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Did you guess who made this quilt? It's "Jacuzzi Jazz" by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry and she made it specifically for her solo show “Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light, and Motion."

You can read all about it here.

You can learn from Caryl in Show 1308: Techniques, Tips...and a Very Special Tour for Quilters.

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In response to the devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Florence, the nonprofit Quilt Alliance is offering quilt owners a small step towards recovery.

Alliance board president Michael Newman said, "We aim to support, celebrate and commemorate the quilt community, and we are deeply concerned for those impacted by the storm and wanted a way to help. Houses can slowly be rebuilt, but the precious and personal physical objects that are often destroyed by these disasters impact families profoundly. Stories of quilts lost (or salvaged) from natural disasters are frequently the focus of our oral history projects."

https://quiltalliance.org/projects/quilt-recovery-kit/

Larry Gonzales of Retro Clean says, "We are happy to be at least a small part of the recovery process for distraught families."

• A 4 oz. sample of Retro Clean, a stain-removing soaking agent for quilts and all washable fabrics,
• Two all-cotton, sew-on Quilt Survivor labels for quilts,
• Cleaning and labeling instructions,
• An invitation to share the story of your quilt. We will feature Survivor quilts online with the owner's permission.

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This episode of Quilt Museum TV features Kansas City Star exhibit Curator Edie McGinnis talking about the exhibit. Also in this episode, Museum Education Director Becky Glasby discusses how to participate in the 2018/2019 School Block Challenge.

Quilt Museum TV is made possible through the generosity of people and organizations passionate about quilting. For information on supporting the museum, please go to www.quiltmuseum.org.

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 Alex calls C&T Publishing author, Paula Doyle, and it turns into a class. You don't paper piece these Mini-Mosaics quilts, you just... 

Click here to visit Paula's website.

Click here to purchase Paula's book.

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In this beautiful quilt, "Dawning Forest" by Soyoung Chung from South Korea, there is a wonderful contrast between the pieced background and the trunks of the trees. You'll really want to take a closer look at the texture she has created to replicate the beauty of nature. We are not quite sure how she did it. The quilt was on display at Spring Paducah 2018.

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It's important to listen to the top teachers in quilting. We have been living by this creed since 2007. Now we have to question this philosophy....

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Fighting for Peace was created as a Quilts of Valor raffle quilt. After the loss of Jamie's quilts in Houston, the auction winner gifted the quilt back to Jamie. Aren't quilters wonderful?

Watch Jamie Wallen in Show 2306: The Building Blocks of Quilt Design.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Cut it, fold it, print it, draw on it, stamp it- whatever you can imagine!

Terial Magic is a fabric stiffener that will turn your fabric to a paper-like sheet. It has so many uses. It makes fabric easy to cut and helps prevent fabric from fraying after it is cut (perfect for raw-edge appliqué), makes difficult fabrics easier to manage for sewing and quilting, makes fabric foldable, stampable, inkjet printable, and more.

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Cindy Seitz-Krug is well-known for her machine quilting, but did you know that she does all of her quilting on a BERNINA 440 QE? Cindy says that she was "strong armed" into making a wholecloth quilt, and Linda's Folly is the stunning result. Remember, you can do this at home on your machine as well...

Watch Cindy in Show 2603.

Awards for Linda's Folly include:

• American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show, Knoxville, TN: Best Machine Workmanship
• Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival: Best Machine Workmanship
• National Quilting Association Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting, Stationary Machine
• National Quilting Association Quilt Show: 3rd Place, Other
• Best of the Valley Quilt Show: Best of Show
• Home Machine Quilting Show: 1st Place, Wholecloth
• Cotton Patch Quilter's Quilt Show: 1st Place, Other
• Cotton Patch Quilter's Quilt Show: Best Machine Quilting
• Houston International Quilt Festival: Finalist