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Need more help? Head on over to the TQS Forum and ask your question or just catch up with other TQS members and their progress.

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Tracy Mooney talks to the designers of Flaurie & Finch of RJR Fabrics as they discuss their latest fabric lines, "Shiny Objects" and "Blossom Batiks Valley." She also gets a great tip for working with metallic thread.

Click here for free downloads of the "Pretty as a Peacock" and "Flora Flamingo" quilt patterns.

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This beautiful quilt from Karen will have you Dreaming of the Tropics.

Learn how Karen makes her stunning quilts in Show 2007: From Perfection to Preservation.

DreamingoftheTropicsbyKarenKayBuckley - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

DreamingoftheTropicsbyKarenKayBuckley - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

DreamingoftheTropicsbyKarenKayBuckley - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

DreamingoftheTropicsbyKarenKayBuckley - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

DreamingoftheTropicsbyKarenKayBuckley - 100 Pieces Rotating

DreamingoftheTropicsbyKarenKayBuckley - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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This beautiful quilt from Karen will have you Dreaming of the Tropics.

Learn how Karen makes her stunning quilts in Show 2007: From Perfection to Preservation.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Harriet Riddell is a UK-based performing and visual artist who travels the world to create portraits of places and people she sees. In this video, she visits a shop in India.

While her sewing machine can run on batteries, she now has the ability to take it anywhere as she has made it "bicycle powered." Click on Learn More to see more photos of Harriet at work.

Click here to visit Harriet's website.

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Kaffe Fassett talks about his early beginnings when he left home for England and some  "finishing." The video celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur, CA which Kaffe's family has owned and operated since it opened in 1949. The history of the Nepenthe is quite interesting with ties to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, but if you want to learn about Kaffe, he starts talking about his early creative life around 18:16, where he discusses knitting, needlepoint, and Vogue magazine.

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Really? We have 2 videos below. One is the Cliff Notes version and the other is a half-hour class. Becky shows how her tool makes circles from 2"-8" and curves easy to make (and have the seam allowance included). We have brought into our shop 100 of these tools. You get 10% off ($17.95), or 30% Off ($13.97) with your 1 year membership (Join or Renew). Take a look at the video, then go to the Shop and get yours while they last.

Here is the Summary Version

Here is the Class (30 minutes)

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TheQuiltShow.com is celebrating its 10 years online with a makeover. We contracted with Internet Experts to identify what people want online. Is it exciting titles that include:

"Jawdropping..." or

"The Audience wasn't Ready for this Moment..." or

"The One Thing You Should Never..." 

Or is it something else? Well TQS has spent over $100,000 to find the answer of what internet viewers want.

The experts told us to think about the 1 Top Reason Everyone goes to the Internet.

We think we may have it nailed. The experts have put together a new front page for us. Are we on the right track? Send this to your friends. We need all the opinions we can get.

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The Dragon is one of Karen's first competition quilts. She entered her first major quilt competition in the spring of 1991. The Dragon received a first place in one show and second place in another. It was truly the start of Karen designing her own quilts and entering many more shows.

Star Members can learn more about Karen in Show 2007: From Perfection to Preservation.

TheDragonbyKarenKayBuckley - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

TheDragonbyKarenKayBuckley - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

TheDragonbyKarenKayBuckley - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

TheDragonbyKarenKayBuckley - 35 Pieces Rotating

TheDragonbyKarenKayBuckley - 99 Pieces Rotating

TheDragonbyKarenKayBuckley - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis