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Who wouldn't want to make this adorable snow globe pillow by Anne Weaver? Shake it up and watch the snow fall. It's easy to make, no buttons, no zippers, and you can use your stash!

Click here to go to BombshellBling.

 
 
 

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Ann Myhre, creator of Zoo Nouveau, has a new project for the lovers of hand stitching, Mandala Unplugged. It is a 16" decorative quilt block to be worked on without machines or any high-tech equipment. Join Ann and use up those bits of fabric, thread, yarns, and beads to create your Mandala Masterpiece.

Classes start January 1, 2018 and an instructional video will be posted every Sunday for 10 weeks on Ann's YouTube channel. Ann will be making it right along with her students in a different colorway.

Click here to go to Ann's Channel.

Click here for Supply List and Templates.

 

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Take a stroll through the beautiful garden of TQS Quilting Legend 2017, Judith Baker Montano. You can see how the beauty of the outdoors is reflected in her work.
 

Star Members can see how Judith became a "Legend" in Show 2113.

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We still have a lot to show you from the Broderie Perse exhibit at the Houston Quilt Festival. It was extraordinary. The sign at the bottom of this article says this piece is circa 1600. In the final close-up, you can see the fabric disintegrating, but the embroidery still looks great. (You win, embroiderers!)

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Mel's "Orange You Glad I Got the Blues" was included in a promotional blog post for the San Jose Jazz Festival and was part of the "Jazz Impressions" exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.

Star Members can learn about Mel and her quilts in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt.

 

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Mary Elizabeth Kinch's Twelve Quilts of Christmas has started and is up and running on her blog. For twelve days she will be highlighting an amazing antique quilt and discussing its merits. This year, in honour of Canada’s 150th anniversary, she is celebrating Canadian antique quilts. 
 
Learn more about Mary Elizabeth Kinch in Show 1502: Small Pieces, Big Impact. In the studio she shares her love for antique quilts and how she recreates them full-size with tiny pieces and reproduction fabrics. Mary Elizabeth, founder of the SPA (Small Piece Aficionado) Society, demonstrates how to tame those tiny pieces from template stage to finished block, incorporating lots of fabric and hand-piecing tips along the way.
 

 
 

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In checking our inventory we found some of these popular tools on our shelves. They are 20% Off or more until sold out. There are less than 20 of each left. Please hurry. Just click on the tool you want.

Learn more about the Color Wheel and 3-1 Tool.

Learn more about Bonnie Hunter's Triangle Tool.

Learn more about Becky Goldsmith's Circle Tool.

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Sometimes you have to see a subject from different angles. Alex loves Nysha Nelson's approach in his full-length class "Adventures in Free-Motion Quilting, A Fundamental Approach". Below is a quick preview. There are several more Online courses coming in 2018 that we will announce soon. The Online Classes, The Quilt Show with Alex & Ricky, the 2 Block of the Month patterns, plus a free gift worth up to $24.95. The $49 for a year is your best quilting value and a great Holiday present you will use all 2018. Or get a FREE $49 Membership with a kit purchase.

                  

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Mel's quilt, Owl You Need is Love, was part of the 2014 Hoffman Challenge Travel Collection. She made good use of the pattern in the fabric in creating her feathered friends.

Star Members can learn about Mel and her quilts in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt.

 

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Meet the TQS Quilting Legend 2017...it's Judith Baker Montano! Did you guess correctly?
 
You can learn more about Judith in Show 2113 when it debuts, Sunday, December 17, 2017.