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Click on the button to see more of Betty Ekern Suiter's Creation Springs Forth winner of 3rd Place in Traditional Applique at Houston.

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It's a long holiday weekend and what better way to kick back and relax than watch a FREE episode of The Quilt Show!

FREE to all members, November 22 - November 25, watch Episode 608 - Mastering Machine Applique with Pat Holly, who along with her sister, Sue Nickels, has designed the 2013 BOM Block of the Month.

Pat shares her prize-capturing techniques for successful circles and also shows us how she uses decorative machine stitching to create background fabric for her applique work and reveals her personal sampler book of decorative stitches.

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Award-winning Gammill quilting artist, Linda Thielfoldt, shares with you her tips and tools for marking your quilts.

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TQS says "aloha" to Hawaii-based quilt artist, author, designer, teacher, and former Quilt Central host Cindy Walter in this "colorful" episode taped at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, NM.

Following a show and tell of her quilts, Cindy discusses the pluses of painting on fabric, reviews the properties of various paints, talks about tools, troubleshoots with easy solutions for potential glitches, and engages both Ricky and Alex in hands-on demos to show how simple and versatile the process can be.

All this, plus a mini-lesson from Alex on traditional English paper piecing, too!

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Did you know that you could use your sewing machine to "cut out" shapes?  In this new video from Bernina, Susan and Kay demonstrate how Bernina cutwork software accessories can cut shapes out of fabric.

To watch other Bernina Educational Videos, click on   to the left of your screen.

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Join Alex, Ricky and Hawaii-based quilt artist, author, designer, teacher, and former Quilt Central host Cindy Walter in this "colorful" episode taped at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, NM. Watch videos of Alex trying on a wedding dress and Justin trying to learn his lines.

Episode 1111 - The Pleasures of Painting on Fabric with Cindy Walter.

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Here's Nancy's artist statement regarding this quilt, Longing for the Past.  Thread is the tie that binds this quilt together. Approximately 12,000 yards of thread, over 100 thread colors and close to 3 million stitches are intertwined throughout the thread painted designs.  No embroidery cards were used.  Hand painted fabric was used for the background and painted quilt bias binding created each individual board of siding on the house and church.  Longing for the Past is a step back into a seemingly simpler moment in time.

You can learn about Thread Painting with Nancy in her TQS Classroom where she will walk you through the skills and thrills of thread painting.

Click the Picture and Use the Zoom to look Closer.

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Award-winning Gammill quilting artist, Linda Thielfoldt, shares with you her "must-have" accessories for longarm quilting. Discover how a magnifier, a small spool holder, a Gammill throat plate, casters, and Linda's special home-made accessory can help you with your quilting.

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Meet designer and publisher Daniela Stout, whose monthly "strip club" is a huge hit at her quilt shop in El Cajon, CA.

Each month, club members take on a new project using fabric strips, and in this episode,Daniela shares some of her favorite techniques and tips for turning strips into versatile tubes, squares, and blocks. (You'll have a chance to "strip" as well: Daniela's Strip it Tube Block Quilt will be available as a free project on the TQS website.)

We wrap up with a visit to Washougal, WA, where Barbara Shapel treats us to a show of her award-winning two-sided quilts, in which the quilt back offers viewers a different perspective of the design on the front.

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Join Alex and Ricky on the set at Quilt In A Day (Eleanor Burns' shop and studio) as they tape Episode 1110: Come to the "Strip Club"...Rated G! with Daniela Stout.