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Byron, Illinois, USA, May 16, 2008 - The online sale of only 209 collages raised more than $13,000 during Collage Mania, a Fiberart For A Cause fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, held May 5 and 6, 2008.  The collages included art quilts, paper, and mixed fiber collages.  They were donated by artists around the world, including Slovakia, Germany, Ireland, Israel and England. 

Pictured above is Eye Spy by Sherryl Buchler.  

The collages will remain online as a resource for fiber artists. 

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San Jose, CA, USA - The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles has several current exhibits that you may want to check out if you are in the area.  They are:

• Core Memory/Peripheral Vision, featuring the work of the 8 most renowned digital jacquard artists of today.
• Pixels and Pieces, which considers how quiltmakers' use of one-piece patterns anticipated the way computers use pixels to create abstract patterns and pictoral images.
• Advanced Geometry:Gloria Hansen, a selection of art quilts by a self-described computer nerd and one of the world's foremost experts on computer-generated quilt design. Pictured above is Perspectives II: Going Forward by Looking Back by Gloria Hansen, 2001

All exhibits are on display from April 1 - June 8, 2008.  To learn more, visit the museum's website.

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Quilts, quilt hangers, hooks, racks, samples and product has to be unpacked and displayed where the throngs of quilt shop owners can see what they will bring back to you.  Here Dane from Joen Wolfrom Designs begins the process.

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The aisles are numbered.  The floors are set with padding and carpet.  The tables are brought in.  Aluminum poles create an outline of the booth covered by curtains.  Fork lifts bring in pallets of merchandise while special boxes are wheeled in.  Quilt Market is being set up. 

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UPDATED:

Our misuderstanding that Bonnie owned a quilt shop - she and her husband owned a marine shop and they lost everything. The story is riveting. Do read it.

TQS Member, Bonnie Caldwell (Bonnie23), and her husband lost their marine business in a tornado on Mother's Day. To read the account in her own words, visit STORIES.

Bonnie, the entire TQS family is sending good thoughts and prayers your way.

Submit comments for Bonnie above - email her on her profile page.

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We currently have season one DVD's in the warehouse. Here is what you need to know:

1. If you pre purchased last year - your DVD has been shipped, you will get it any day now.

2. We are in the middle of testing the ordering process to make sure that everyone receives the correct discount (this has been a challenging process).

Light a candle and send good wishes - we hope to have the DVDs available very soon. We will blast it from the rooftops when they are good to go!

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA May 16 -June 1, 2008  The Cleveland Museum of Art in conjunction with the Textile Art Alliance of Cleveland presents this bi-annual juried show of contemporary fiber art.  The exhibit is on display at the Cleveland State University Art Gallery.  For more information about this exhibit click here.

Polaris, shown above, was created by Si-Yun Chang.  It is hand stitched and embroidered over the surface, which is woven with mulberry paper.  41x35 in.

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Time is running out.  Don't miss your chance to win a trip to a taping of The Quilt Show in La Veta, CO. This new member campaign/contest is your 'ticket'. Basically, it works like this. Every time a new person joins and lists you as their reference, you get a "cyber ticket" put into the "cyber hat". One ticket for each person who lists you! The winner will be chosen May 30, 2008 and announced shortly thereafter.  So, don't wait around or it might be too late.  We want to meet you in September for our next round of tapings.

The more friends you tell, and the more friends who join referencing you, the better your odds will be during the drawing. For complete rules and details click here or on the banner on the right. To see the join page with the Tell a Friend entry box, click here and look at the very bottom of the page. Every time someone joins and lists you, you will receive an email notification. You can check your personal tally in your My Account link in the menu bar.

Blast an email to your friends - give them your screen name, first and last name (they should be spelled correctly) and have everyone of your quilting friends join TQS. Don't forget to end your email with your screen name, first, and last name.

Please take the tour at www.thequiltshow.com and join today.

It's a New Day! Everyday!

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Beth Ferrier: Teacher, Designer and author considers herself an appliquist – and wows us as she teaches how to hand appliqué by machine (visit her blog at http://applewd.com/blog). Show includes piecing tips for a 4” postage stamp basket with Alex and a visit from Bob, The Thread Guy discussing tension. The tips and techniques on this show will transcend into all aspects of your quiltmaking. Plus a smile or two is guaranteed!-from Beth’s campy attitude AND a TQS contest currently in place! To watch go here.

Photo by Gregory Case

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In the Canada (thank you butterflybeve) , Australia (thank you Maureent), New Zealand and the United States this is the official day we honor our mother's.  We at The Quilt Show want to wish each of you the Happiest day surrounded by family, flowers, breakfast in bed, a new toaster, lots of phone calls, and a promise to help so you get more time to quilt.  Thank you, Mom.  When is Mother's Day celebrated in your country?