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Quilt artist and teacher Lola Jenkins came to quilting in a unique fashion - a quilting magazine literally fell at her feet in a hobby store! - and she began teaching just a few months later. You're in for a special treat as she visits TQS with a show and tell of her vibrant and personal quilts, many of which are "portraits" of people she knows or has been commissioned to interpret in fabric.

Lola also demonstrates how to use the various elements in a printed fabric panel to build a fantasy collage quilt, and engages in a lively Q&A session with the audience. Then Ricky shares his Caveman technique.

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Take a look at a Chinese "news" video about quilting and The City Quilter in New York.

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It's quilt show time again.  This time in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.  It's time for the American Quilter's Society 27th Annual Quilt Show & Contest at the Knoxville Convention Center.  The show opened July 13th and runs through July 16th. There are over 400 beautiful quilts on exhibit along with 300 vendor booths.  Saturday night you can join a TQS favorite, Laura Wasilowski (Episode 303) for Art Quilts - The Musical!

Click below to see photos of some of the amazing quilts that won prizes.  You might recognize a few of our TQS friends, like Deborah Kemball and Gammill artist, Ronda K. Beyer (Episode 807) who won two awards. To see a list of all the winners, click here.

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The nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts is holding several very cool fundraisers in New York City in August, and we've got TWO tickets to give away for the premiere event in the AAQ's Quilters Take Manhattan program.

Saturday, August 6 will be a fun-filled afternoon, featuring Marianne Fons, known for her magazine and TV show; Marianne's zany daughter, Mary Fons, from the show Quilty; and Jay McCarroll, first-season winner of the popular TV show, Project Runway, who now designs fabric for FreeSpirit Fabric. Jay will be interviewed on-stage at F.I.T. (the Fashion Institute for Technology) in New York's fabled Garment District by the always-outrageous Mark Lipinski, who truly puts the "fun" in fundraiser.This interview will become part of AAQ's oral history project, Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories," which is archived at the Folklife Center of the Library of Congress.

Tickets for this event sell for $45 each, which includes refreshments, goody bags, awesome door prizes, and a silent auction. 

The Quilt Show, however, has TWO Free Tickets to see "Marianne & Jay on the Runway," and you can enter to win one by sending an email here. (One entry per person, please!) The contest ends Wednesday, July 20, and the two winners will be announced in Weekend Fun on Friday, July 22.

You can visit the AAQ website anytime to buy tickets for the afternoon event; there also are tickets available for an evening cocktail party at the biggest quilt retailer in Manhattan, The City Quilter, just a short walk from F.I.T. Go to www.AllianceforAmericanQuilts.org for more details, including nearby discounted hotels, and to order tickets online.

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Since it is mid-year, you can imagine that the 2012 TQS BOM is well underway. Although it is not a Sue Garman design, it is just as knock-your-socks-off-amazing as you have come to expect from the TQS BOMs.

There will be two color versions for you to choose from. One is hot and wild, the other is geared toward quilters with more subdued color tastes.

We are not ready to let the cat out of the bag, but we are willing to give you a sneak peek and... can you guess the designer. The initials are S. V.

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Photo by Gregory Case Photography

Join us in Episode 901 for a true "multimedia experience" as quilt artist, teacher, and pattern designer Susan Brubaker Knapp unites with the TQS gang on location at the home of Hugh and Dee Dee Eaton in Monument, CO. Susan shares some of her traditional and art pieces in a wonderful show and tell, and then - after a brief "musical interlude" (accompanied by Ricky) - she gets down to business, demonstrating her method for making consistently sized vines and her techniques for needle-turn appliqué.

She also shows how she designs and creates a quilt using an original photo and her computer. (Bonus: the demo pattern will be available on the TQS website for download.) We wrap up with a visit to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, CO, which opened its doors in 1990 as a showcase for Colorado quilts and quilting.

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Good job everyone, as of today, the AAQI has 146 "likes."  But it can't hurt to keep voting, so if you haven't voted yet. Use the link below and "like" the AAQI.

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The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) needs your help!  Ami has been nominated for a Classy Award.  This group recognizes the Top Philanthropic Achievements in the Country.  The AAQI is a national charity that has raised $550,000 on Alzheimer's reserach and spends $0 on fundraising. Now you can help Ami do even more.

In order to qualify for the judging round of the competition, the AAQI achievement page needs to receive a least 100 Facebook "Likes" by June 28.

Click here to go to the page where you can "Like" Ami's Charity. Look for the box like the one you see below and click on the Like button.   Share the link  with family, friends, co-workers, supporters, volunteers, and anyone else who'd like to help!  Let's get Ami those votes!

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Martha Stewart has discovered Alex and one of her BFFs PamKittyMorning (aka Pam Vieira-McGinnis or pvmcg)

Right on the front page today in the Martha Stewart Daily Craft Newspaper - How exciting is this?

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Take a close look at this great new fabric.  (It's from Red Rooster and is just being released to stores).

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Photo by Gregory Case Photography

Join us in Episode 813 as teacher, author, and appliqué artist extraordinaire Wendy Grande uses ribbon as other quilters use fabric to create her beautiful appliquéd designs. In this episode, Wendy joins Alex and Ricky on location at Miramont Castle in Manitou Springs, CO, in a show and tell of her amazing work, both quilts and wedding gowns, and to share her favorite techniques and tools - ribbons, needles, thread, and markers - for achieving flawless results.

Then Museum Administrator Karen Converse takes us on a tour of the 166-year-old castle, revealing some quirky facts and finds in the site's colorful history. You won't want to miss this one!