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"Fabric from Bangkok----AnnetteS
8 days ago I was in Bangkok on holiday. I purchased a selection of Thai silk, some cotton fabric and batik, plus two wonderful Japanese bag books. The wallet has been made from the fabric, using a pattern from Bags and interior goods book. I wanted to challenge myself to use fabric that I would normally avoid. The big laugh was on me as all my "silk" is man made material. Threads burn into a melted glob. I do not read Japanese, but the books are easy to follow."

AnnetteS is eligible to win our Quilting Goodie bag.  She uploaded a picture of her last quilting purchase into Show & Tell.  Go to the purple bar and click on "Show & Tell".  Then upload a picture of your last quilting purchase by midnight tonight.  You could win a bag similar to what our studio audience won last week.

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Saturday was International Quilt Day! Of course you say!!! So how did you celebrate? What did you do? Do tell...... As for myself, I worked hours on the new Bernina 830 - OMGOSH it is spectacular! The space under the arm coupled with so many new features, I found myself drooling without even knowing it! The actual quilt itself is a remake of Holiday Lights - this time with jazzy black background prints coupled with my new line Whisperings (after this next weekend Super Seminar I will have some towers to sell, 35 fat quarters in all - keep posted). To see the original pattern go here. The Pattern was inspired from the quilt on the left hand side. This quilt is a classic that seems to keep reemerging.

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On National Quilt Day we recommend that you watch these segments of Pat Ferrero's peek into the lives & art of 7 quilters.  This film, made in 1981, was one of the first peeks into the growing resurgence of quilting.  Seven quilters are profiled in the film and 3 are featured in this sample tape.  One of the quilters (not shown in the samples selected) is Lucy Hilty.  This is the teacher that influenced Alex as she learned to draw quilting designs.  Alex teaches some of the techniques that she learned in her TQS Classroom, which is included with your guild membership dues.  Click Here for the Classroom.

When you click on the picture to see 3 of the segments, be sure to scroll down and see all the awards ithe film won.  Check out all the fabrics!!

Click on the picture to go to the page to start the show.

We recommend this DVD as an important part of our history and because it is just plain fun.             

Click the picture to be taken to where you can purchase the DVD for Home Use.

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iTunes, the world's largest retailer for music downloads, has just added Ricky's Sacred Age CD to it's online music library. Ricky's other CDs will be available on iTunes soon. Everyone now has quick access to having indivuals songs or the entire CD via a quick download. If you have iTunes you know the drill. If you don't, and want to use iTunes, you can download it for free at the apple store.

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Spend an hour with the remarkable young artist, Valori Wells (Episode 405), who will be "Featured Guest" in our chat room tonight, Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 5:00pm Pacific/8:00pm Eastern (01:00 March 20, 2009 GMT). Valori will share fun ways to be creative with fabrics already in your stash, as well as answer questions about juggling career and family. Join us in the chat room  here.  We'll be looking for you!

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Mona (left) and Joaquin (right) share some peace and love on TQS. Photo by Brad Wallace.

Well, it was a fantastic week of taping for TQS. All we can say is WOW - get ready for SERIES FIVE which will start up in July. Here are a couple of super fantastic newbies on the quilting scene and I'm sure their project will blow you away too. If you have any messages for Joaquin or Mona, just post them here and we'll pass them along.

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Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with TQS!

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Just in time to celebrate St. Patty's Day, Lilo shares her photos from her trip to Ireland. Enjoy!

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("Fall Geisha" by TQS Member dramamama)

For those of you new to TQS, we have a great feature that lets you see and be seen.  Click on "Show & Tell" on the purple bar above to see what your fellow members are working on.  There is a wonderful assortment of projects in the "What are you Working On?" section.   And we want to see yours. Be sure to click on "Submit Entry" to upload your project.  And leave us a comment here to tell other TQS members.  So what are you working on?

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To celebrate the introduction of the revolutionary new GO! fabric cutter, AccuQuilt is sending one lucky quilter and a friend on a trip to La Veta to attend a Fall 2009 day of taping of The Quilt Show.  How cool is that?!!! Winners will get to meet Alex and Ricky, too! The trip includes transportation, lodging, meals, a 12 month Star Membership to TQS and other surprise giveaways.  The entire prize package is valued at $1,350!  For full contest rules go to http://www.accuquilt.com/tqs or click here.  Entry forms are available online, or in the April 2009 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting.  But hurry, entries are due by June 1, 2009.  No purchase is necessary to win.  Limit one entry per U.S. household.  Send in your entry form today!  And we could see you GO! to La Veta thanks to AccuQuilt!