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Enter Contest Now & Help Us Test The System

We have great prizes for International Quilting Weekend.  We have installed a new easier system for registering for Contests.

We need to test it before the weekend.  Just click the button below and sign up to win the: 

• A BERNINA 550 QE sewing machine
• AccuQuilt GO!
• AQS "Year of Quilting" with books and 1 year membership 
• Gammill Deluxe Drafting Chair
• C&T Publishing gift pack of quilting books
• Red Rooster: Bundle of 41 fat quarters from Ricky's Blended Solids collection
• Superior Threads: Box of amazing silk threads
• Why Quilts Matter: Five Winners of a DVD
• Stitched: Five Winners of a DVD

                                                Was It Easy?

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Posting on March 9 is Episode 8 of Why Quilts Matter - Quilt Nation - 20,000,000 and Counting!

In this episode WQM goes inside this unseen world (Quilt Nation), meeting its participants, attending its events, analyzing its businesses, periodicals, support services, and technological advancements. Their experts also provide a bird´s eye view of the politics, as various festivals, artists and quilters struggle for the heart and soul of Quilt Nation.

Why Quilts Matter is available free to all Star Members through March 31, 2012. This is a gift for Star Members so make sure to be signed in.

Each week a new episode will be presented:

Episode 1 - Quilts 101 - Antique and Contemporary Quilts
Episode 2 - Quilts Bring History Alive
Episode 3 - The Quilt Marketplace
Episode 4 - What is Art?
Episode 5 - Gee's Bend: "The Most Famous Quilts in America?"
Episode 6 - How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
Episode 7 - Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time
Episode 8 - Quilt Nation - 20,000,000 and Counting!
Episode 9 - Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Real

You can purchase your own copy of the DVD containing all nine episodes by clicking on the button below.

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Come join Alex and Ricky on the set of Episode 1006 - Quilting for Garments: Watch and Wear with quilt artist and long-arm machine specialist Linda Thielfoldt.

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Beginning March 2, Why Quilts Matter - Episode 7 - Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time - takes a look at the quilt's historical and current roles as (among others) an avenue of personal expression, a sly medium of social and political opinion, and a building block of financial security. Here curators, quilt makers, and scholars discuss the surprising number of ways in which the quilt has been and continues to be woven into the histories and psyches of our mothers, our sisters, ourselves.

Why Quilts Matter is available free to all Star Members through March 31, 2012. This is a gift for Star Members so make sure to be signed in.

  Great deal for new members only through Sunday!

Each week a new episode will be presented:

Episode 1 - Quilts 101 - Antique and Contemporary Quilts
Episode 2 - Quilts Bring History Alive
Episode 3 - The Quilt Marketplace
Episode 4 - What is Art?
Episode 5 - Gee's Bend: "The Most Famous Quilts in America?"
Episode 6 - How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
Episode 7 - Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time
Episode 8 - Quilt Nation - 20,000,000 and Counting!
Episode 9 - Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Real

Special Sale for TQS Viewers!  20% Off on the DVD with many bonus features.

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It's the perfect time to get going on the latest BOM.  Both Kits have just arrived in the Shoppe and Shipping is FREE in the USA and International orders get $15 Off.

The BOM is filled with lessons, techniques, and you end up with an heirloom quilt.  And at less than $10/yd for these amazing fabrics, it's a great deal already.

        Free Shipping                

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To Help Viewers We Have Show Suggestions By Category

To help viewers this weekend, we have a quick list of shows by categories. Take a look.

Remember, you may have gift certificates that allow you to put some of these shows in your personal library for FREE.  Check in your "My Account" section under "Gift Certificates".

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See a snippet from a great show with Pat Yamin and Gina Perkes.

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Come to the set of Episode 1005 - "Twofer" the Money: Terrific Time Saving Techniques with Pat Yamin & Gina Perkes.  This episode will post on Monday, February 27, 2012, but you can get a little taste from this slideshow.

First, Gina Perkes demonstrates how you can appliqué and quilt at the same time on the long-arm machine...and add a little "dazzle" from the bobbin as well.

Then, Pat Yamin visits the set, showing some of her quilts and divulging her brush with Hollywood fame. She also shows how to use templates to quickly and accurately cut and piece a two-patch pattern, using Robbing Peter to Pay Paul as an example. You'll pick up tons of tips on this info-packed episode.

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This Friday, February 24, will introduce Episode 6 - How Quilts Have Been Viewed and Collected  from the exciting 9-part series, Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics from producer and host, Shelly Zegart. If you missed any previous episodes they will remain available for viewing until March 31, 2012.