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Kool Kaleidoscope by Ricky Tims

I personally want to thank EVERYONE who submitted an entry for my upcoming Kool Kaleidoscope book. There were many submissions in our Show and Tell from TQS members and other entries came in via email. All in all we had 126 submissions which were narrowed down to the 51 quilts I HAD to have in the book! Then, of course, the publisher says to cut it down to 25 (I'm down to 26) -so that was a really tough thing to do. I think everyone who made a Kool Kaleidoscope is a winner and my heart goes out to those whose quilts were not selected as a finalist. All of the entries were an inspiration to me personally!

The finalist's quilts will be sent to me for eyes-on examination and photography before the absolute final list of quilts for the book are chosen. However, congratulations to these quilters whose quilts have been selected for final review.

Kool Kaleidoscope 1, by Calquilter
Kool Kaleidoscope, by BrendaF
Kool Explosion, by Pamo65
But is it Kool?, by Need2sew
Red Feathers, by Elsielf
Kaleidoscope Caliente, by mkdquilts
Spring, by tinacurran
I Love Lacey Things, by Betttyannseeman
Summertime Fun, by Cmoellers
Celebration, by PennyM
Kaleidoscope Bright, by savagequilter
Christmas in July, by smoses
Celestial Navigation, by Karen Mackowski
Kool Kaleidoscope entry, by Pat Daniels
Kool Kaleidoscope entry, by Patti Henderson
Kool Kaleidoscope entry, by Gigi Kandler
Vallarta Kaleidoscope, by Ginger Quinn Munoz
Dream Catcher, by Bonnie Rosenbaum
Star Trails, by craftmom
Elements of Change, by midge4quilts
Kathy’s Kool Kaleidoscope, by quiltedkathy
Kaleidoscope, by krwatts
Rays of Summer, by KarLynne
Starburst, by sewearly
Space Kaleidoscope, by quiltrascal
Mini Kaleidoscope, by ajclapp

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Press Release

American Quilter's Society
Finalizes Plans for Paducah Quilt Show


Paducah, Kentucky - September 4, 2009: The American Quilter's Society announced
that contracts have been finalized with hotels and convention facilities for the
26th Annual AQS Quilt Show & Contest in Paducah, to be held April 21 - 24, 2010.
The Executive Inn attached to the convention center is now closed and will not
be available during the April show.
The quilt show will be held at the Paducah Expo Center, the Julian Carroll
Convention Center, and the new AQS Pavilion which will be located in the parking
lot of the convention facilities. Quilt show admission will give access to
viewing quilts and shopping the merchant malls in all three locations.
Additional vendors and the AQS "Hurt" Book Sale will be held at the AQS Vendors
on Kentucky in the Finkel Building (200 Kentucky Avenue in downtown Paducah).
Special events will be held in the Carson Four Rivers Center (100 Kentucky
Avenue).

The 2010 AQS Quilt Contest will award $125,000 in cash awards to quilters.
Contest rules are available on the AQS Web site, www.AmericanQuilter.com. The
registration guide will be available in early November. To order a printed
registration guide, send $2.00 for each guide to: AQS, Attn: (name of show)
Registration Guide, PO Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290.

For lodging, please contact the Paducah Visitors Bureau at www.paducah.travel,
or 1-800-PADUCAH. The AQS Home Bed & Breakfast program will be coordinated by
the Visitors Bureau, starting February 1, 2010.
Tour groups can contact Marcelle Cashon or Laura Davis for information on
admission and ticket sales for the AQS Quilt Show & Contest by calling
270-898-7903.
In addition to the AQS Quilt Show in Paducah, AQS will produce three other
international quilt shows in 2010: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 24 - 27;
Knoxville, Tennessee, July 14 - 17; and Des Moines, Iowa, October 6 - 9.

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We recently received an encouraging letter. We love to see members stretching their quilting wings.

"Dear Ricky,

I entered this piece of work into the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham.
I received a Highly Commended as it is free machined, straight zig zag satin stitched.
The whole thing, apart from construction, was made with the feed dogs down. Please thank Bob & Heather for their thread and needle advice. I used a lot of Superior threads in this. 

I also used a lot of tips from you and Alex and the Guests.
Your show just gets better and better.

Love to all-- Pauline Barnes (grinly)"

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"Flowers for Sissy" by Annylu

Don't let a great opportunity to share your work  pass you by. Next year's Road 2 California show will be held January 14-17, 2010, at the Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, CA, and TQS will have a special exhibit of member quilts featured at the event! We truly are blessed with the talent of our members from around the globe, and our goal is to showcase this amazing talent for the thousands of attendees at this popular West Coast venue. The TQS exhibit, titled "A Twist On Tradition," will feature twenty original quilts based on traditional patterns or designs. 

Click here to download the rules and to print an entry form.

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Congratulations to Kathy Ramsey from Winchester, KY, USA and to Jan McAninch from London, Ontario, Canada who each won Marti's Templates A & B and the "Encyclopedia of Patchwork Blocks".  They can now make a quilt like this one in no time.

Thanks again to Marti Michell. 

 For an inexpensive way to amazing quilts visit the Shoppe.  The templates are in "Notions" and the accompanying Encyclopedia  in "Books".

This Quilt was made with Template A.

 This quilt was made with Template B.

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This month, designer Sue Garman has you working to complete the last sets of stars for your Block of the Month quilt. You've made it this far so keep on stitching! Next month you'll put those stars together and attach a new border to your quilt top.  Hooray!! Your quilt will begin growing again!  Star members can dowload the pattern for free here.

For true inspiration, be sure to visit the Show and Tell page to view over 700 wonderful BOM block entries we've received so far. We love seeing these quilts in progress...so keep 'em coming!

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Take a Quick Look at what's in our New Show #505. 

Click on the picture to start the Fun.----->

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Fabric is important in many of our members lives.  Recently TQS reached out to African women trying to change their lives with Carol Schillios through her Fabric of Life organization.  Carol works to make women self sufficient with skills and businesses that give them independence and the ablility to clothe and educate their children.

TQS had a challenge with Fabric of Life Fabrics and this show announces the winners.  See who won.  But the real answer is that we all won.  Hey, isn't that ....?  What is she doing?

Click on the banner in the upper right border to watch or click here to  Join:    

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Here are the final quilts from the Joyce Gross exhibit currently running through October 25 at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. For more on Joyce click here. This portion of the collection contains an exquisite Album quilt with detailed embroidery and some beautiful applique work with the tiniest of stitches. Included are quilts from Elizabeth Bell, Mary Pumphrey DeSellem, and Dr. Jeannete Dean Throckmorton. A two-color strip quilt from Great Britain will knock your socks off. Thank you again to the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles for sharing this great exhibit.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

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As you saw in the first collection, Joyce Gross collected some amazing quilts. For more on Joyce click here.  This second slideshow highlights some quilts by Mary Kingwell Ireland Butler, Emma Andres, and Florence Peto.  It also showcases some of the early kits, notably Dogwood and Snowflake, where tiny dots were used to show where the quilter should take their stitches.    

Watch for Joyce Gross #3 tomorrow afternoon.  Thank you to the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles for sharing this great exhibit.