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Introducing QUILTCON - the inaugural conference and show of the Modern Quilt Guild being held February 21-24, 2013 in Austin, Texas.  The Modern Quilt Guild is made up of over 100 guilds across the country and world. Their mission is to support and encourage the growth and development of modern quilting through art, education, and community.

QUILTCON will include a juried quilt show with hundreds of quilts and thousands of dollars in cash prizes. There will be two special exhibits; Denyse Schmidt’s Quilts and Modern Historical Quilts curated by Ellen Rushman, a graduate student of the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Entries for the juried show will open July 1st, 2012  with a deadline of October 31st, 2012.  To learn more about their unique categories for modern quilters and to find out about their newsletter, click here.

Instructors and Lecturers will include: Denyse Schmidt, Malka Dubrawsky, Elizabeth Hartman, Anna Maria Horner (watch Alex and Ricky visit with her here), Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr (featured in TQS Episode 206), and Ellen Rushman.  To learn more, click here.

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See the styles, the media, and some of the prices$$$$.  A special thank you to the Windsor Betts Gallery for their hospitality and freedom to explore.

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Enjoy a quick visit to Nancy Prince's home and studio.  Note: Her painting area is 12 feet, not 12 inches - oops!

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Does the thought of sewing with laminated cotton terrify you?  This is not the stuff of your grandmother's generation.  These new and updated laminated cottons are fun, flexible, and offer the sewer many creative options (if you know the tricks). 

Check out this adorable apron pattern, designed by Laura Nownes (Episode 710), that even includes a clever hanger for a coordinating dishtowel. 

Never sewn with laminated cotton?

Let TQS help you glide through the process with these helpful tips:

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AccuQuilt sponsored a wonderful exhibit at Road to California 2012.  Titled "Next Generation" it featured quilts created by children ages 7 - 16 years.  Take note of the names, they just might be a featured guest on TQS one day!

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Ricky is preparing a very fun article for the summer issue of The Quilt Life Magazine and he is issuing a fast turn around challenge to members of The Quilt Show!

• You have two weeks to design and create a 12.5" unfinished quilt block.

•  Ten finalists will be chosen and all ten will be featured in The Quilt Life online.
  

• Three winners will be featured in the printed issue and each will receive a bag of Ricky's delicious hand-dyed scraps that can used to dress many future Sunbonnet Sues.

Theme: Sunbonnet Sue - Summertime Hot!

Entries are encouraged to reflect the various activities that Sunbonnet Sue might pursue during the dog days of Summer.

 Contest Rules:

1. Blocks should measure 12.5 unfinished. Blocks should left unfinished and edges left raw. No quilted blocks or finished edge blocks will be considered. These blocks should remains as they would be prior to joining them together in a quilt top and prior to layering and quilting.

2. All designs must be totally original and design and work of one person.

3. By submitting an entry to the Show and Tell, you agree to be considered for publication, and if chosen, agree to be published online or in The Quilt Life magazine.

4. Top three finalist must immediately agree send their block for photography. Blocks will be returned right away.

5. All Entries must be submitted by TQS members utilizing Ricky's Sunbonnet Sue Contest Show And Tell.

6. Photos must be crisp, clear, and taken straight on so they are square showing raw edges. No obviously skewed images will be considered.

Deadline: All entries must be submitted for entry by Friday, March 2, 2012 at midnight Pacific Time.

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Happy Valentine's Day!  We are sending our love and appreciation to all our TQS members through these wonderful heart quilts from the Quilt Gallery. Enjoy!

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Come and watch the "Moo"velous Cow Parade which recently stampeded through Road To California 2012. This exhibit was curated by Mary Lou Weidman & Melanie McFarland.  Mary Lou and Mel challenged their friends to use the "Purple Cow" pattern from "Out of the Box with Easy Blocks" to create a "Moo"velous quilt.

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Bring a smile to any little one when you give a quilt featuring these darling monkeys, giraffes, and elephants being cared for by their adult parent.  The bright and cheery line, Safari Sweet Hearts, from Red Rooster is sure to be a hit.  Check out this cute and fast quilt pattern, plus the coordinating tote to round out the ensemble.

Click here for both patterns.

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Bridges was a juried exhibit this year at Road to California by the Quilts on the Wall: Fiber Artists. While some of these quilts are literal in their interpretation, others have a completely different take on what a "bridge" might be.

According to the exhibit - 

This exhibit portrays the personal vision of these artists, encompassing, but not limited to:

• a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression.
• a time, place, or means of connection of transition.
• the upper bony part of the nose; also the part of a pair of glasses that rests upon it
• a piece raising the strings of an instrument
• the forward part of a ship's superstructure from which the ship is navigated