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Back in 2012, Lilo had a chance to take in the Chihuly exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum. Follow along as we share the beautiful glass sculptures set among the botanical landscapes.

Chihuly inspired Mellisa Sobotka's award-winning quilt, Chihuly's Gondola, click here to see the quilt.

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow

 

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Summer is just around the corner and it's a great time to improve your quilting skills while working on a new project. Come join in the fun as TQS presents Zoo Nouveau (approx. 42" x 45"), our fabulous multi-technique filled summer quilt project designed by Ann Myhre (click here to learn more about Ann). Along with a design that we know you are just going to love, Ann has included over a dozen techniques including:

  • Beading
  • Bias Binding Appliqué
  • Broderie Perse
  • Couching
  • Curved Piecing
  • Painting
  • Sashiko
  • Stenciling
  • Thread Painting

This is a Star Member Project for practicing what you have seen in the shows. However, the Introduction is for Everyone to view.

 

It is a quilt-as-you-go project and you can complete the entire project, or just a single section. The choice is yours to make.

The first pattern installment begins on May 5. Subsequent pattern installments will roll out every two weeks. In addition to downloading the pattern directions for each section, Ann will be there with video lessons to share tips and tricks for making the quilt.

Want to get started? Click here to download the materials list and watch the introductory video.

 
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Meet fiber artist, author, and teacher, Ann Myhre, creator of the fabulous 2017 Zoo Nouveau. Ann, the designer of our multi-technique summer quilt project, has loved art and textiles for as long as she can remember. Ann's eclectic free-form multi-layered style, exemplifies her deep love of color and patterns seen in the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements. She is fearless when it comes to using mixed media in her work to create an overall design based on a central idea.

"I use every available moment I can find to get into my studio to create works of art inspired by the beautiful world we live in. Teaching those techniques to others is where it is at for me. It is a privilege to be with someone inspired to learn something new."
 
Ann is also the author of "Quilt as Inspired, Small Sections, Playful Quilting, Smooth Assembly."

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jennifer at Shabby Fabrics shows you how to make a cute zipper pouch using the "Jelly Beads" zipper.
 
 

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Do you find that the mathematics of quilting make you run screaming from the room? Fear no more! Designer, teacher and lecturer Lynn Wilder has found a way to make quilting math palatable for all of us in her class, Easy Patchwork Math. (Her companion book is on sale below.)

In each class, you'll learn how to make a different quilt block component using her easy-to-follow formulas. These different components can then be put together to make an infinite number of blocks.

You'll learn how to make:

  • Half-Square Triangles
  • "Y" Squares
  • Square in a Square
  • Flying Geese and Double Flying Geese
  • Square in a Triangle

In the first lesson, following the introductory video below, you'll learn about these different components and the tools you'll need to get the job done. Each Wednesday there will be a new lesson.

Click here to download the formulas you'll need to make the components in Lynn's classroom.

PDF files will be provided for each component.

Additional components can be found in Lynn's book, Patchwork Math Using Quilting Design Components, available in the TQS Shop.  During this class get the companion book for 15% Off. Enter the code in the button in the coupon box at checkout. Be sure to hit "APPLY" for the discount.

Click here to visit Lynn's blog.

 

 

 

Here is Components & Tools:

 
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Melissa Sobotka won a big prize at the Houston Quilt Festival and had a little bit of money to spend. Ricky tracked her down to find out what she'd done with the prize money and gets to take a look inside her shopping bag.
 

Star Members can watch Melissa create her quilts in Show 2008: Photo Realism in Fabric.

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Follow along with Jen from Shabby Fabrics in this craft tutorial to learn how to create this DIY Chalkboard that rolls up for easy travel!

Click here for FREE download.

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You still have time to own one of Libby Lehman's quilts. Some of Libby's quilts did not receive bids or did not make their reserve price. Those quilts are now available at a "Buy Now" price, but hurry, there are only a few quilts and a few hours left to own a piece of quilting history.
 
Click on LEARN MORE to go to the sale site.
 

Windfall by Libby is one of the few quilts left for sale.

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This timeless traditional quilt (62” x 88”) dates back to the American Civil War. The original (shown on cover) is owned by TQS Member, Mary Bula Holman. About the quilt Mary writes:
 
"My mom was born in 1917. She told me that her grandmother gave her the quilt when she was a girl, and that it wasn’t in good condition then. She didn’t know if her grandmother or great grandmother had made it. 
 
By researching family records and the probable date the quilt was made, it has been concluded that the quilt was most likely made by Mariah Harrel Measells (1833-1926)."
 
When Ricky saw this quilt he fell in love with it. He knew it had to be shared and hopes this pattern and story will give Sumter Rose a new life.
 

You can pre-order the kit with beautiful, suede-like and antique-textured hand-dyed fabric from the Ricky Tims Online Store.

Only $199.95

Includes over 10 yards of hand-dyed fabric.

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When visiting an area as large as Phoenix, one has to plan their shop hopping. To really do justice to a shop and knowing that you are driving an RV...although, a small RV, you still want to know what the parking is like and how difficult it is to get there! Lucky for this troupe of vagabonds...one of us is a cartographer and that means G has already scoped out on Google Earth what the surrounding area looks like, and where he and Enzo can hang while I suffer through my shop hop, LOL.
 

A wonderful Quilt Roadies friend, Jackie, who works and teaches at Arizona Quilts, invited me to stop by and shop while in the area! I was greeted like a long lost friend and we are now bonded by my shopping experience, LOL. You know you are in trouble when a quilt shop has shopping carts!!! I think you should put this shop in your travel plans because I can guarantee that you will find something that will make you swoon. They have a wonderful way of displaying new fabric lines on the end caps in such a way that you can see the quilt within the fabric.

 

Our next stop was 3 Dudes Quilting, and boy was it a stop...we actually broke down in the parking lot and you can read about that whole drama on www.wooliemammoth.blogspot.com. But, needless to say...it was a perfect place for this quilter to be stuck!!! Lovely selection of fabric for any quilter. Ray, Jeff and Frank have collaborated to make a beautiful working relationship at the shop and home. Ray is the coordinator of the Row-by -Row for both Arizona and New Mexico! All three have been quilting for about ten years and Ray designs and sells patterns in the shop. Jeff has many award-winning quilts and is the quiet one...but, methinks Frank may be the most popular dude although he never comes to the shop. He is the dude who makes sure there are fresh baked cookies everyday in the shop!!! And, fresh roses from their garden!

We have many more adventures to share and many more pieces of fabric to find! Be sure to check out our Quilt Roadies Channel for a more detailed look at these shops. Have a wonderful week filled with friends and quilts!
 

Click here for Anna's YouTube Channel.

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