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Andrea Stacke from Germany has created "Serandite, a 34"x48" quilt that won 3rd Place in the Small Wall Quilts- Hand Quilted. The color is very interesting and comes from the stone serandite. This quilt was inspired by a diamond tiara/necklace made in the 19th century. All the patterns are needle marked with self-made cardboard templates.

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"Cloudburst" by Pam Beal won.

 

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Electric Quilt has created a Row by Row quilt design. There is a free project file and the quilt design incorporates the license plates.

Click here for the EQ project file.

Don't know what a Row by Row is? Star Members can watch Show 1811 featuring the creator of the Row by Row Experience, Janet Lutz.
 

 

 

 

 

(photo: Electric Quilt)

 


 

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Let the stars decorate your table this 4th of July with a "Sparkler Table Runner" from Art Gallery Fabrics and WeAllSew.

A few fat quarters, a few scraps, and some fusible, and you are on your way.

Here's a good fusible to get you started, Quilters Select Appli-Web Plus Fusible.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Find out what influences Alaskan quilt artist Maria Shell in this in-depth interview from SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates).

Click on learn more to read the SAQA article.

Watch Maria at work here at TQS in Show 2208: Improv Patchwork.

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Lyric Kinard shared some of her quilts on the set with Alex and Ricky.
Star Members can watch Lyric in Show 2013: Art and Abstract Design.
 
 

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What happens the second Saturday in July...every year??? The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show!!! Which if you haven't heard...is the largest outdoor quilt show with over 1300 quilts on display for one day only! The show is viewed by over 10,000 visitors from all 50 states and over 27 countries. It was started in 1975 by a quilter with a vision, Jean Wells Keenan (Show 1301). There were about 12 quilts that first year and each year since, it has grown to be a bucket list show. The last few years the show has been guided by a Board of Directors with Jeanette Pilak, Executive Director. Jeanette is a hands on Executive Director!
 


Just envision...1300+ quilts...how do you check in and organize that many quilts? A boat load of volunteers! What is truly amazing is that the volunteers are not just locals. There are quilters from all over who come to volunteer in support of this show, so heart warming. There is a precise way that quilts are checked in, tagged and folded so as to not end up in the wrong place. Each quilt is treated like a family.
 

I dropped off a couple of sponsor quilts. My Sew Spooky and Great Granny Squares will be in the Sponsor category. These quilts are hung in businesses who are sponsors of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Next week I will drop off my quilt for the teacher's tent and the general show after I stitch those labels.


And, just to give you a taste of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show here is a stunning quilt that will be hung this year...now don't you want to come visit us!!!



Have a wonderful day and mark you calendar, second Saturday in July must go to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show!!!

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WE WANT YOU!

Join over 460 quilters in the International Miniature Quilt Exchange.

What Was The Inspiration for IMQE?

St. Louis quilter Jean Amaduri had an idea. She was the Quilt Show Chairperson for the 2001 Thimble and Thread Quilt Show. On the cusp of the new millennium, she wanted a spectacular theme: quilts from around the world. Her challenge was, "How to get quilts from around the world to her show?" The solution? Go Small! 

Jean, a world traveler, reached out to her quilting contacts across the globe. The results were fantastic. Forty-three guild members participated and in the end, over three hundred miniature quilts were exchanged with quilters from 22 countries. The special exhibit was a huge success.

TQS Is Issuing a NEW International Miniature Quilt Exchange!

The Quilt Show has created the International Miniature Quilt Exchange for our members.

So Far We Have:

226 United States Quilters

24 Countries represented.

US States Not Yet Represented:

Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and West Virginia – come on, let’s get all 50 states!

Many partners are using Google Translate when exchanging email as Quilting is their common language!

Get all the details here.

1 International Quilter + 1 United States Quilter + A Passion for Quilting = A Priceless Experience

Take a look at our gallery of Ricky’s miniature quilts.

Click here to go to the TQS IMQE Forum.

 

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The Exuberant Color blog is cataloging Kaffe Fassett fabrics as an educational tool for everyone who wants to see all of his fabrics that have been made since he started designing them in the mid 1990s. What a great way to find out what's missing from your stash.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Denise Jones at WeAllSew shows you how to put together this cute bag using two Square-in-a-Square blocks.