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The International Quilt Festival Houston 2012 is just around the corner (Nov 1-4 at the George R. Brown Convention Center). We will be in booth 709.  Daily meet/greet is at 1:00pm, TQS dinner, and lots of other fun stuff, including a chance to win DVDs and signed quilt blocks by Alex a& Ricky at the show.

Some of our favorite vendors will be there including:

• AccuQuilt - Booth 1044
• AQS Publishing - Booth 1758
• Bernina of America - Booth 1544
• Gammill Quilting Systems- Booth 900
• Superior Threads - Booth 608

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Join Rob as he spends time in Bellingham, WA with the Moonlight Quilters Guild.

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An other successful Pacific International Quilt Festival was held last weekend at the Santa Clara Convention Center.  Hundreds of quilts crowded the floor, here is a sampling of quilty delights.

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Have you visited We All Sew lately? They have really cute ideas and inspiration to keep you sewing all year long.  Here's the So Spooky! banner from Tari Intardonato that you can whip up in a jif!  All it takes are a few cocktail napkins, some burlap, some ribbon, and some embroidery, but I bet you could just stamp the designs as well.  Click on the button to get directions.

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Enjoy a visit to the set of Episode 1109 Fabulous Fabric Landscapes...by Accident! with Karen Eckmeier shot at the fabulous home of Betsy and Richard Ehrenberg in Santa Fe.

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Take a look at the stunning home of Betsy and Richard Ehrenberg in Santa Fe, NM before TQS invaded it to tape Episode 1108: Sisters, Strata, and Stratagies for Quilting with Barbara Persing and Mary Hoover.

To learn much more about this fabulous house, click here.

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Meet Bob Purcell's (Dr. Bob of Superior Threads) son, Todd.  Todd recently made his first quilt and filmed the story behind it.  It isn't quite an ordinary quilt.

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The Quilt Show is on Pinterest! We've been pinning away, and we're excited to report that the official The Quilt Show page is open on Pinterest! If you've already lost hours (or days!) browsing Pinterest, then you'll know what the buzz is all about. Click here to visit our official Pinterest page.

Our current Boards include:

• TQS Guests
• Pimp Your Pillow
• Modern Quilts
• Easy and Fun Gifts
• Beautifully Quilted
• Table Fun
• Time for Bed
• Fun Stuff
• Cool Displays
• Great Design
• Color Blast
• Tips  Techniques
• Quilted Inspiration
• Applique & Embroidery
• A Little Humor
• Dig Into Your Stash

Are you new to Pinterest? Now is your chance to check it out. We've pinned plenty of inspirational and colorful quilts, projects, and much more. Click here to get started. Enjoy!

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Have you ever wanted something other than a plain white sewing machine?  Maybe something to match the decor in your sewing room?

Watch Clare Rowley of creative feet.com paint a sewing machine start to finish in just over 4 minutes. 

You can learn how to paint your own sewing machine using Clare's video - How to Paint Your Sewing Machine Instructional DVD available from www.creativefeet.com.

Clare began painting sewing machines as a response to a large company trying to hurt her company back in 1989.  An article was written back then about it called "Never Cross A Creative Woman" and she's continued to paint sewing machines as her calling card ever since. In all Clare has painted over 25 sewing machines, several on her How to Paint Your Sewing Machine Instructional DVD. She's included shots of each machine for everyone's viewing pleasure including her first machine.

Clare makes sure you're aware of all that you could do to damage the machine and helps you to avoid these situations. She finds it fun and especially satisfying to take an old 'long since fallen out of warranty" machine and making it shiny and new. The only problem she's ever had with painting causing issues with sewing was by adhering rhinestones on the bed of the machine where the fabric slides underneath the foot.

So, get out your paints and crank up your creativity; ff you are looking to have fun and paint an amazing work of art on your sewing machine than this is for you!

To learn more, go to www.creativefeet.com.

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Continuing on his journey through the Pacific Northwest, Rob spends a few days off between workshops hiking and finds some cool quilting ideas for adding texture to your quilts.

Rob is featured in Episode 812: Protect our Planet...with Quilts where he talks about one of his most cherished quilting endeavors - the Endangered Species Quilt Project. Rob has teamed with Michael Miller fabrics to build awareness of our planet and her endangered species through quilting.