, advanced to third on a passed ball and raced home on a grounder up the middle by the next batter. He moved up a base on a ground out, the only out Marte recorded. A single by his replacement brought in the second run charged to Marte.

Bravos de Margarita –
Margarita dropped all four contests and ended on an 0-7 skid. Their 23-38 record put them in seventh place, 12 back and 1/2 game out of last place.
- Silfredo Garcia: Garcia has been shut down for the balance of the season as of December 19th. His last appearance came on the 13th.
Season: 2.25 ERA/3.50 FIP, 20 G, 0 GS, 20 IP, 21 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 HR, 0 HB, 5 BB, 11 SO, 1.30 WHIP, .273 BAA, .308 BABIP

Related article: Part one of this report covered Cardinals prospects' results the past week in the Australia, the Dominican, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

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Replay is here to stay

The NFL decided this week to make a few more rules reviewable by replay after a couple of controversial (read: botched) calls last year.

For years, Ed Hochuli has been known as the NFL referee who wears his shirts too tight so as to show off his middle-aged guns. Last year, he became the butt of jokes after blowing a critical call in the Denver-San Diego game in Week 2 of the 2008 season – a game that allowed the Broncos to win on a fumble ruled an incompletion late in the game. Now, Hochuli is part of the replay lexicon just like Tom Brady is to the "tuck rule."

On Wednesday, NFL owners voted to make such plays subject to instant replay. When Hochuli made the call, reviewing whether a pass could be challenged as a fumble with the arm moving forward was not part of the review process. A similar change was made in reviews of down-by-contact plays that involved a fumble, and the same set of criteria will be in play for passes that slip out of a quarterback's hand.

Another tweak of the replay system involves a free ball on the sidelines. A kickoff in the NFC Championship Game was ruled to have gone out of bounds, despite replay showing that the ball never touched the sideline before being recovered by the kicking team. Now that play is included in those that are subject to being challenged and reviewed.

For opponents of instant replay, they have been forced to accept the fact that games have turned on officials getting the calls right. Replay is here to stay. As long as plays like the Jay Cutler fumble and the Cardinals kickoff recovery are botched on the field, if either happens again, the call will be reviewed and determined on its own merit.

  • Brad Childress found himself fielding questions about Jay Cutler in light of a Yahoo! Sports report that the Vikings were the first team to get involved in talks concerning a trade with the Broncos and Patriots that would have sent Matt Cassel to Denver, Cutler to the Vikings and unnamed draft picks from the Vikings to New England. Childress refused to address any questions concerning the Cutler issue.

  • In a piece of good news, Childress did say that the team is having "pretty good dialogue" with Antoine Winfield. He is entering the final year of his current deal and Childress said talks are ongoing and that the team would like to get a deal completed. Last week, Cedric Griffin signed a five-year contract extension.

  • The owners also voted to re-work the draft order of playoff teams for the 2010 season. If the rules had been in place this year, the Vikings would have been picking ahead of the Eagles – the team that eliminated them from the playoffs – not behind them. Under the new plan, teams that advance deeper into the playoffs move behind those teams that were eliminated. The case was made by the fact that the Indianapolis Colts, a 12-4 wild card that had to go on the road to play 8-8 San Diego, still picks behind the Chargers in next month's draft. Because the draft order for 2009 has already been set, it was deemed too late to change the draft order this year.

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It’s somewhat disconcerting that Nate Parker chose to name his film after D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915), since the work of the great silent film director was itself filled with racist stereotypes. Despite its innovations and technical virtuosity, the Griffith masterpiece treats history in a far different light then Parker did Nat Turner’s rebellion. But as has been reported The Birth of Nation is rife with its own controversies. The film's release has been overshadowed by the director’s unremorseful attitude about his potential involvement in the rape of a Penn State student back in l999. He was acquitted of the charges, but the victim subsequently committed suicide. There had been an out of court settlement between the victim of the assault and the university for $17, 500. Ironically the amount Parker received for distribution rights from Fox Searchlight for the movie was $17,500,000, a record for a film exhibited at Sundance. There are further complications in that the film’s depiction of the rape of Nat Turner’s wife has been attacked as being historically inaccurate. When the Variety story broke in which Nate Parker’s past was revealed, his fortunes seemed to turn overnight. From being at the lionized, he became a pariah. He was abandoned by celebrities like Spike Lee, who had previously trumpeted his cause. The film has done poorly at the box office. Still there are lots of directors who have had to deal with controversy and scandal, most prominently Roman Polanski and Woody Allen. So is it possible to give the film and its director a fair shake while at the same time sympathizing with all the victims, on screen and off? Is the director like the character he portrays the victim of a lynching (albeit of another's kind) and one that's the product of the current climate, in which the attempt to protect victims of rape, inadvertently ends up producing its own set of injustices? All of the controversy surrounding The Birth of a Nation irremediably affects one's view, even as you sit anonymously in a darkened auditorium. However, all this said, and trying to take the film on its own merits, it’s hard to see what all the fanfare was initially about. Parker is a one man show. He wrote directed and started in the film and there were probably those who regard or regarded him as a new infant terrible, our generation's answer to Orson Welles. But the film  is an almost straightforward piece of historical hagiography with paper thin melodramatic characters. If you expected something esthetically ambitious with brilliant narrative disquisition and a complex cinematic style to match, you may find  yourself disappointed. The Birth of a Nation has been subsumed and finally drowned by in its own controversy, but some of  the lack of buoyancy may also reside in its own stilted and somewhat narrow design.

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BOTHEL -- A security guard opened fire and wounded a 15-year-old boy at a FDA's Food and Drug Administration regional facility in Bothell early Friday, according to police.

It was around 7 a.m. when two security officers approached a teen acting suspiciously in the building's parking lot, said Shari Ireton with the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.

