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In early December, with the start of Christine's color class, we announced that two lucky TQS members who posted their class WIPs to the site would be selected to receive a signed book and color wheel. Were you a winner? See below:
TQS members: smardi & archery. Congratulations to you both!
Check out Christine's class and all of the wonderful class entries here.
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Photo courtesy of Kim Beamish
While millions around the globe cheered the overthrow of leadership in Egypt on January 25, 2011, one could hardly imagine the devastating consequences, including the effect on craftspeople who make their living hand stitching magnificent textile works for the tourist trade.
Producer Kim Beamish, who was introduced to the Tentmakers by Jenny Bowker, will launch a crowd
funding campaign on 1st February 2013 to fund the documentary film, “The Tentmakers of Chareh El Khiamiah”, a feature length film following a small street of Egyptian textile artists who have been forced to adapt to the consequences of the 25 January Revolution. The funding campaign will run for 30 days through the Australian website Pozible.com where Beamish hopes to raise $20,000 to cover production, travel and translation costs associated with the production of the film.
The Tentmakers of Chareh El Khiamiah still design and create the hand-sewn applique (called ‘Khiamiah’) that traditionally adorned the spectacular tents of the Ottoman Empire. In Egypt forty years ago magnificent applique screens were the back drop to street parties, weddings, Ramadan celebrations, political rallies, funerals and religious events. Today the screens are still used but almost all are made of printed fabric that looks like the tentmakers’ applique.
(Photo courtesy of Kim Beamish)
The work of the Tentmakers has evolved to suit changing tastes, but still faces extinction. It has been hit hard by the importation of cheap mass-printed imitation Khiamiah. The cessation of tourism following the Revolution of January 25, 2011 was a disaster for the Tentmakers.
After the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, tourists from all parts of the world who would have flocked to Egypt year round stopped coming and so did their money. Prior to the Revolution, small streets such as Chareh El Khiamiah relied heavily on the tourist trade as they sold their wares into the larger more famous market, the Khan El Khalili. That trade is now all but gone and it is time for new markets to be found in Europe and the USA.
To learn more about this project click here. To add your support click here.
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The Quilt Show Welcomes RJR Fabrics!
RJR features 
Jinny Beyer and a stable of amazing designers. We want to introduce you to RJR with a Free Pattern and a chance to win Fabric.
RJR will help us learn more about fabric & designing as we talk with designers and explore new projects.
Debbie Beaves has designed a wonderful new line called "Lovely".
There is a free table runner pattern that goes with it.
Please welcome RJR in the comment section, then be sure to get your free pattern and enter to win fabric.
10 Lucky viewers will win. 5 will win 10 piece fat quarter bundles and 5 will win 10x10 Patty Cakes 40 piece sets of Debbie's "Lovely" fabric line.
Contest ends Monday night at Midnight.
One Contest entry per member, but the Pattern is for EVERYONE.
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Photos by Gregory Case Photography
Join Cathy Miller, a.k.a. The Singing Quilter, as she shares her journey to quilting via a quilting stage production. Her effervescent personality and quilting songs will have you in stitches. Cathy then shows Alex how to use the Japanese art of Notan in quilting.
Jill Gorski, the button lady, will expand your knowledge of antique buttons, you might otherwise have overlooked. Jill also shows creative ideas for using those special buttons in your stash. It's a double dose of fun show. You don't want to miss it!
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Complex Feathered Stars are not as daunting when you have the proper tools at hand. Enter for your chance to win one of three prizes from the "queen" of the Feathered Star, Marsha McCloskey (Episode 1203). We'll annouce the "lucky thirteen" recipients in the February 26 Newsletter/Blog. (One entry per person, please!)
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Photo by Gregory Case Photography
Author and teacher Marsha McCloskey loves complex blocks, and brings a "suitcase" full of piecing techniques and tips to the International Museum of Folk Arts in Santa Fe, our location for this "star-studded" episode.
Along the way, Marsha demonstrates how to draft and piece a miniature Ohio Star block using her bias-strip-piecing method and shows how to stitch super-precise half-square-triangle units.
She also reveals what she calls "stupid sewing," shares a great use for leftover blocks and scraps, and gets a big surprise from Alex.
As an added bonus, Marsha C. Bol, director of the Museum of International Folk Art, shares the history and vast collection of folk art items housed and displayed at our day's taping site.
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Join us in Episode 1202 as we share the works of two artists who are shaking things up in the quilting world.
Although she has only been quilting since 2008, teacher, author, (lifetime sewer) and Modern Quilter Jacquie Gering has already made quite a splash in the quilting world.
Jacquie enjoys giving traditional blocks a fresh spin, and shares her technique for modernizing the classic Log Cabin block by altering the shape and size of the pieces and through adventurous fabric choices.
She also demonstrates how to
add lush texture to your quilts
with straight-line quilting and
the serpentine stitch.
We finish with a visit to the studio of Alma de la Melena Cox, an artist who uses paint and fabric to create "quilts on wood.
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We were astounded by the member response and participation in Lauren Vlcek's embellishment sampler class. The class teaches you learn new and fun embellishing techniques.The lessons are for all members who would like to practice and improve their skills. The lessons are still there for everyone. Just click on "Classrooms" above and choose Lauren's section.
As part of the fun, we said that one lucky person would be eligible to win the original quilt created by Lauren for posting their work along the way. We had over 160 entries!!
The lucky winner is: northwind
Be sure to see more of Lauren's work in Episode 1206 coming in March!
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Star Members are in for a real treat. CLICK "WATCH SHOWS" on the menu buttons above and enjoy the first episode of Season 12 - Sue Nickels in The ABCs of (Award-Winning) Quilted Feathers.
Sue shares her secrets behind her fabulous quilted feathers. You'll love her simple approach to designing even the most complex motifs...and her favorite tips? Ricky shares an impromptu musical interlude with talented TQS member Rita Connolly, and we go on the road to meet Kathy Plank, who gives us a taste of the annual Sisters (OR) Home and Garden Tour, including stops at some colorful, quilt-bedecked gardens.
Join the fun as Sue kicks off the New Year and Season 12!
As a New Year's Gift, all members can still watch Episode 402 - Quilting to Perfection with Sue, Nancy Brown(applique), Judy Mathieson (piecing), and Katie Pasquini (art) also through January 1.
(photo: Gregory Case)
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