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Follow along with Jen in this tutorial to learn how to make your own pennant banner!  Decorate a child's room or classroom with this fun and easy back-to-school project!

Click here to watch Jen's previous Back-to-School project, a trendy and useful fat quarter fabric folder.

Click here to go to Shabby Fabrics.

 

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Carolyn Konig is a one-woman stitching dynamo! We were introduced to her by the lovely folks at QUILTMANIA a few years ago.  This amazing quilter from Down Under recreates 18th century quilts entirely BY HAND! 

After taking hundreds of photographs of antique quilts from museum collections, she begins the work of drafting each and every block, as well as the entire quilt design.  Then comes the task of finding fabrics that most closely resemble the original fabrics of yore. After drafting the entire quilt, she begins hand piecing every element of it.  Most quilters would take several years to complete just one quilt, but Carolyn manages to make at least THREE each year!  This astounding bundle of energy has a very loyal following across the globe.

This winter, the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum's exhibit of Carolyn Konig's quilts will be on display from October 29-January 23, 2016.  It is well worth a visit.  Be sure to bring your magnifying glasses!

Watch Carolyn Konig in action FREE TODAY (LABOR DAY) ONLY. Click the red button below.   

 


Photo by Gregory Case Photography

 

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Photo by Gregory Case Photographty

Tami Pfeil and Kim Kleine (Episode 1107) are masters at creating super adorable gifts and accessories using felt, wool and unique out-of-the-box items. These gals charmed us with their whimsical ideas, and we think they will charm you as well. Check out the clever projects they shared that could make wonderful gifts - or decor items - for the upcoming holidays.

Decorate a handbag for someone you love.  Add a bit of holiday cheer with a strand of colored lights that requires no electricity!

                             

See more of their clever downloadable ideas.

 

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"Blooms for Julie," designed by Jan Magee, is our Summertime quilt project, which we know

you are going to love making AND having around for years to come.  

This month you will be making more flowers and adding more border appliqué. With Jan's tip for speedier attachment of the yo-yo and hexagon flowers, the task will go much faster!

Kit Special This Week-Buy a Kit (Blooms or BOM 2015) and get a 1-Year Membership to TQS for FREE ($42.95 value)

 

 

 

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Here's one of the latest blocks in Jinny's Memory Match game. Play the game and find out what it's called.

 

 

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To celebrate Kaffe Fassett's 20th anniversary with Rowan Fabrics, they are giving away 20 bolts of the Kaffe Fassett Collective fabric OR a Pfaff Quilt Ambtion 2.0 Sewing Machine to the winner of the Kaffe "Fassett-nator" Anniversary Contest.

To enter, create your very own “Fassett-nator” using fabrics from The Kaffe Fassett Collective. Be as creative and elaborate (or as simple) as you want – and take a picture of yourself wearing your creation! Share your picture on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #kaffe20 and be entered for a chance to win!

Fas·ci·na·tor
noun
1. A lightweight, decorative headpiece consisting of feathers, flowers, beads, etc., (and Kaffe fabric!) attached to a comb or hair clip.

 

 

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Join Julie as she walks you step-by-step through stitching a binding by hand.  She includes tips for threading your needle, keeping your thread "de-tangled," and creating a quilter's knot.

Go to Julie's classroom for more tips, tricks, & techniques.

 

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Here is a sneak peek from the Libby Lehman's video, Threadplay, with 7 great tips from Libby. Threadplay is one of our Featured Guest DVDs available online FREE to our Star members.

Want to see the rest of the video and aren't a Star Member, just click to button.

 

 

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Ricky Tims will headline the 2015 Quilters Take Manhattan event, to be held on September 26 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the heart of New York City.
 
This year, the QTM event weekend spans three days and add-on events include museum tours, walking tours of the Garment District led by fellow quilters, workshops at The City Quilter, a lecture by Aurifil's , a Moda Meet and Greet party at Kathryn Markel Fine Art, an After Dark cocktail party at the studio and loft home of Victoria Findlay Wolfe, and a chance to see the Tony-award-winning musical Something Rotten with a special up-close peek at some of the exquisite costumes.
 
Proceeds support the Quilt Alliance, a national nonprofit that documents, preserves and shares the history of quilts and their makers. Both Ricky and his late father Richard Tims, along with more than a thousand other quiltmakers have been interviewed for the Quilt Alliance’s oral history project, Quilters’ S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.), that is archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

Tickets to Quilters Take Manhattan are still available. Click here to visit the Quilt Alliance’s website.
 

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In the final lesson of the series, Lynn will be showing you how to make the square-in-a-triangle component.

Lynn's book, "Patchwork Math Using Quilting Design Components," is available in the TQS shop; click here to order.

Click here for the .pdf instructions to make this week's practice block.