The teen ran away, but then came back a short time later and got into a car in the parking lot. As the security officers approached the car, the teen backed out and struck one of the security officers, who in turn fired at the car, Ireton said.

Bothell Police Sgt. Cedric Collins said earlier the teen crashed into another vehicle about a mile away on the Bothell-Everett Highway, but Ireton said officers found the teen at a home.

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Authorities said that one suspect has been killed, and the sherif's office said that they believe two other suspects may be at large.

Police told the Advocate newspaper that the incident is related to an active-shooter situation, but further details were not immediately available.

"There is still an active scene," he said. "They are investigating. Right now we are trying to get our arms around everything."

Police said that the shooting began at approximately 9 a.m. and involved Baton Rouge Police Officers and East Baton Rouge Sherif's deputies. Multiple officers from both agencies were injured in the shooting and transported to local hospitals, police said.

The shooting occurred one mile from police headquarters and that the scene has been "contained," but police are asking area residents to remain indoors and contact law enforcement if they see anything suspicious.

Cell phone video allegedly taken as the shooting unfolded and aired by CBS affiliate WAFB shows police vehicles descending on a gas station while gunfire echoes in the background.

Mark Clements, who lives two blocks behind the nearby Hammond Aire shopping plaza, said he heard 10 to 12 gunshots coming from that direction around 8:40 a.

m. He was letting his dogs out in his backyard when he heard the gunfire, followed by sirens and helicopters.

His neighborhood, known as Tara, has been feeling the tension over police shootings since the death of Alton Sterling earlier this month. Just down the road from the shopping center is the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters, where Black Lives Matter protesters have been staked out since Sterling's death.

At least 15 people have been outside the headquarters at most times, Clements said. The largest protest occurred on June 9, when people lined Airport Highway for a quarter of a mile, carrying signs, singing and chanting.

Clements described Tara as a neighborhood of older homes, where police are a regular presence due to the nearby headquarters and large local high school. Residents had been welcoming of the demonstrators and grateful that the protests had remained mostly calm.

"When I drove by, people were walking up to my car thanking me for driving through, giving me high fives and waves," Clements said. "None of the signs I saw were not peaceful. Everything was 'stop the violence.'"

In a phone interview just after noon with WAFB, Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden said he had spoken to officials from the White House, who offered to assist in any way possible.

"It's touched, basically, people all across the country," Holden said. "The phones have not stopped ringing."

Holden could not confirm reports from various media outlets that as many as seven officers had been wounded, but said he hoped to be briefed by the police chief soon.

"In the word community is the word unity," Holden said. "If this is not a defining moment for us, to bridge the divide and come out with a unified voice, than I don't know what is."


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After weeks of preparation, the workshop is finally here but not without more than a few problems.

Overall, the episode was fairly strong. Centered around the performance itself, the episode revisits all of the songs from earlier in the season in performance mode with an additional few new songs added to the lineup. Musically, the episode was top notch. As a musical itself, I’m pretty interested in watching the show.

From the television standpoint, the episode felt a bit like an end cap without any real direction to what may happen next. It seems to be a problem that plagues the series as a whole. Many episodes just end on either a emotionally positive or negative notes. Tonight’s episode ends without any clear indication where the musical might go after a mediocre reception and an anti-chathartic firing of Michael.

Meanwhile, we the viewers get a tease of Karen doing a demo of “Brighter Than the Sun”, which while being completely amazing, felt out of place in the flow of the show itself. I’m not complaining about any chance to showcase Katherine McPhee’s talent, but it did feel out of place with only the singular opening scene and no revisit.

As a special treat though, we get to meat Ivy’s mother Leigh Conroy, famed Tony winning broadway star (played by Bernadette Peters, real life multiple Tony, Grammy, and Golden Globe winning broadway star) whom even does a classic number from the musical Gypsy.

In the end, the episode itself was very strong musically despite the relatively weak plot points. Almost completely dominated by Ivy, the episode’s soundtrack is great and worth watching on that alone. The surprise though is Michael’s rendition of the original song “Lexington & 52nd Street.” There is a passion and anger behind the music that was quite unexpected and refreshing to listen to. It is a major contrast to the other songs in the musical, and the performance of Will Chase is actually quite stellar.

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  • Let Me Be Your Star
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Straight Line Quilting: A Guest Tutorial with Heather Jones

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One of the great things about the sewing and quilting community is just that: community. The connections we make with others who love to create are always inspirational and fun. Heather Jones is someone we met years ago, and who we've been thrilled to watch develop into one of the brightest stars in the world of Modern Quilting. Heather has a great love and respect for the traditional art of quilting, is an avid collector of vintage quilts, and loves to bring a modern twist to traditional patterns. We feel very special and lucky that she found the time to create this awesome Guest Tutorial on one of her specialties: Straight Line Quilting.

Before diving head-first into the information below, I'd like to gush just a bit more about Heather Jones – and make sure you know about some exciting new things coming up for her this summer and fall.

She is the founder and former president of the Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild. Three of her original quilts were chosen as winners of the Modern Quilt Guild’s Project Modern Challenges, a year-long national quilting competition, and she is a two-time finalist for the Martha Stewart American Made Awards. She's also a wonderful Mom to two cute kids who already show signs of following in her (and her artist/painter husband's) very creative footsteps.

If you can, take a few moments to visit her newly updated website, HeatherJonesStudio.com, which includes links to buy her beautiful quilt patterns... even better, these PDF patterns are all on sale right now! There's also a full list of her available classes and workshops along with a current teaching schedule.

You'll want to take an especially close look at the amazing retreat she's teaching with Amy Butler this July. Hosted by A Gathering of Stitches at the gorgeous Point Lookout resort in Maine, A Quilter's Color Weekend promises to be two days filled with bright ideas, personal attention, and sewing action.

