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Robin Haller talks about her quilt, Carnival, at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. She also shares some tips on entering your quilt into a juried show.

Click here to visit Robin's website.

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Ricky recently did a cross-Canada tour and Brandy Lynn Maslowski of Canadian Quilt Talk had a chance to interview him while he was in Vancouver, BC.  Here's an excerpt from that interview which is currently featured in the Winter 2013 Quilter's Connection magazine.

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Alex had a great time visiting with Mr. Gammill himself at Quilt Market in Houston.  She found out how he started his business and what he's up to today.  

Click here to visit the Gammill website.

Want to learn more about longarms, visit Captain John's longarm site.

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We return to Charleston's beautiful Magnolia Plantation and Gardens for a visit with artist, author, and educator, Lyric Kinard. After showing a variety of her quilts and mixed-media artwork, Lyric - named 2011 Teacher of the Year by the International Association of Professional Teachers - identifies and explains the five fundamentals - or ABCs - of good design. She also demystifies the basics of screen printing using a thermofax machine and a few simple tools, and shares lots of creative ideas for using beads to add color and texture to your work. The episode closes on a lovely note as Lyric, a classically trained professional musician, offers a sampling of Bach on the French Horn.

Lyric's show debuts on November 25, 2013.

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This week's quilt, Photographer Darling by Noriko Nozawa was the winner of the Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Artistry at IQF Houston 2013.  Take a closer look and travel the world with Noriko.

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Rob Appell is at Quilt Market in Houston and stops to talk to Kim Eichler-Messmer about dyeing fabrics and ideas in her new book. Kim shows off some of the quilt projects from her book, Modern Color, An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts.  She also talks about her favorite part of the quilting process and what she likes the least.

Kim's book from C&T Publishing includes recipes for dyeing and quilting and fun! Click here to order the book.

(Note:  About 3 1/2 minutes in, there is a definite jump in sound volume, be prepared.)

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Thank you to Sharon Schamber for making Longarm Month a great time to improve our skills. Click the picture to see two of her excellent videos. You have until Dec 15 to take advantage of these detailed lessons by the master of quilting. These are for longarm and domestic quilting.

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Rose Sheifer has designed dozens of quilting books in her career, and now she has combined her artistic eye with a love of vintage linens to transform a collection of treasured family table covers into beautiful quilts.

Rose shares helpful info about finding, auditioning, and preparing the vintage linens; methods for devising a compatible block and/or quilt design; and the process for combining the two. (Note: The pattern for the Dogwood Quilt seen in the sewing demo will be available to Star members on the TQS website.)

Then, Ricky shows a super landscape technique using a background fabric, fabric "slivers" and "confetti," and oversized random stippling stitches.

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Announcing the 2014 BOM from multiple IQA Award-Winning Quilt Artist, Janet Stone, A-Z with Ewe & Me!

Here is just a hint of the quilt recently exhibited in the TQS booth at the Houston International Quilt Festival. A-Z with Ewe & Me was a huge hit with current and new TQS members who stopped by.  

Kits for the BOM will be available at the end of November for just $179 (does not include binding or backing). We will let you know as soon as they are available!

The pattern is available only to TQS Star Members and will begin on January 1st, 2014.

Not a member and want to join in on the fun? Click the button below.  The complete BOM pattern is FREE for Premium (Star) members.

To see a close-up of each letter (pictures taken in the Houston booth), click on the photo below.

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Here's a lovely mixture of old and new, Baskets, by Diana Roberts, was created with hand-embroidered baskets designed by Karen Synder.  Diana then juxtaposed her embroidery with modern fabric to create a timeless mixture of grace and beauty.  Baskets was exhibited at the Pacific International Quilt Festival 2013.