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What provides your quilting inspiration? Is it pattern? Texture? Nature? How about art shows and museums? 

From now through April 23, you can see stunning couture garments created by an amazing group of textile artists whose creations were inspired by items in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. 

Not able to make the exhibition? Check out the artists and watch clips of them at work on the museum's website.

In Episode 508, TQS visited the AFAM to showcase Paula Nadelstern's kaleidoscope-inspired quilt exhibit.

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9. iloveyou (Up 2)

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Alex talks quilts and shows a Bow Tie Pillow project on the Hallmark Channel's "Home & Family" show- Tuesday Jan 28 10am. Program your DVR now!!!!

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Luana Rubin of eQuilter.com takes us on Part 2 of her tour of the Art Quilt Exhibition at the August 2013 Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England. This video includes quilts by Olga Gonzalez Angulo, Janneke de Vries-Bodzinga, Birgit Schuller, Philippa Naylor, Kjersti Thoen, Liz Jones, Anne Maundrell, Nina Lise Moen, Luke Haynes, Jess Williams, and Lisbet Borggreen. (Keiko Goke fabrics)

Click here to watch Part 1.

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As new members continue to join TQS, we like to go back and revisit some of the past artists and exhibits that they might have missed. Here is a fun slide show celebrating TQS member Barbara Acchino's thimble collection. The variety is astounding.  Barbara has over 2000 thimbles.  For more detailed descriptions of the thimbles in the slide show, click here. For more information on thimbles and other antique sewing tools, please visit www.thimblecollectors.com.  

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow

 

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This is your chance to participate in a block challenge with NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg!

While on board the International Space Station, Karen Nyberg created a star-themed quilt block that will be coming back home with her.  Her block, along with others submitted by IQF 2013 attendees, will be used to create a quilt to be displayed at IQF Houston 2014.  You can be a part of this exciting project by submitting your own star-themed block.

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Watch Alex show you how to make an adorable 4" finished Bowtie Block with the Accuquilt Go! Want to learn more about AccuQuilt?  Take a trip with Alex and Ricky to AccuQuilt headquarters and enjoy more in Episode 1402: "Cuttin' Up" with AccuQuilt featuring Linda Pumphrey.

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The Road To California show is now open. Our booth "butts" up to David Taylor's quilt.

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Luana Rubin of eQuilter.com takes us on a tour of the Art Quilt Exhibition at the August 2013 Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England. Includes quilts by Kay Bell, Ann Armes, Mary Ann Vaca-Lambert, Sandra Wyman, Hsin-Chen Lin, Sheila Frampton-Cooper, Sandy Snowden, Naoko Hirano, Diane Cowell, Jean Ball, Lara Hailey, and Jackie Smith.

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6247_tqm_winter_exhibits2pdf1.jpgIn just two years of existence, the Texas Quilt Museum has surprised even its co-founders by attracting more than 20,000 visitors from all 50 states and 38 countries as well as more than 300 bus groups to its home in scenic La Grange, Texas.

And in addition to thrilling and educating seasoned quilters, art lovers, and the curious alike, the Museum has featured many debut and/or exclusive exhibits, which change out each season.

The Museum's winter 2014 offerings will include "Semper Tedium," "SAQA: People and Portraits," and "Winners from the 2013 Quilts: A World of Beauty" judged show.

 

Here is a rundown of each exhibit, on display from January 9-March 30, 2014.

Gallery I - Semper Tedium

The 20 studio art quilts in this exhibit were made over the course of more than two decades from the talented hands of four different artists including Paula Nadelstern, Katherine Knauer, Amy Orr, and Robin Schwalb. The quilts here celebrate the "Slow Art" movement of artists who embrace "handmade" as a mantra, blending traditional process with modern techniques and assemblage. The exhibit revels in process, rejoices in community, and celebrates artwork created in "as much time as it takes." Curated for the Texas Quilt Museum by Dr. Sandra Sider; Managing Exhibit Curator Amy Orr.

Gallery II - Winners from Quilts: A  World of Beauty 2013

A selection of 13 winning efforts from the recent judged show of the International Quilt Association, where the world's best artists send their work to complete. This year, $102,800 in cash, non-purchase prizes were awarded to IQA member artists in categories that run the gamut from traditional handmade wholecloth to computer-enhanced digital imagery. Sponsored by the International Quilt Association.

Gallery III - SAQA: People & Portraits

This exhibit celebrates the expressiveness of the human face in 40 stunning quilts created by members of the international organization Studio Art Quilt Associates. The diverse designs focus on a variety of emotional states and the ways in which people interact. The invitational exhibit is based on the book Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits by Martha Sielman. Curated by Pat Kumicich.

The Texas Quilt Museum is located at 140 W. Colorado St., La Grange, Texas 78945.

It opened in 2011 and is housed in two 19th-century buildings in the Historic District of La Grange. Its restoration has won both Preservation Texas and Main Street awards. The Museum complex also includes a period Texas garden with a monumental 13' x 85' outdoor mural, Quilts...History in the Making, as its focal point. Learn more at www.texasquiltmuseum.org.