We're also super excited for the Fall release of Heather's first book, "Quilt Local: Finding Inspiration in the Everyday," published by STC Craft | A Melanie Falick Book, with a forward by Denyse Schmidt.

You can follow Heather on her blog as well as on Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter.

Without further ado, take it away, Heather ...

Straight line quilting is my favorite type of quilting. I love the clean, modern feeling it gives to a quilt design, and I especially love dense quilting, with lots and lots of lines. I'm excited to share some of my tips on straight line quilting with you today.

To get started, you'll need a quilt top, a quilt back, your choice of batting (I prefer cotton), thread, safety pins, blue painters tape, and a walking foot for your sewing machine. Straight line quilting can be done without a walking foot, but in my experience, things go a lot more smoothly with one. It has built-in feed dogs that help move the top layers of fabric through your machine, while your machine's own feed dogs move the bottom layers through. This helps ensure the layers don't shift while you are quilting.

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We'll start by making a quilt sandwich, which consists of three layers: the quilt back, the batting, and the quilt top.

First, lay the quilt BACK on a flat surface, right side down. Use the blue painter's tape around the perimeter to hold the edges in place. Using your  hands, smooth out any wrinkles or air bubbles that may occur, pull the fabric taut, and secure with pieces of tape.

NOTE: Your backing piece should be a few inches bigger than the size of your quilt front, just in case there is some shifting of fabric during the quilting process.

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Next, place the batting on top of the quilt back. Again, smooth out any wrinkles or air bubbles with your hands. The batting should also be a few inches larger than the quilt top.

Finally, lay the quilt top on the batting, right side up. Once again, use your hands to smooth out any wrinkles or air bubbles in the fabric. This diligence to remove air bubbles and wrinkles from each layer reduces the amount of puckering that may occur in the quilting process.

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Pin baste all three layers together.

NOTE: You can use regular safety pins, but I prefer to use special quilter's pins, which have a slight bend in the part of the pin that pushes through the fabric. This little bend in the metal makes pinning through all of the layers much easier.

Once you have pin basted the quilt sandwich, carefully remove the painter's tape that is holding down the quilt backing.

We're almost ready to begin quilting! I say, "almost," because before I start to quilt, I always use a couple scraps of fabric and a scrap of batting to make a swatch sandwich to test my stitching. By testing the stitching on a swatch, I can see if I need to adjust the tension of my sewing machine, the stitch length, etc.

Simply place a piece of batting between two pieces of fabric (the same fabrics and batting that you are working with) to make a mini quilt sandwich. If you're using cotton batting, you don't really need to pin baste this together because the fabric will stick to the batting.

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Before you even start stitching on the swatch, change your sewing machine needle! I always like to start with a new needle on every project, especially when I am going to be quilting. I've seen my friends here at Sew4Home make this recommendation as well, and I want to emphasize its importance.

Below is a picture of one of the machines I use to do my sewing and quilting. It's an older Janome; it's not computerized, and it's not fancy at all, but I love it. It's a real workhorse and makes beautiful stitches.

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When I am straight-line quilting, I always increase my stitch length and decrease the pressure of my presser foot. Not all machines can make these adjustments, but if yours can, I highly recommend you do both before you start to quilt. By decreasing the pressure of the presser foot, there will be less chance of the layers puckering during the quilting process.

With your new needle in place and your machine settings adjusted, it's time to start quilting on your swatch. Run a few lines of test stitching, then look at the stitches both on the front and back of the swatch. Make any adjustments needed to the tension and stitch length, and keep re-testing until you are satisfied with the quality of your stitches.

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I always quilt using gloves, which are readily available at your local fabric store or online. They are cotton gloves with small rubber dots all along the palm side. The rubber dots help grasp the fabric, making it easier to move all of the layers through the machine. If you're in a pinch, rubber kitchen gloves or clean gardening gloves can also be used.

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Let's start quilting!

On small quilts, I always start on one side of the quilt and work across the width of it, until I have quilted the entire piece. Also, I always backstitch at the beginning of each line of quilting to lock the stitches. When I start quilting, I use the edge of the fabric as a guide, keeping my walking foot placed along it as I stitch.

Go slowly as you begin to move the fabric through the machine. Be sure to remove the safety pins as needed. This should be done when your machine is stopped with the needle in the down position so the fabric doesn't shift.

Keep quilting in a straight line until you get to the end of the quilt top. Lock your stitches at this end as you did at the beginning.

Remove the quilt from the machine and clip the thread tails close to the fabric at the beginning and end of the stitching. This will keep them from getting caught in the next line of quilting.

I use the previous line of quilting as my guide for the next line, keeping the edge of my walking foot against it while I work on the next line of quilting. Quilt each line moving in the same direction.

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NOTE: If you want to do straight line quilting, but not as dense as my example, you can mark lines on the quilt front with a marking pen to use as a guide. If this is your choice, use a water soluble marker to draw on the quilt front, marking out your quilting design before you create your quilt sandwich. You can also use a quilt bar attachment for your walking foot, which is like an "outboard ruler" that runs along the previous line as a spacing guide for the current line of stitching.

Straight line quilting, especially the dense variety I love, takes a lot of thread! If you run out of bobbin thread in the middle of a line of quilting, don't worry.

Just fill the bobbin with thread and replace it, re-thread your machine, and drop your needle back into the quilt, a few stitches above where the quilting stopped (ie. where you ran out of thread).

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Make two to three stitches there, and then backstitch to lock the stitches. Then, continue quilting as before. After you finish that line of quilting, take your scissors and snip the tails of the thread.

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Another tip that helps with both straight line quilting, as well as other types of quilting, is to use quilt clips to roll up the quilt sandwich as you work.

