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Okay, this isn't strictly quilt-related, but it does involve sewing and a passion for the past; the Reconstructing History website is now featuring "Downton Abbey Patterns" for those who love the show and would like to dress like their favorite characters.

Patterns from the 1910s and 1920s are included for both men and women.  If you start sewing now, you'll be ready just in time for next season!

Click here to go to the Reconstructing History website.

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Ricky and Alex love their Berninas and they want you to "like" them too! Bernina has just reached 50,000 likes on Facebook and they are looking for more. In celebration of their loyal fans, they will host a fun giveaway with every 1,000 fans that join our BERNINA USA community going forward.

Then, keep on checking Facebook, when they reach 51,000 fans they'll post about their giveaway at WeAllSew.com!

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If you are going to be in Columbus this week, stop and and visit the NQA show. It is the longest running national quilt show in the country and will feature nearly 500 competition and special exhibit quilts, classes, free lectures, special events, and vendors.

Rami Kim will be there Thursday night to present her "World of Fascination" through a fashion and trunk show of her work.

You can also watch Rami right here at TQS in Episode 607: Folded-Fabric Elegance.

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Here's the latest news from the National Quilt Museum in Paducah.  Could you be one of the lucky two quilters?

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How would you like to work in Quilt City USA® with the American Quilter's Society?  They have job openings. Just think how close you'd be to the museum and the quilt show...click here to learn more.

Positions include:

• Editorial Assistant
• Customer Service Representative
• Event Staff
• Proof Reader
• Graphic Designer

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Summer is just around the corner,  or in some cases is already here. Have you checked out the Events section of the TQS website?  Here are some upcoming events in June for you to enjoy. To learn more about them click on FEATURES in the Navigation Bar at the top of the page and then click on EVENTS.  You can also search for shows by clicking the Search Shows/Events button at the top of the EVENTS page.

June 14 - Georgia Celebrates Quilts - Marietta, GA

June 14 - Mountain Memories Quilt Show 2013 - Crossville, TN

June 28 - Vermont Quilt Festival - Essex Junction, VT

June 28 - Silver Celebration - Ashland, OH

June 29 - Quilts from our Hearts - Madera, ca

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More than 1600 hand-sewn flags have been installed int he Shapiro Family Courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston as part of the "To Boston with Love" project conceived by Berene Campbell of Vancouver, Canada as a reaction to the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Fabric flag, Courtney Thompson, Weiden, Germany.

Click here to learn more about the exhibit.

Click here to learn about the project itself.

Click here to see the Flickr group.

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Have you ever wondered if it was important to "set your seams" when you are putting your blocks together?

Here's the answer from Julie at www.TheCraftyQuilter.com.

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Astronaut Karen Nyberg is taking the art of quilting into outer space.  She's taking fabric and thread and hopes to create something while spending time on the International Space Station.  And you think you have a hard time threading a needle, imagine zero-gravity...

To read more about Karen's attempt to create the "first quilt in space," click here.

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You just never know where a fabulous quilt might show up.  The quilt in this photo was made for Gerda Lerner out of all the academic hoods she was awarded.

Gerda Lerner was quite an amazing woman, who while being a feminist, a Nazi survivor, mentor, a scholar, and so much more, also found the time to sew merit badges onto her son's cub scout uniform.

Click here to learn more about this fabulous woman at the National Women's History Project.

(photo: http://www.nwhp.org/news/gerdalerner.php)