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Stays - we'll on The Daily Blog.

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I was teaching in Las Vegas. When I travel, usually Justin prepares boxes of fabrics to send ahead of time. We'll before the trip, we were looking for one of our dog's medical records so we could take him to the vet. You know how it goes - something is misplaced and so both blame it on the other. We'll that's what happened, but I swear for the life of me, I had not touched those records.

The night of my presentation, the guild helpers and myself were putting out the fabric before the meeting. In the bottom of the box that had been shipped were the medical records for the dog. Oaky - I did a little happy dance because I wasn't crazy - I hadn't touched them, but somehow, Justin had inadvertently dropped them in this box and they had long been gone to Las Vegas before they came up 'missing'. Our phone number was on the records.

My guild hostess decided to call Justin pretending to be a 'street girl' in Vegas. Ring Ring - "Hello Mr. Shults? Hi - I'm Bambi. I'm in Las Vegas. - Yes, Mr Shults - or can i call you Justin - I've just found your dogs medical records right here on the strip, and well, I thought you might want them. Oh Justin, you sure do sound cute! - yes, on the sidewalk outside of Caesars". -

Okay now - the kicker is that I shouldn't have been anywhere near the strip. - she contiues a while before I get on the phone. - It was a good joke. Anyway - Bambi is a quilter, not a street girl, and she's one of us - Find her in Member Search and send her an email. Tell her Francois says "hello".

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Justin (see previous post) and I own Tims Art Quilt Studio and Gallery in La veta, CO. The gallery is on the lower level and our offices and dye studios are on the upper level. We just closed a show called Expressions: The Art Quilt. That show will travel, but you can see it online at www.expressionsartquilt.com. Our new show, Winter Wonderland is posted at my site. Just click the link below my photo at the top of this page and you'll find the quilts.

Speaking of the gallery. It is the location where we will shoot The Quilt Show. Here's just a peek inside. We'll be shooting on March 9-11 and we hope many of you will consider coming to be part of our live - studio audience. Detals to follow.

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The other day when we were testing the various chat rooms – looking for bugs, I asked where Justin was. Ricky replied, “I told you he was in Danville” Duhh! “Danville CA?!” sometimes I am a little slow. That is right around the corner from Livermore. Yesterday, I got to show him the greater sites of Livermore and tonight John will finally get to meet Justin in person. In order to make this dream a reality we have been working very tightly as a four-some plus an awesome support group. Our personalities are very different (actually not that different), but incredibly compatible. The journey has begun and the magic continues. Please help us spread the word of our new endeavor to your quilting friends. Also, if you are already a member, and of course you are, PLEASE update your profile with photographs. When we are chatting that will make it possible for us to know each other better. Thus possibly forming the biggest mini group in the world!

 

 

 

 

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Whoo Hoo! I had a blast last night chatting with friends old and new alike! I hope to see more of you over the next few days take advantage of the new feature. One member said she was thrilled to have had the opportunity to chat with a quilter from Denmark! Yesssss! How great is that?!

Again, please don't reply to the Blog to send a Tech Support message - it wont get to the proper person. Please use the Tech Support subject in Contact Us on the memu bar. Also we've posted some information in the FAQs that will help if you are having trouble chatting. Especially, be sure to have Java Script enabled in your options/preferences.

 

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Like all new things, we need to find the bugs. We tested it and it was fine, but some of you may have trouble getting in. We're working on it right now and I'll give you an update soon. You don't any additional software, but it is a flash chat so, like the videos on this site, you'll need Flash 8. if you log off, and go to www.thequiltshow.com, you can get Flash for free by clicking on Get Flash Now.

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64_945158.jpgQuiters are so creative. I am reminded of that everytime I am around quilters and see what they are up to. Everyone has the gift of creativity and we as a community seem to celebrate it at every turn. As I was thinking about creativity, I do know that it doesn't always express itself in conventional terms. For example, my Mom is really creative and her creativity shines in her life style. She is always working on the house making it into a wonderful home. Each month she stages it for that season, January is bird month. As for myself, one of my hidden talents is costuming. Not in a big way, but with fun and whimsy. I have had the privledge of dressing every dream from superman, sweet angels, surfers to brides. When my son was in high school, I had to make a prom vest. Freaking out, I called my best friend and she said, "Just think batman - you can do it!" And she was right. Mu guess is that you are a quilter. However, I thought it would be fun to share your hidden specialties in the comment section. We want to know who you are and expose all the talent we as a community have. Inquiring minds want to know!

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This weekend there are two great shows. First is the biennial New Zealand Quilt Symposium. I taught there two years ago. It's a great event! Check out their website to see who is teaching and all the activities. If you don't live in New Zealand, maybe that would be something to put on your travel plans for two years from now. - visit http://www.quiltsymposium2007.org.nz/

The ever growing Road to Californina quilt show will also be held this weekend in Ontario, CA. Their website will list the events and teachers. You can also see the recent $100,000 winning quilt. The biggest prize ever awarded in quilting. -http://www.road2ca.com/

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I guess you Down Under folks are enjoying your warm summer activities. However, we up here are in a deep freeze. Even sunny Californina is struggling to save over a billion dollars worth of citrus crops. In La Veta, we have had sub zero (F not C) temperatures. It is perfect quilting weather.

However, there has been no quilting for me. I've been finishing up my book on Rhapsody quilts and the text was turned in to C&T yesterday! What a relief!

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The view of Francisco Street on my drive to the gallery. I could use a one horse open sleigh!

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59_810471.jpg First off, Happy belated Birthday to my buddies with whom we share the same date. How fun to see that in the comments section. Here are some random updates.

1. You might have noticed that Ricky has been strangely silent. He is under the gun right now with solid deadlines. Hold a good thought for him. I know how it feels and believe me, though it is all good stuff, it can get hairy.

2. We are plugging away with the two forums that should soon be up and going. However, Bob, one of our web guys needs good thoughts sent his way also. His computor was naughty. Been there, done that, right? BTW: We have THREE super web guys on our team, we aim to bring you the best possible site we can.

3. Speaking of an excellent team, I am more than thrilled to introduce to you our lead producer. Her name is Angel, and in fact she was the executive in charge of Simply Quilts at HGTV. She started quilting because of SQ (imagine that) and has remained a good friend through out the years. She left HGTV about a year before I did and it is thrilling to be working with her again.

4. I am still seeking the red fabric, Julie at P&B doesn't think it was Pats. But thanks Mar, it was a good guess.

5. I do hope to see you at Road to Ca. this weekend. Besides my two presentations you can find me in the Fabric Patch booth Sat. Afternoon.

6. Above and beyond that, we are still hunkering under the winter chill. My poor fountain!

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I knew it, I just knew it, how talented you are! I did feel a little guilty pulling the birthday card, but it worked and your work is wonderful. (guilt facter - once a mom always a mom, right?) I hope everyone took the time to view our cyber quilt show. Let's keep the momentum going, and knock everyones socks off with our ever so talented community. Your quilts were a great way to celebrate yet another year! The best part about my birthday quilt show? I didn't spend a ton of money, I'll save that for Road to Ca. next weekend. LOL