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Alex talks about using Quilters Select Fabric Prep to stabilize your delicate, frail, or raveling fabrics.

"If you have ever worked with some of the fine fabrics included in our projects, such as silk, satin, Dupioni, linen blends, or light cottons, you know they can be very rewarding, but can also present challenges. Experiences such as raveling, runs, puckering, distortion and more can quickly ruin a project! Select Fabric Prep was created for helping us tackle these fabric challenges. This ultra-lightweight interlining will permanently fuse to the fabric back, offering needed support without adding bulk. The soft woven texture blends beautifully with most luxury fabrics and will not change their drape or hand!"

Click here to learn more about Quilters Select Fabric Prep.

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Turning the perfect corner when doing appliqué with a zigzag, blanket, or ladder stitch has never been easier.

There are many other entertaining and educational lessons, and you don't need a BERNINA to learn.

Click on to watch additional BERNINA videos.

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The Freedom Quilt Experience was commissioned to provide a backdrop for an exhibit of twisted pieces of metal from the World Trade Center. Originally designed for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, it is made from ten unique quilt panels, one panel for each of the ten years that had passed since 9/11/01. When put together, the quilt panels form a display 16 feet high and nearly 30 feet wide. Each panel was designed and sewn together by a different individual or quilt guild. A Better Quilt, Inc. was chosen as the longarm quilter.

Click here for more information and to learn about each panel of the quilt.

For a list of participating quilters, click here.

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"The Phantom of the Opera" is the longest-running show in Broadway history and now there is a spectacular new production in San Francisco.  The new show includes over 285 new costumes designed by Tony Award®-winning costume designer, Maria Björnson. Hand-embroidered and handmade, hundreds of hours of work went into the lavish designs. The level of detail will blow you away. Oh, and yes, there is a 25-lb. dress that cost $10,000. Would you want to wear it?

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Congratulations to TQS member, swalsh. She is the winner of Lynn Wilder's Strip Organizer!

Star Members can watch Lynn in Show 1604: Taking the Fear Out of Math for Quilters.

Any member can visit Lynn's "Easy Patchwork Math Classroom" to learn more about Lynn's "component" technique.

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Eleanor Burns had heart surgery, Monday Sep 14. Orion (her son) says she is doing well. Let's cheer her up with cards of appreciation and good wishes. Let's stuff her mail box with cards and quick notes to:

Eleanor has given so much to the quilting world. She has an amazing story.

It's worth seeing again, but if you haven't heard about her journey, it's a must see.

See her story in our FREE example Show 913. Please share this your friends.

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Are you going to Houston Quilt Festival?  Don't forget to pack your TQS logo badge, featuring our new colors.  Don't have a badge to show off that you are a TQS member?   Here is the pattern.  Get as creative as you like.  We want to see some truly original designs. Need a creativity jump-start? Check out these examples.

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If you loved what Andrea and Melody (Episode 1706) shared, we think you will love these artists, too.

Barbara Shapel (Episode 1605) creates two-sided magic in silk

Sonya Lee Barrington (Episode 1012) makes traditional patterns sing

Jacquie Gering (A Free Show-Episode 1202) proves that straight-line quilting is anything but boring

Let Alex and Ricky bring the top quilters right to your screen. Don't miss a new idea, tip or technique.

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The stars are out and you can grab some for yourself. "Star Delight" by Alex Anderson is a wall hanging featuring a sprinkling of Sawtooth Stars.  Need a reminder how to easily and accurately make the star blocks?  Check out Alex's tutorial and fabric variations in Episode 1210.