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Quilts can be kind of bulky to move through your machine and these plastic clips can really help reduce that bulk. Just roll up your quilt, slide the clips on, and place your quilt on the machine. Much easier to handle! Adjust the clips as necessary to unroll as you quilt.

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Straight line quilting is seldom perfect, and if you're not happy with a line of stitches, don't be afraid to rip it out. Just use your favorite seam ripper and carefully remove both the top and bottom stitching.

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I use a lint roller to pick up all of the excess threads before I begin to quilt again. Quick and slick!

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Before you know it, your beautiful quilt will be done!

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I'm putting a bit of a positive spin on things. In all actuality, straight line quilting, especially as dense as I prefer to work, takes a lot of time. Be sure to take as many breaks as you need. Get up, stretch your arms and your neck, and remember... you don't have to finish the quilting all in one session.

Even though heavy, straight line quilting does take a lot of time, I certainly think it's worth the effort! I love the look of it, and it is honestly my very favorite type of quilting. You'll see there are little imperfections in the lines, and most are not perfectly straight, but I think that adds to the character of the quilt. It's one of the things I love most.

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When you are finished quilting, trim off any excess batting and fabric from the back, and bind the quilt as desired.

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Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@ Donna Green -- Sorry to have to delete your comment, but it came through with a lot of odd formatting that did not allow editing. Here was your original comment: I enjoy straight line quilting and considering doing so on a Harry Potter Bookcase quilt that I have just finished. I am wondering if I should straight line quilt as this quilt is all individual blocks and some of them are pictures of individuals.  What do you think of straight line quilting this type of quilt?  Keep in mind that I would be sewing through faces, etc., but plan on using invisible thread for the top of the quilt?  Thank you.

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As mentioned below to another visitor, Heather did this as a Guest Tutorial and so cannot respond directly. However, straight line quilting is one of the quilting styles that does look lovely with just about anything. If you have some scraps, it would be great to make a few "test sandwiches" in which the faces are prominent and try some options, varying the spacing between the lines, etc. You could also then try some other quilting options, such as outlining the heads, etc.

Betty Y said:
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I have completed a T shirt quilt from Breast Cancer T shirts...I quilted it in a curved design, but would like to do straight line quilting on the borders....how would you deal with or handle the corners of the border?

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@Betty - Heather cannot respond directly since this was a Guest Tutorial, however, how you handle the corners is really up to the look you like best. You could either stitch edge to edge in each direction and allow the lines to intersect at the corners for a kind of "cross-hatch" look. Or, space them evenly along each axis and have a 90˚ pivot point at each corner. If you have some scraps available, so dome tests to see what feels best to you.

Delia Bottoms said:
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Heather, this is a wonderful tutorial. I have one question though: what do you recommend for a walking foot? My machine is a Singer, but the walking foot that is sold for Singer does not look durable, and I have read complaints about it.  Is  there any generic walking foot you could recommend that would work for a Singer?

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@Delia - We will forward your comment to Heather, but as she is rather busy this summer, we'll weigh in with an answer as well just in case she isn't able to respond quickly. Heather works mostly on Janome model machines as we do, which come with a great Walking foot attachment or have a built-in AcuFeed system. For the Singer models, the very best solution would be to go to a local sewing machine dealer to ask for advice. This type of foot does need to be made to precisely fit your machine in order for it to function properly, so a dealer would have the very best advice on what you should use.

Kimmer said:
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Great tutorial! I'm working on my first quilt and I've known that I wanted to straight line quilt on my machine but I haven't figured out how to orient my lines. The pattern is lattice (large squares [7"] with 1" black lattice strips). My initial thought was for diagonal lines that went 1/4 inch inside the edges of the squares, but I really do like the vertical straight lines shown in the pictures of your tutorial. Thanks for your time!

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@ Kimmer - So gald you found it helpful. Straight line quilting works beautifully in so many situations.

Kristen said:
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I'd really like to try this type of quilting on a quilt that was made thanks to the collaboration of nine different quilters. The quilt will be given to a member of our group who is expecting. This woman is very talented in free motion quilting on her domestic machine so I'm feeling pressure to produce impressive quilting. Is there a way I can email you a picture of the quilt to get your opinion if straight line quilting would work for this project? Your help is greatly appreciated.

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@ Kristen - Your gift sounds amazing. I can't promise Heather will have time to personally review, but you can certainly send a picture to us at info@sew4home.com and we are happy to review as a team. But remember, it really is all about what looks/feels best to you. I know she is going to love it no matter what because of all the heart that went into making it!

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@ Ruth - here is the note from article regarding wider lines:

NOTE: If you want to do straight line quilting, but not as dense as my example, you can mark lines on the quilt front with a marking pen to use as a guide. If this is your choice, use a water soluble marker to draw on the quilt front, marking out your quilting design before you create your quilt sandwich. You can also use a quilt bar attachment for your walking foot, which is like an "outboard ruler" that runs along the previous line as a spacing guide for the current line of stitching.

Mary Carter said:
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What if you are sewing on material that has people building animals toys what do you do?I really am impressed with you website

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@ Mary - thanks! But, I'm afraid we're not quite clear on your question. Does the fabric have a motif of people and animals? Are you trying to figure out how to space the lines on a busy print? If you can give us a bit more detail, we might be able to give you a better answer.

mcclainm said:
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On a larger quilt would you start from the center of the quilt and work out to the edges?

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@ mcclainm - From the center out to both sides it how it is often done. This is usually more of a matter of keeping the bulk of the quilt to a minimum as you roll it. You'd be unlikely to be able the roll up a larger quilt tightly enough to get that roll to fit through the center of your home machine.

Handmade by Mom N Me said:
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Built in walking feet are ALWAYS nice. I do lots of straight line stitching and i like the lack of noise and clunkiness that I got from my built in walking foot.

mpistey said:
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I love straight line quilting!  Not only the look, but I feel it's something I can handle on my machine.  Free motion quilting is scary to me, so I've used this technique on a couple of quilts with gift-worthy results.  Heather is the guru of straight line; thank you for the step by step -  it's very helpful!

