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Sharon Schamber's daughter, Cristy, has a website, www.sewmuchlikemom.com, where she shares what her mom, Sharon, has taught her about sewing, quilting, and life.

Here is a great step-by-step lesson on Piec-lique Circles. Piece-lique is a method that Sharon developed that will help you get over the fear of sewing curved pieces as it can be applied to almost any curved seam design.

As Cristy says, you'll have an "Ah-ha!" moment once you give it a try.

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Quiting in the Garden - Saturday & Sunday, September 28th and 29th, 2013

Alden Lane Nursery
981 Alden Lane
Livermore, CA 94550
(925) 447-0280

www.aldenlane.com
info@aldenlane.com

Featured this year at this fabulous show, which has wonderful quilts hanging from the arms of 100-year- old oak trees, is Sandy Klop of American Jane fame. They will also be featuring Susan Else, A sculptural quilting artist who will soon be making her way to TQS in Episode 1309 - Enter the 3rd Dimension with Quilted Sculpture (debuting on October 28).

There will be classes on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before the show, September 25th - 27th . . . more information on the classes page here. 

Classes include Bountiful Baskets by Alex and Going to Market with the lovely Laura Nownes (who can also be found here in the TQS Classroom teaching a Contemporary Quilt Sampler).

The Show is Free and the Parking is Free!

Here's a slideshow from a previous year, just to whet your appetite.

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AccuQuilt  introduces Bullseye^TM Nested Dies for Studio^TM to TQS.  Alex is super excited because these dies can give you many sizes or just one size.  It's really amazing and fun how they have engineered this ability.  Watch the video to see how they work. 

Learn more from the video below.

The new dies:

Click here for these Free patterns available from AccuQuilt:

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C&T Publishing is bringing great tools for kids to learn and enjoy sewing & stitching. To give kids the information they need in a wonderful format, C&T created Fun Stitch Studio.  Win one of these books for your kids, grandkids, or yourself.  

Flip through the titles below.  Five lucky winners will get "Fabric-Paper-Thread" with a ton of fun projects to get creativity flowing.

Click the button to Enter to Win.         

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Looking to start working on your holiday projects early?  Here's a cute table topper from Sarah Rose at SarahRose Quilts that you can get done in a day!

This project would also look great in Fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving fabric.

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Help support the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.  Use your preferred fiber art medium to translate your food inspiration into a 16" square. The museum will exhibit all submissions in conjunction with Tasty! too: Food Inspired Quilts, from January 29th through April 27th, 2014.

Entries will be for sale and all proceeds will benefit the museum's fiber art advocacy efforts.

Artwork is due by January 15, click here for more information.

Get creative and support the Museum's future!

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Courtesy of Cheekwood Art & Gardens

Nashville's Cheekwood Art & Gardens is thrilled to host the second-ever North American exhibition of Light, a stunning outdoor installation by acclaimed British artist Bruce Munro. 

Using an inventive array of materials and hundreds of miles of glowing optic fiber, Munro has transformed Cheekwood's beautiful gardens into an enchanting, dream-like landscape. 

This "electrifying" exhibit runs through November 10, 2013. See a few elements of the installation here.

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Learn how you can sew circles and semi-circles using straight stitches, decorative stitches and other techniques like applique, couching, and pintucks using the Bernina Circular Embroidery Attachment. This video has great design ideas even if you don't have the attachment. 

You'll want this easy-to-use attachment, but even if you don't have it, there are some great design ideas in this video.

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The Modern Quilt Guild has opened membership to guilds and individuals for the first time. The dues from members will help support and encourage the growth and development of modern quilting through art, education, and community. By formalizing, the Modern Quilt Guild will be able to offer members educational programs, tools to run local guilds, 501(c)3 status for guilds and much more.

The Modern Quilt Guild will offer the following member benefits: access to the new online social media community, informative webinars, early-bird registration for conferences and events, discounts and special offers with Modern Quilt Guild sponsors, participation in fabric challenges and swaps, discounted rates on conferences, events, merchandise, quilt entry fees, legal fees, insurance and more.

"Being a member of the Modern Quilt Guild has given me a wonderful way to connect with quilters near and far who share a love of modern quilting. The Modern Quilt Guild has helped me grow immensely as a quilter. I'm so excited to see what's ahead in the next phase of growth for the MQG!" says Melissa Lytle, President of the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild.

The Modern Quilt Guild is also launching an online community for members. The first online community built specifically for modern quilters, it will offer forums, photo and idea sharing, guild discussion boards, events and additional features to be developed over the next six months.

For additional information contact: Heather Grant, Director of Marketing & Programing, The
Modern Quilt Guild, 512.968.1914, themodernquiltguild.com.