I am Lauren Vlcek, owner of Outside the Blocks, LLC. I am a professional longarm quilter with a diverse and creative quilting background including design, piecing, quilting, and label creation.

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I truly enjoy creating many different types of quilts from modern and art quilts to folk art and traditional styles. This helps me understand a wide variety of customer needs, from design aesthetics to construction and finishing. As a longarm quilter the smallest details are as important to me as the overall design. I strive to provide the highest quality machine quilting. 

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I co-authored the book, Fabric Embellishments, Basics and Beyond, which is a technique workbook with instructions for creating unique artwork on fabric.  I edited and contributed quilts and quilting to Susan Cleveland's most recent publication, Dynamic Dresdens.

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I've had the pleasure of appearing twice on www.TheQuiltShow.com with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. The first time to highlight two techniques from my book; reverse appliqué frames and deconstructed crazy quilting. (Episode # 1206) And a second time to present how to make screen printed quilt labels. (Episode # 2207)