Katejacksontextiles said:
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Do you always quilt in the same direction? Doesn't the finished quilt bow or tend to 'curl' out of shape? I thought I would have to alternate directions to prevent this? Really interested in the reply as I want to try this on a big quilt. Thank you

Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home said:
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@ Katejacksontextiles - As mentioned above, most quilter's do recommend stitching straight lines in the same direction. This allows the layers to stay smoother. Bowing or curling is more likely to be a binding issue: eg. too tight, quilt not perfectly square, etc.

norskie3 said:
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I have never seen straight line quilting and I really like what is shown here.  Thank you for the tutorial.  I, as a beginner, think that I would like to try this sometime.  You have created a spark ...........!

SewMojo said:
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Great tutorial.  I love the look of straight line quilting.  I've recently used a long serpentine decorative stitich with my waling foot in a straight line pattern.  It made a nice flowing design on a couple of baby quilts.

Jane Coombs said:
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My sewing machine has a built in walking foot. I have yet to decide if this is a plus or minus. Quilt Local sounds like a winner. Locavores rock in farmers markets and now the quilting world.

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Cruisin' memory lane with John Madden

June 5, 2013 Updated: June 5, 2013 11:32pm
John Madden may have competed with a bocce ball, but his winning pitches were the stories he told. Photo: Terrell Lloyd, San Francisco 49ers
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John Madden may have competed with a bocce ball, but his winning pitches were the stories he told.

You would think John Madden would eventually run out of stories, after decades of spinning 'em on TV, radio and in real life. You would be wrong.

Madden is the bottomless cup of coffee, the all-you-can-eat buffet of stories about football and life.

"Ever read 'Travels With Charley'?" Madden asked Wednesday afternoon, as he prepared to kick some keister at his - and Steve Mariucci's - annual bocce tournament at Campo di Bocce in Livermore. Madden's team, Ruby Hill/Club Sports, wound up winning the 48-team for-fun event that some guys take very seriously. Madden has fun, but he plays a solid game, too.

"Travels With Charley" was John Steinbeck's road trip. In 1960 he slapped a camper shell on a pickup and had his poodle riding shotgun as he toured the USA.

"That was my inspiration, I kind of did that," Madden said.

I had asked Madden about his bus, the Madden Cruiser, in which he traveled the country covering games as a TV analyst. Madden hated flying, and he loved seeing the USA up close, and for years he lived the dream of so many guys.

Come on. You've got a week to get from the Bay Area to Chicago to cover a game. Here's a luxury bus and a driver. See you in Chicago.

"I would always look for small towns, and I would look for the best local restaurant," Madden said. "I would always stop a cop or a fireman and ask 'em where to go. We found some great places, but after a while, all the fast food places knocked out all the mom-and-pop places."

For Madden, the bus trips were never about getting there.

"If I saw lights on a field, I always stopped," he said. "I watched softball, night football practices, minor-league baseball. I never wanted to pass by a lighted field."

Madden would never make a grand entrance. He would have his driver stash the big ride, and Madden would saunter into the field, take a seat down the left field line or in the corner of the grandstands, incognito.

The TV people kept buying Madden new buses, and let him keep the old ones. He's got three Madden Cruisers now. Uses 'em once in a while, like to take his five grandkids cherry picking.

When the late Reggie White was a free agent, negotiating with the Green Bay Packers, Madden told him to get his deal locked in, then tell the Packers he would sign if they would throw in a bus.

Sure, a little $300,000 deal-closer.

White did. The Packers gave him a bus.

Madden is a fountain. Just say hi and the stories flow. He has cranked out three autobiographies and probably could do a new one every month.

He is still very much on top of NFL football. Goes to every Raiders home game. When the Raiders moved back to Oakland, Al Davis took three suites at the Coliseum - one for Al, one for son Mark, one for Madden.

When Davis died, and Mark took over the team and was looking for a general manager and a new coach, he consulted Madden and Ron Wolf, a Raiders executive during much of their heyday.

Madden gave his opinion, then stepped aside. He talks to Davis regularly, but not Raider talk.

"Once he hired Reggie and Dennis, I was out of it," said Madden, referring to general manager Reggie McKenzie and coach Dennis Allen.

What does he think of the Raiders at this point?

"It's a work in progress, to be determined," Madden said. "It looks like they're going in the right direction, and you hope they are, but you have to go out and play. It's to be determined by wins. ... This is a quarterback league, and they haven't hit that guy in a while."

Madden remains an observer of the football scene. He said the job Jim Harbaugh did in his first 49ers' season "was one of the greatest coaching jobs in the history of the NFL.

"I thought he was making a mistake" taking the job, Madden said. "He had Andrew Luck for another year at Stanford, and there was an NFL lockout. That was not the time to take that job. I don't know anyone else who could have done what he did."

I asked Madden about Deacon Jones, who died Monday. Madden loved the guy. They worked together on a series of Miller Lite TV commercials. If the cast had a problem or complaint, Jones was their rep.

"Deac was the glue that held everything together. No matter what he said, it was always funny. He took the edge off everything."

Jones was also the glue guy for football's Hall of Famers. Every year the living Famers gather for a private lunch, and Jones was the patriarch of the group; he always got up and explained to the new guys what it all meant.

"When I heard he'd passed," Madden said, "I thought, 'Who'll take his place?' The answer is, 'No one.' "

Some guys you don't replace. Life is their bus, and the rest of us are just along for the ride.

Scott Ostler is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. E-mail: Twitter: @scottostler

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Jaime Rosenthal, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis, called more than 100 hospitals in every state last summer, seeking prices for a hip replacement for a 62-year-old grandmother who was uninsured but had the means to pay herself.

