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TQS Member, Carol Moellers, was kind enough to send us wonderful photographs from the recent International Quilt Festival of Ireland. These photos include quilts from some of the fascinating exhibits at the show including:

• My Quilted Garden
• The Road Less Traveled
• Chocolate Decadence
• Christmas
• Irish Craft Quilts
• Traditional Miniatures
• Yin & Yang

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The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles wants you to participate in their 5th annual High Fiber Under Five benefit exhibition and sale that runs from October 20, 2012 to November 4, 2012. This exhibition and sale helps to support fiber artists and the Museum.

What you can do - submit an item of fiber work that the museum can offer for sale for between $100 and $300. There is a one-time submission fee of $10.  They welcome submissions of all kinds including basketry, jewelry, knitting, sculpture, quilts, wearable art, tapestries, and mixed-media pieces in which fiber plays a prominent role.

 Artist’s entries are due by Monday, August 13, 2012. 

If you have any questions, please contact the museum at highfiber@sjquiltmuseum.org or by calling 1-408-971-0323 x25.

High Fiber Under Five 2012: Call for Entries Instructions and Application Form

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Nothing feels like summer more than a visit to a county fair.  The blazing sun, BBQ, 4H stalls, smell of cotton candy, and wonderful home arts exhibits bring us back to a simpler time. Here's a quick visit to the San Mateo County Fair in San Mateo, CA where more than 350 quilts were on exhibit, along with a few pigs, some go-karts, and of course, a ferris wheel.

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Last summer, the nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts hit New York City with Quilters Take Manhattan!, a series of three exciting benefit events. This summer, the organization "takes the show" to North Carolina and Nebraska. While the events vary in both program and venue, they're sure to offer lots of fun and excitement.

The Raleigh package includes a one-day admission to the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo as well as the evening panel discussion with quilt world notables John Adams, Tula Pink, Beth Hayes and others. Plus a first look at a new Alliance project called Go Tell It At The Quilt Show.  Find out more here.

The Omaha event includes a chance to peak inside the brand new headquarters of AccuQuilt, the company that makes the amazing fabric-cutters so beloved by Ricky and Alex. The Alliance is honoring Linda Pumphrey, global sales manager for AccuQuilt, who is leaving the Alliance board after many years. The program will include a look at Linda's impressive personal quilt collection, and remarks by Merikay Waldvogel, an historian who was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame.  Find out more here.

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Here are the lucky winners of the textiles, they are quite an international group!

• Pamela from the UK
• Judy and Jeannie from the USA
• Sonia from Brasil
• Norma from Denmark

Tambani empowers women to take charge of their lives.  As they say on their site "Tambani is a quilting and embroidering initiative to set a group of disadvantaged rural African women on a path of self-actualization and economic empowerment. The embroidered folk tales, which are sold as applique blocks and used by quilters, knitters and crafters all over the world, is a practical way of preserving the Venda oral tradition."

See more at www.tambani.co.za.

You can view the textiles as you listen to Alex as she reads an age-old Venda folk tale, "The Rejected Wife."  Make the textile full screen by clicking the arrow icon in the bottom right of the player.

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Back in America, Captain John wandered down to the riverfront in Paducah, Kentucky while the AQS Paducah Show was in full swing.  These "Wall to Wall" murals are painted along the flood wall which protects the city of Paducah from flooding.  The walls depict the rich history of the town.

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Ami Simm's dog, Scooter, that has attracted the attention of the Huffington Post and ABC's Good Morning America.  After the all the effort Ami has put into getting recognition for the AAQI, it's her dog that gets all the attention.

We'd like to give a bit more attention to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative by having you vote for the AAQI.  Daniel J. Andoni, a local attorney in Flint, Michigan, pledges 3% of his net profits to a local charity each month. Instead of deciding which deserving nonprofit gets his donation, he uses crowd sourcing: visitors to his website cast their vote for one of five charities. The one with the most votes at the end of the month wins the donation.

The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative is one of the charities listed for the month of June! They are off to a fabulous start, but it's the charity with the most votes at the END of the month that counts. To pull this off, we need to keep growing the numbers. Every vote counts.

The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative® is a national, grassroots charity whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research. The AAQI auctions and sells donated quilts, and sponsors a nationally touring exhibit of quilts about Alzheimer's. 

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On this Father's Day TQS wanted to share a touching story of a Grandpa and Grandson and a very special quilt.

Click on over and read Darra Williamson's blog at See How We Sew, the blog home of Laura Nownes, Christie Batterman, Jennifer Rounds, and of course, Darra.

Free Pattern for Hugs and Kisses.

Give your Dad a hug today!

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Carol Moellers, CMOELLERS, was one of a number of members of TQS who recently visited Ireland to take part in the first International Quilt Festival of Ireland.  Carol was kind enough to send us back some of her wonderful photos of the experience. In this slideshow she visits the Cliffs of Moher, the prehistoric tomb at Newgrange, the home of the Titantic and a wee bit more.  Keep an eye out, this is just a part of her journey.

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Continue your trip to Italy with the Rovaris sisters, whom we met at the International Quilt Festival in Houston a couple of years ago.  Their charming booth, filled with wonderful handwork, was irresistible and quickly drew us in. It wasn't until we began chatting that we realized there was more to this sister team than meets the eye.