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Photo by Gregory Case Photography
This clever quilter has been Silver Star winner at the Houston Quilt Festival as well as an inductee to the Quilters Hall of Fame. Can you guess who she is?
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Ruth Shadar has another interesting item to share with our members. Can you guess what it is?
Ruth thinks it is from some time between the world wars, but has no accurate date. Her Grandmother, Grete Haas (Silberstern) was the original owner of the kit. Grete was born in Vienna, Austria in 1897 and fled to Shanghai, China in the 30s – so its date should be some time between those dates.
The kit traveled with her from Vienna to Shanghai, and later to Israel. Ruth received it from Grete when she went into her army service at the age of 18 (She is now 64.) Ruth actually used it during the service, and later when she traveled (before hotels supplied their own kits).
Do you have an interesting sew kit to share? Then click on over to Show & Tell and submit a photo and don't forget to share its history.
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Ricky would like you to share your fondest holiday memories on his personal Christmas website. Is there a holiday tradition you enjoy? Did you receive a present that turned your whole life upside down? Does your community have a parade, a holiday musical, or snowman building contest?
We all have a holiday story to tell. Regardless of your age, your religion, or your location, please take a moment to share about those special times and places in your life and help Ricky expand the Christmas in a Small Town community.
Here's a cheery example from Carolyn; maybe you'll recognize the cousin:
I believe the most memorable Christmas is around 1957 or possibly 1958. I received this really neat toy piano from Santa Clause along with the dolls and doll clothes. I had this little cousin that wasn't really interested in the rocking horse that Santa pulled out of the his sack of toys. As my memoriy goes (andas the home movie shows), I kept getting booted off the piano bench by this little cousin. Much to his liking, he finally wound up with the little piano that had been stored for many years . After many quiet years, the little piano has been restored and I do believe if you look hard, the little piano is on the cover of Christmas in a small town.
Family and memories are the best Christmas that we can ever pass on to our future generations. Merry Christmas!
If you'd like to share your memories and read more heart-warming stories from around the world, click here 
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Enjoy this sampling of the amazing Baltimore Album quilts from the Houston International Quilt Festival. The exhibit was titled, "Baltimore Album Review II: Baltimore's Daughters -- Friends Stitch Past to Future." They are some of the finest examples of the Baltimore Album Quilt revivalist movement and include many from the collection of Baltimore expert/artist/curator Elly Sienkiewicz. They are made by both hand and machine. Enjoy every block and see if you recognize the names of some our TQS members.
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Simplicity is going to give 3 Lucky Winners a chance to win a Simplicity Deluxe Sidewinder. Just email to Sidewinder@TheQuiltShow.com (copy and paste into your address bar in the TO: box-- if it's not automatic) and put "Deluxe Sidewinder" in the subject line. One entry per person. The contest ends Monday night (December 13, 2010) midnight Pacific Time.
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Re: The Holidays
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Yoko Sugisawa with Eternal Garden Hiromi Yokota with Wrapped in Gentleness
Every fall, at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, I try to meet and interview as many of the lesser-known award-winning quilt artists as I can. In the past, however, I have been unsuccessful in catching up with the Japanese quilters, who seem to charm everyone--including the judges--with their amazing needlework skills.
As chance would have it, this year my mother and I arrived at the A World of Beauty Award Ceremony too late to sit in the center section as usual, so we sat in the front row of the far-right section instead. Little did I know that this seat selection would offer me the best opportunity for a meeting with this special group of quilters.
As each Japanese award winner returned to her seat, I made a mental note of where she was sitting. (Luckily, they all sat together!) Toward the end of the ceremony, I leaned over to my mother with a plan. Once the event ended, she would go over to a winning Japanese quilt to see if she could meet the quilter. Meantime, I would move directly to the area where the group sat during the ceremony. Our intention was to meet each winner and to set up a time for an interview later in the week. (Keep in mind that my mother speaks no Japanese, and mine is very limited.) To our good fortune, there was one lady in the group I approached who spoke English. As I chatted with her about a possible interview, who should approach but my mother...with another small group of Japanese ladies!
After much laughing, and with my broken Japanese and many hand signals, we agreed to meet the next day over coffee. My interview was to be with Yoko Sugisawa (winner of the Robert S. Cohan Master Award for Traditional Artistry) and Hiromi Yokota (2nd Place, Merit Quilting, Hand). Their quilt stories brought out much more than I ever expected.---Lilo Bowman
To read more, click here. If you've missed our previous Tour articles, click here for Part 1 and Part 2.
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Queen Bling by Traci Newburn of Thousand Oaks, California, was on exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. She is a crazy quilt fantasy. You'll want to take a minute to take in every little detail. If embellishment is your thing, this is the quilt for you.
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Here are the ten lucky winners who have been notified that they have won four quarters from Alex' Redwork Rendezvous line from P&B Textiles: kathiel, JanPick, Suearnold, Jeannette, Reene, Drocket1, guwood, RenaM, B. Petzer, and C. Anderson.
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