The quotes she received might surprise even hardened health care economists: Only about half of the hospitals, including top-ranked orthopedic centers and community hospitals, could provide any sort of price estimate, despite repeated calls.

Those that could gave quotes that varied by a factor of more than 10, from $11,100 to $125,798.

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Rosenthal's grandmother was fictitious, created for a summer research project on health care costs. But the findings, which form the basis of a paper released Monday by JAMA Internal Medicine, are likely to fan the debate on the unsustainable growth of U.S. health care costs and an opaque medical system in which prices are often hidden from consumers.

"Transparency is all the rage these days in government and business, but there has been little push for pricing transparency in health care, and there's virtually no information," said Dr. Peter Cram, an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Iowa, who wrote the paper with Rosenthal.

"I can get the price for a car, for a can of oil, for a gallon of milk. But health care? That's not so easy."

Although many experts have said that Americans must become more discerning consumers to help rein in health care costs, the study illustrates how hard that can be.

"We've been trying to help patients get good value, but it is really hard to get price commitments from hospitals - we see this all the time," said Jeff Rice, the chief executive of Healthcare Blue Book, a company that collects data on medical procedures. "And even if they say $20,000, it often turns out $40,000 or $60,000."

Researchers emphasized that studies have found little consistent correlation between higher prices and better quality in U.S. health care. Cram said there was no data that "Mercedes" hip implants were better than cheaper options, for example.

Jamie Court, the president of Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica, said: "If one hospital can put in a hip for $12,000, then every hospital should be able to do it." With such immense variation in prices, he said, "There is no real price. It's about profit."


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Mantoloking, --

N.J. - On the water's surface, things look calm and placid. Look below, however, and it's a different story.

Cars and sunken boats. Patio furniture. Pieces of docks. Entire houses. Hot tubs. All displaced by Superstorm Sandy.

"We did a cleanup three weeks ago. Then when we went back the other day, you could still see junk coming up in the wash," said Paul Harris, president of the New Jersey Beach Buggy Association, which helps take care of beaches on which the group goes surf fishing. "There's nothing you can do about it; you can't vacuum the ocean."

Coastal areas of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut are racing to remove untold tons of debris from waters hardest hit by the Oct. 29 storm before the summer swimming and boating seasons begin - two of the main engines behind the region's multibillion-dollar tourist industry. The cleanup won't be easy, fast or cheap.

"The amount of debris that needs to be removed is mind-boggling," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, ticking off the statistics in his state: 1,400 vessels sunk, broken loose or destroyed during the storm. In just one shore town alone, Mantoloking, 58 buildings were washed into Barnegat Bay.

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"Big Al" Wutkowski, who volunteers as the Barnegat Bay Guardian for the American Littoral Society environmental group, is worried about what still lurks beneath the waves.

"When people start putting their boats back in the water in April, I know they're going to start hitting stuff," he said. "It's also a lot shallower in places now. A lot of the lagoons are filled in with sand."

The private owners of an amusement pier that collapsed in Seaside Heights, N.J., pitching the Jet Star roller coaster into the ocean, are working with insurers to devise a plan to dismantle the ride and get it out of the ocean. Cars from the pier's amusement rides were found on beaches as far as 8 miles away in the days after the storm.

New York and Connecticut face similar problems.

Rob Weltner, president of Operation Splash, said the Freeport, N.Y., volunteer group has spent the past 20 years collecting 1 million pounds of debris, mostly from waterways on the south shore of Long Island.

"Twenty years is out the window," he said. "Gone, gone. Sandy hit us right at the time when we would normally be putting the finishing touches on our cleanups."


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We’re all accustomed to the wild world of drugs, which we are embedded in.

There are hard drugs like heroin and crystal meth, that are…well, how should I put this; pretty intense.

There are other drugs, notorious for being championed by its users’ as completely innocent and harmless, such as marijuana.

And there are even drugs that are hardly called “drugs”, in the derogatory sense, because of their mild affects, when used in proper measure, such as alcohol (which yes, is still a drug).

But anyone who has ever “chased the dragon” (ie: inhaling the vapor from heated morphine, heroin…placed on a piece of foil), or just had one too many Appletinis will tell you, drugs make you forget what’s happened and what is happening.

So when I heard about a drug that will actually help (?!) you remember what happened, I thought:

Well that’s an interesting twist, for once…

While not a “drug” in the same sense as cocaine, a new medication based on an enzyme which yeah, helps “maintain the long-term storage of memories in the brain”, is in the works.

This promising development has been tested on mice with encouraging results. The little critters were actually able to remember things that had happened to them, many days prior, with the assistance of this enzyme.

If this improvement in memory correlates with human subjects as well, it will be an extremely powerful but possibly even dangerous drug.

The first of its obvious benefits to mankind, is that it could drastically help the elderly who commonly experience age related memory loss.

But, like many areas of scientific advancement, this medication (or drug, if you prefer), may raise some interesting moral questions.

For instance; in long-dormant child abuse cases, that have gone cold due to a lack of evidence, is it improper to use this type of drug to jog the memory of the abused, in order to aid often blocked out and hidden memories? As this may be overly dramatic for the abused in and of itself, will they consent?

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Composed by John Rutter (1945-). Upper Voices. Choral and Sacred. Octavo. With piano rehearsal part. 3 pages. Duration 1.5'. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193858251).

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For SSA unaccompanied The affecting simplicity of this prayer gains an extra purity in this arrangement. A version for SATB is also available.

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Today I taught myself  the basics of GoPro Studio editing software and invited any interested children to join me. Both my girls are YouTube super fans.

I'm reminded of the summer of 1981 when I spent nearly every day in August in my basement watching the newly launched, MTV. I was almost exactly Layla's age.

