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Today TQS Summer Camp begins!  Our first fast, fun, and fabulous project will be the Bird on a Branch tablerunner from the C&T publication  Applique Outside the Lines  from Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins.  It's a quick and easy project to start your summer off right.

And remember, every Monday through September 6, 2010 a new project will be added to the TQS Projects page.

Begin today and you'll have 15 projects to use as gifts when the holidays roll around.

Get your s'mores ready and let's get started.

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The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde are amazing - no doubt about it. The ancient Puebloans thrived in these magnificent dwellings. In time, they dispersed but their heritage lives on in several Puebloan cultures today. The cliff dwelling image is Cliff Palace, the largest of the dwellings in Mesa Verde. I was thrilled to be able to take this photo before tours began so I didn't have to dodge tourists in the photos.

The museum in the park is currently exhibiting Navajo weavings. The designs are amazing and certainly something that quilters can appreciate. 

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Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins create spectacular applique quilts and are the creators of Piece O' Cake Designs. Take a few moments to reflect in these glorious gardens of applique which include some of their most memorable quilts such as Aunt Millie's Garden, Picasso's Garden, and My Whimsical Garden. To tiptoe through the tulips, and just about every other flower, just push play.

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I am taking a mini-vacation with Justin, my high school friend (Bernie) and his family. We have headed west from La Veta to a destination in Colorado that is one of the most mystical and awe-inspiring national parks in America - Mesa Verde - a UNESCO World Herritage Site. The park features numerous ruins of homes and villages built by the ancient Pueblo people known as the Anasazi. The Anasazi made this stone village their home in the 1200s AD. It is best known for several spectacular cliff dwellings — structures built within caves and under outcroppings in cliffs. We will visit the park tomorrow.

Today our journey took us over the famous Wolf Creek Pass. The photo above was taken at a scenic overlook near the top of the pass. Scenes like this is why I love Colorado!. If you have been to Mesa Verde - share your thoughts. If you have another favorite national park or place to visit (U.S. or abroad) tell us about it.

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Never say never - look what is smokin hot and who would have ever thought? I am flying with feathers on my Bernina 830 - it IS a New Day in Livermore, CA!

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Just heading out the door at the De Young Museum in San Francisco is Amish Abstractions - Quilts from the collection of Faith and Stephen Brown.  You won't want to miss this amazing exhibit which features 48 Amish quilts dating from the 1880s through the 1940s.  The exhibit runs through June 6, 2010.  For more information, click here.

And recently opening at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles are Hawaii's Alfred Shaheen:  Fabric to Fashion, Grand Appliqué: Hawaiian Quilts, and Wendeanne Ke'aka Stitt: Contemporary Kapa. 

This show runs May 18, 2010 – August 8, 2010.  For more information, click here.

Ho's Pumehana Monstera by Carol Kamaile

'Tahitian Girl’ Dress by Alfred Shaheen

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Friends visiting for the weekend - off to Mesa Verde Nation Park. However, breakfast first.

It used to be newspapers - now its...

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Pam Holland taught at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago this year.

 In this video she shares stunning pictures of the some of the entries and close up views that give you a chance to really see what the quilts are all about.  Thanks Pam.  Enjoy!

Click on the picture to go to Articles for the video.

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What is it like to teach at a major Quilt Show?  Join Pam Holland as she teaches at Chicago Festival.

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Alex demonstrates Texture Magic on the current show. What is Texture Magic and how can you use this new "tool"?  Mega-teacher, Patsy Thompson, gives us some quilt ideas and some project suggestions.  Click the Pictures: 

          Part I                                        Part II                                   Part III