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Sometimes you have to see a subject from different angles. Alex loves Nysha Nelson's approach in his full-length class "Adventures in Free-Motion Quilting, A Fundamental Approach". Below is a quick preview. There are several more Online courses coming in 2018 that we will announce soon. The Online Classes, The Quilt Show with Alex & Ricky, the 2 Block of the Month patterns, plus a free gift worth up to $24.95. The $49 for a year is your best quilting value and a great Holiday present you will use all 2018. Or get a FREE $49 Membership with a kit purchase.

                  

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Mel's quilt, Owl You Need is Love, was part of the 2014 Hoffman Challenge Travel Collection. She made good use of the pattern in the fabric in creating her feathered friends.

Star Members can learn about Mel and her quilts in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt.

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 35 Pieces Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 99 Pieces Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 300 Pieces Rotating

 

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Mel's quilt, Owl You Need is Love, was part of the 2014 Hoffman Challenge Travel Collection. She made good use of the pattern in the fabric in creating her feathered friends.

Star Members can learn about Mel and her quilts in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt.

 

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Meet the TQS Quilting Legend 2017...it's Judith Baker Montano! Did you guess correctly?
 
You can learn more about Judith in Show 2113 when it debuts, Sunday, December 17, 2017.
 

 

 

 

 

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TQS was saddened to learn of the passing Judy Murrah. Her contribution to the quilt world is beyond description. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Judy's family and friends. Here are two lovely tributes to Judy from Quilts, Inc.
 

 

In Loving Tribute to Judy Murrah

Judy, as our Vice President for Education and Administration for many years, was an extremely important member of our Executive Committee. But more than that, she was our long-time dear, dear friend, who shared many wonderful times with us, from the early days of our company up until our recent fall shows.

She was an incredible teacher, author, designer, and quilter who shared her knowledge and love of quilting, and of our company and its mission, as well as that of the Texas Quilt Museum, with people both near and far. Her skill with a needle was matched by her skill in planning our International Quilt Festival and International Quilt Market classes and running our Education Department, all backed by her knowledge, experience, and people skills.

Judy will be greatly missed by so many people.

From Nancy O’Bryant,

Executive Vice President, Quilts, Inc.

Some of our Quilts, Inc. history ended when Judy left us, but her legacy will go on through the thousands
of quilting students who have taken classes she selected for our shows, and the good times they have
had in them.

Judy built our Quilts, Inc. Education division from the ground up into a powerhouse that educates 5,000+ students each fall and offers nearly 150 teachers a showcase for their talents, along with the opportunity to build a dedicated following of quilters who will spread the word about them. Judy regarded every teacher as a friend and worked hard year-round to create a supportive environment for them at our shows. Both her office staff and her show staff were devoted to her, professionally and personally, and
she to them.

So we will miss her as a professional colleague who was with us for many years, both in the U.S. and overseas during the 20 years of our European shows.

But I will miss her as one of my dearest friends, someone who thought I was funny, couldn't carry a tune, shared a love of tea (Earl Grey ONLY for my friend, Judy!), and enjoyed tea time, with champagne of course, in many, many beautiful tearooms, including the Ritz in London, the Hotel des Indes in Den Haag, and the wonderfully traditional tearoom at Brown's, before it redecorated. We were flexible, though, and also loved chocolate Afrique at Angelina's in Paris and—let us not forget—amaretto freezes all over the U.S. Such memories…and such fun, with Judy!

 
To see the slideshow of Judy and all her friends, please click on Learn More.
 

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Capt'n John - "Ever since I noticed how many fabrics David Taylor used in making a fence post, I have looked at the fabric details in quilts. I have always been a fan of Pat Durbin's work, and when I walked by this quilt at Houston 2017 I knew it was hers. Take a look at the fabrics that create the rough, mottled texture of the trees. Then see the fabrics that create the Mosaic quilting surrounding the trees, and finish by looking at the threadwork around the plants. (I often wonder what the bolt of fabric looked like that the small piece came from.) All this effort gives the quilt a feeling of being alive."  See Pat's techniques in Show 2103.

 

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Name: Judy Ahlbron - Fabric Collage
Designer: Ann Myhre

Show 2110: Creating Collage and Fabric with Your Computer

Begins: December 14, 2017
Price: Free to Star Members
Description:

Practice Judy Ahlborn's techinques for creating a fabric collage finished with a triple-stitched edge.

You must be logged in as a Star member to download the patterns. If you are not logged in, you will have to login and then return to the TQS Show Techniques page.

Star Members click here to get the pattern.

Become a Star member.

 

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Warning to USA viewers. If Keiko Morita's quilt, Hurry on Snowy Road, I am Late!, feels a little uncomfortable, it's because you are on the wrong side of the road. But that feeling is a tribute to the quilt and its wonderful perspective. Take a look.

 
 

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Just like a wonderful family dinner, sometimes a quilt gives you leftovers. Take a look at what Barbara Black and her Halo Sunday Sew and Sews did with their Halo Medallion leftovers. Barbara also highlights the many different versions of the quilt made by her quilt group. Click on Learn More to read Barbara's blog and see the Halo Medallion quilts made by the Halo Sunday Sew and Sews.
 
REMINDER: The Halo Medallion patterns are staying available all of 2018. You can still make the quilt as a Star Member. If you buy the kit (or either of 2 other kits, you get a 1-Year Membership for FREE.)                 
 

Using the fabrics from their Halo Medallion quilts, they presented Barbara with this amazing top they made as a group.

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Here's a quilt with a unique technique (say that three times fast!) from Ann Holmes, at the Asheville Quilt Show in Asheville, North Carolina. It is part of the "Go Tell It at the Quilt Show!" Quilt Alliance project designed to capture the stories of quilts where quiltmakers gather.

Click here to watch Ann's YouTube videos.


Along with the "Go Tell It" program, the Quilt Alliance is starting a new project in the upcoming near. It is the "Quilt Story Road Show." They will visit quilt guilds, art groups, museums, quilt shows and communities that have quilt stories to tell. To get their new program started, they are having an online fundraiser.

Click on the button below to donate and get those qulit stories told.