It was formative.

I turned out ok. Pretty much.

I am realizing quickly I need to up my video game in order to capture hearts and minds of the YouTube generation. I can see where this could become an endless pursuit of customs, norms and digital skill that I'm not sure I want to pursue. I'm glad I did it instead of letting my anxiety about getting it right keep me from growing and learning. I learned a lot.

Things I learned today:

1. The basics of how to edit on Go Pro Studio
2. My kids can get their own breakfast even if I'm not nagging them.
3. Keeping focused, keeps me from nagging.
4. Sabrina can be trusted with my paints.
5. It is impossible to edit video and paint at the same time.

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Neil Patrick Harris continues to up the Oscars ante by teasing all sorts of exciting things to come during the Academy Awards this year. His latest announcement might just be the best yet.

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Harris took to Twitter on Tuesday to reveal some exclusive Oscars dirt that could make the entire evening.

"I got a little Oscar exclusive," Harris says in his Twitter video. "We're happy to announce Kristen and Robert Lopez — Academy Award winners from the musical, Frozen, last year — have joined our creative fray. What they're doing, I'm not at liberty to say. But I can tell you it won't be a song called 'Let it O' with a big giant Swarovski O in the background."

Which would kinda, sorta be hilariously fantastic, let's be real.

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But, OK, we're just going to have to settle for something else it seems. But we're expecting it to be equally as awesome.

Oscar producers, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, confirmed the news in a statement to E! News, saying, "We couldn't be happier to have Kristen and Bobby Lopez write an incredibly special song for Neil Patrick Harris and special guests to perform this year on the Oscar stage. YouTube get ready!"

Could this be a show that will inspire a tweet greater than Ellen's in 2014?

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The Milwaukee rioting does not excuse racism

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Using Milwaukee riots to dismiss Black Lives Matter isn't OK

Locals in Milwaukee found their city turned upside down overnight as rioters set fire to local businesses, destroyed police cars and threw rocks at the police, injuring one officer on Saturday night. Rioters were protesting the police shooting of an armed black man and were captured on video shouting "black power." Following Saturday night's violence, several people — mostly white men — have used the Milwaukee riots to justify racist comments on Twitter, insisting the Black Lives Matter movement is full of "terrorists." Given that we need #BlackLivesMatter more than ever right now, in this current time of racial inequality in the United States, that's just not OK.

For instance, one man tweets: "Congrats #BLM for once again acting like violent barbarians. You've proven your point: you're violent, racist, scum." Another white guy tweets: "#BLM is an awful group. They only encourage hatred and division."

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It's distressing to see how many people are dismissing the Black Lives Matter movement following the Milwaukee riots, ignorantly labeling it a terrorist organization, given how needed Black Lives Matter's message still is. The Black Lives Matter movement explicitly states on its website that it is working toward peace: "We are committed to embodying and practicing justice, liberation and peace in our engagements with one another."

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While there's no justification for destroying local businesses and we should oppose violence in all its forms, the frustration many feel in Milwaukee stems from a deep place and is understandable. Milwaukee is the most racially segregated city in America, and its black residents face a slew of disadvantages. When it comes to education, black children face serious setbacks — Wisconsin has the biggest achievement gap of any in the country, according to NAEP testing data. And black men in Milwaukee are also more likely than white men to spend time behind bars; by the time they enter their 30s and 40s, over half have served time, according to a report by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

After the Milwaukee riots, the Black Lives Matter movement is facing increased criticism. Co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi spoke at the BlogHer15: Experts Among Us conference about launching the movement to channel their grief and anger when George Zimmerman, the man accused of shooting teenager Trayvon Martin in 2013, was found not guilty. Tometi spoke about the fact that they're often critiqued for focusing on black lives, not all lives. "We know that all lives matter, we're well aware of that," she said. "But the reality is that anti-black violence is killing our people and it's undermining our lives at every corner, and we have to get very real and precise about what is taking place."

Don't use the Milwaukee riots as an excuse to dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement and its positive aim of ending the racial inequality and oppression black people still face in the United States. Instead, non-black people have the opportunity to be allies and support Black Lives Matter's commitment to positive values such as restorative justice, diversity and building strong families.

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Cheery crafts that won't wilt

Sunflowers are synonymous with summer, but they can brighten up your abode all year long when you let your kids get crafty with these bright blooms! From handprint sunflower art to sunflower seed crafts, check out these four sunflower crafts for kids that are just as cheery as they are fun to make.

Paper plate sunflower seed craft

Cheery crafts that won't wilt

Sunflower seed crafts hold a hidden lesson in science, especially when teaching kids where those yummy kernels come from. Just be sure to watch younger crafters while they handle those salty tidbits; you don't want a fun craft for kids to turn into a choking hazard!

What you'll need:

  • Paper plate
  • Scissors
  • Craft or school glue
  • Yellow foam sheet, cut into strips
  • Green foam sheet
  • Pencil
  • Sunflower seeds in their shells

What you'll do:

  1. Help your child cut yellow foam strips into even rectangles and cut out sunflower petals with scissors; older kids may be able to stack the pieces to cut more than one petal at a time.
  2. Next, use your pencil to sketch a wide stem and two leaves onto your green foam sheet and cut the shape out with scissors. Glue to the bottom edge of the plate where the plate meets the table.
  3. Then, show your child how to glue the petals around the plate, letting the petals hang over the edge of the plate just a bit.
  4. Finally, squeeze glue liberally in the center of the paper plate and have your kiddo pour the sunflower seeds over the glue until you cannot see the plate underneath. Be sure to spread the seeds around and press them down into the glue so they'll stick!
  5. Once your sunflower seed craft is dried, your youngsters will have a better understanding of where sunflower seeds come from as well as a neat project to hang proudly on the wall.

