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Join us in Episode 1308 as renowned quilt artist, teacher, and author Caryl Bryer Fallert takes Alex, Ricky, and the gang on a tour of Bryer Patch Studios, her lovingly designed 8,000 square-foot shop, studio, and home. You'll love seeing Caryl's first quilt, as well as the beautiful, artistic features she has incorporated into this very special place that she now calls home in downtown Paducah, KY.

You'll also love learning about how she designs and executes a quilt using a hybrid method that she calls "appli-piecing," her techniques for creating work based on the Fibonacci series, her 30th Anniversary Project (which debuts in Houston in fall 2013), and so much more!

                                                                                        Photo by Gregory Case Photography

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This month it's time to begin putting your hard earned work together!  Let Pat Holly and Sue Nickels show you how they like to assemble a quilt top. 

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Join us in Episode 1307 for a fabric lover's dream as co-host Alex Anderson "anchors" aboard the USS Yorktown with a boatload of inspiration and tips for creating sensational and successful scrap quilts. From building a healthy stash to choosing a scrap-worthy block to establishing and implementing a viable "plan" - Alex touches all the bases. (Our self-described "queen of pinning" even demonstrates a quick-and-easy, no-pin technique for piecing the Bowtie block.)

Then join us for an enlightening field piece on how a group of Egyptian artisans, known as the Tentmakers of Cairo, are adapting their traditional talents to the world of quilting.

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The Quilt Alliance and TQS are offering you and a friend a chance to join the fun at the 3rd Annual "Quilters Take Manhattan" event in NYC on Saturday September 28, 2013. 

The giveaway includes two tickets to attend both the program at the Fashion Institute of Technology, with keynote speaker Hollis Chatelain (Episode 1207),

AND the fabulous cocktail party at the stylish loft of Victoria Findlay Wolfe. 

Congratulations go out to TQS member gwonson!!!

Thanks for playing along.

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Alex was featured artist at the San Diego Quilt Show this last weekend. She saw an amazing work of honor. Steven Leader decided to patch together WWII patches (badges) in a special quilt. Take a look.

Now see them up close.

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This month you will assemble the appliquéd top border that features the year 2013 as well as two adorable little birds.  Considered complex units, the little birds are built on parchment paper before attaching to the border. 

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The Quilt Alliance and TQS are offering you and a friend a chance to join in the fun at the 3rd annual Quilters Take Manhattan event on Saturday September 28, 2013.

• This fabulous prize (with a retail value of $270) includes two tickets to attend both the program at the FIT, with keynote speaker Hollis Chatelain (Episode 1207) AND the fabulous cocktail party at the stylish loft of Victoria Findlay Wolfe. 
  
• This is your chance to rub elbows with some of the quilt world's leading artists and designers. 
  
• Hurry, your chance to enter ends on September 14.
• One entry per person please
• Prize does not include transportation or lodging.

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Photo by Gregory Case Photography

Quilt artist Mickey Lawler began painting sky fabrics in the mid-80s when she couldn't find the pieces she wanted for her original quilted landscapes. Before long, her company Skydyes was born...and the rest is history! Mickey visits the TQS set to chat about her newest work, engages Ricky in a fun, hands-on fabric-painting exercise (complete with tips), demos how she builds a landscape design by combining painted fabric with touches of piecing or appliqué, and shares her practical method for designing a quilting plan that enhances the finished quilt top.

As an added bonus, we track down the legendary and "Liberated" Gwen Marston on the road in Sisters, OR, where she shares her method for creating "skinny finishes" and Amish-style bindings.

Get this show and all shows back to July 1 Now                                

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Thank you to Bernina for raffling off a trip to Thailand and raising over $20,000 for Libby's recovery!  

We thought you would enjoy seeing more of Libby's great sense of humor.

When we planned this year's April Fools Joke, we wanted Libby to be part of it.  Ricky and Libby carry the load in this version.  For many reasons, we had to redo the approach (which you can see below), but we thought you might enjoy the original video with Libby. 

It's New. It's Amazing.  And it will change your quilting life!