Handprint sunflower craft

Cheery crafts that won't wilt

The best part about this handprint sunflower craft for kids is the fact that more than one of your kids can participate to create this sunny masterpiece! Use one child's set of hands for the leaves and the other child's hands for the petals and you'll have a beautiful bloom that you'll cherish for summers to come.

What you'll need:

  • White cardstock paper
  • Yellow tempura or acrylic paint
  • Green tempura or acrylic paint
  • Brown tempura or acrylic paint
  • Foam paint brush

What you'll do:

  1. Using the foam brush, have your child paint a stem with the green paint from the bottom to two-thirds of the way up the page, leaving room for the sunflower.
  2. Next, paint the palm of your youngster's left hand with green paint using the foam brush and press a handprint alongside the "stem," with the palm of your child's print touching the stem to create a leaf. Repeat with your kiddo's left hand and then give both hands a good wash.
  3. While your green stem and leaves are drying, use the foam brush to paint your child's palm with yellow paint and create a handprint to form some of the petals for this sunflower craft. Add paint to the same palm and repeat until you've formed a large sunflower atop the green stem. Now wash those hands again!
  4. Finally, help your child repeatedly dip a fingertip into the brown paint and print "seeds" in the center of the sunflower. Allow to dry completely for a keepsake sunflower craft you can give to grandparents or keep for yourself!

Check out colorful ideas to spruce up your walls with these DIY canvas art crafts for kids >>

Sunflower napkin ring craft

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A hit with the tweens and teens in your life, this sunflower napkin ring craft will keep your cloth napkins looking party perfect all year long!

What you'll need:

  • Silk sunflower
  • Green pipe cleaner
  • Craft glue

What you'll do:

  1. Guide your youngster to gently remove the silk sunflower from its plastic stem and set aside. Be sure to remove the leaves, too! Tip: If the leaves are set separately on their own plastic base along the stem, gently remove the leaves from the plastic so you can slide it onto the bottom of the sunflower's plastic base and secure with glue.
  2. Next, wrap your pipe cleaner around your child's four fingers twice to form two rings; twist the ends together along the rings to secure the circular shape — and to form a sturdier base in which to secure your flower.
  3. Then glue your silk sunflower to the pipe cleaner ring at the spot where you twisted them together and allow to dry completely. Now your kiddo can set a table he or she is proud of thanks to this easy sunflower craft for kids!

Tissue paper sunflower craft

Cheery crafts that won't wilt

Easy enough for toddlers and preschoolers yet still fun for school-aged kids, this colorful sunflower craft focuses on fine motor skills hidden in the fun of creating crafts with Mom.

What you'll need:

  • Scissors
  • Yellow tissue paper
  • Green tissue paper
  • Brown tissue paper
  • Construction paper
  • Pencil
  • Craft or school glue

What you'll do:

  1. Cut all three of your tissue paper colors into two-inch squares by two-inch squares.
  2. Have your child begin crumpling them up into small balls, leaving just a little bit of bounce in them — not too tight — while you sketch a sunflower stem, leaves and petals shape on your construction paper with a pencil.
  3. Cut out your shape and apply the glue to all of the "petals." Then show your youngster how to press the yellow tissue paper balls to the petals until they are all filled in.
  4. Next, move on to the brown tissue paper balls and apply with glue to the center of your sunflower craft.
  5. Finally, apply glue to the stem and leaves of this craft for kids and press the green tissue paper balls onto the paper until the original cut-out is completely covered. Once it's dry, your kiddo can display this sunflower craft masterpiece on the wall to brighten up any room!

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From unique to classic: Find your baby name style

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Baby name guide for parents

The key to finding the perfect baby name is to determine your baby name style. Do you love the edgy sound of unique baby names like Poet and Blaize? Or you do you prefer more traditional baby names, such as Jack and Beatrice? Let us help you determine your baby name style so you can find the perfect name for your baby girl or baby boy.

Baby name guide for parents

Finding your baby name style not only helps you narrow down your search, but also helps if you and your partner can't agree on a name. We take a look at unique names, traditional names, exotic names, trendy names -- and more!

Our baby name guide will you find the name that is just right for you. Ready to get started?

Unique baby names

Do you love unusual boy names like Draven or Maze? Or the cool and edgy girl names of Shine or Fawn? If you love names that are unusual and will help your child stand out in a crowd, then perhaps a unique name is right for you. You won't find any of these names on the popular baby name lists -- which is great for trendsetting parents.

To find the perfect unique name, check out these articles below:

Traditional baby names

Are you drawn to classic baby names that never go out of style? If boy names like Jack, Harry or Samuel or girl names like Beatrice, Agnes or Gwendolyn are at the top of your list, then a traditional baby name may be the perfect choice for you.

Check out our articles below to help you in your search for a traditional baby name:

Exotic baby names

If you love the worldly sound of names like Josette or Malia for girls or Rylan or Mateo for boys, then perhaps an exotic name is just right for you. Irish baby names are a popular choice for parents in the U.S., as are French names and Spanish names. Our Advanced Baby Name Search allows you narrow down your search by origin. However, check out the articles below for more ideas:

Trendy baby names

Do you love the hottest fashions and trendiest baby names? If you are a chic mama, then perhaps a baby name like Bentley, Greyson, Maci or Quinn would be the perfect choice for you. The most popular baby name for girls currently is Isabella, while the most popular baby name for boys is Jacob.

For more ideas, check out our articles below:

Celebrity baby names

Do you love trendsetting celebrity baby names, like Harper Seven Beckham and Blue Ivy Carter? Do you wait in anticipation to find out what celebrities will name their bouncing baby boy or girl? Check out our roundup of the coolest and weirdest celebrity baby names.

For more baby name ideas, check out our Baby Name section that has name origins, meanings and more! >>

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