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It's less than 50 days until the "Made in 1977" 40th Anniversary Open House Celebration at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles! Now, more than ever, the arts need your help. Spread the word.

SJMQT will host an Open House at the Museum (May 7, 11AM - 4PM) with a full day of activities, snacks, music, tours, and many more things to be announced. For now, please mark your calendars for this very important birthday. SJMQT was the FIRST Museum in the United States to concentrate its work on quilts AND textiles and it has spent 40 years promoting, preserving, showcasing, and educating on textile art. It has been an incredible journey supported by so many. Join them in celebrating 40 incredible years.

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Join Nina McVeigh, BERNINA Educator and Quilting and Longarm Specialist. She will be your host for our new Block of the Month party at WeAllSew. Join Nina in creating this beautiful quilt one block at a time. She designed the BERNINA Block Party quilt to not only help you improve your piecing skills, but also as a way to showcase quilting techniques.

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Ann writes, "Summer brings the most amazing flowers. One of my favorites are Sunflowers. They seem unlikely as blossoms, with enormous discs of seeds and vibrant petals. Their vibrancy seems to match the bright red gingham table cloths we used on picnics. It's as if they are summer’s smiles."

Star Members can see more of Ann's work in Show 2006: Engaging the Viewer with Line, Shape, and Gesture.

SummersSmileHelianthusbyAnnPShaw - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

SummersSmileHelianthusbyAnnPShaw - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

SummersSmileHelianthusbyAnnPShaw - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

SummersSmileHelianthusbyAnnPShaw - 35 Pieces Rotating

SummersSmileHelianthusbyAnnPShaw - 99 Pieces Rotating

SummersSmileHelianthusbyAnnPShaw - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Ann writes, "Summer brings the most amazing flowers. One of my favorites are Sunflowers. They seem unlikely as blossoms, with enormous discs of seeds and vibrant petals. Their vibrancy seems to match the bright red gingham table cloths we used on picnics. It's as if they are summer’s smiles."

Star Members can see more of Ann's work in Show 2006: Engaging the Viewer with Line, Shape, and Gesture.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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 International Quilting Weekend is Extended Through Monday!

March 17-19 20, 2017

All Weekend You Can See Over 220 Free Shows & Win Amazing Prizes

Do you love quilting?

The Quilt Show, with hosts Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, is a TV Quality online worldwide quilting WebTV show and magazine all in one. There are hundreds of shows, amazing, award-winning guest artists from all over the world, demos and discussions, quilting tutorials, tips and tricks galore, articles, slideshows, patterns and puzzles, all at your fingertips whenever you want to watch them. It's all in chapters so you can watch and then get back to quilting!

Introduce yourself to TheQuiltShow.com this weekend. Here's how:

Start Watching March 17th

1. Enter to Win! Great prizes (see below). If you have entered, start watching.

2. Start Watching!  (We help you choose)    

The Quilt Show hosted by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, will open all of its shows from the first seventeen series-- shows 101-1713 -- for the entire weekend. This means that, for three special days, everyone will have the chance to view over 220 shows, featuring some of the quilting world’s leading artists, for FREE. See your favorite quilters, quilting tips, quilting techniques and quilting tutorials. See the quilts of your favorite quilting teachers.

2017 International Quilt Day Sweepstakes Terms & Conditions

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A leprechaun told us that it's St. Patrick's Day and has decided to give us a pot of gold with these wonderful quilts celebrating Ireland and St. Patrick's Day. Enjoy a bit of the green from our very own TQS members. All of these quilts can be found in the TQS Quilt Gallery.

If you'd like to learn more about the stories of the individual quilts or their makers, click here for the Quilt Gallery You can then search for quilts by member name, quilt block type, title, etc.

If you are a Star Member you can learn more about the quilts of Denise Labadie, click here for Show 106 - A Touch of Ireland.

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Ann writes, Curiosity is a trait we see among many members of the Animal Kingdom……and ducks are no exception. Drawn to the shiny and new, ducks will poke their bills in the darnest places. This lime green, blue and orange duck couldn’t stay put, deciding to poke at the corner of my quilt. Curious Duck indeed!

See more of Ann's work in Show 2006: Engaging the Viewer with Line, Shape, and Gesture.

CuriousDuckbyAnnPShaw - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

CuriousDuckbyAnnPShaw - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

CuriousDuckbyAnnPShaw - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

CuriousDuckbyAnnPShaw - 36 Pieces Rotating

CuriousDuckbyAnnPShaw - 100 Pieces Rotating

CuriousDuckbyAnnPShaw - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Ann writes, Curiosity is a trait we see among many members of the Animal Kingdom……and ducks are no exception. Drawn to the shiny and new, ducks will poke their bills in the darnest places. This lime green, blue and orange duck couldn’t stay put, deciding to poke at the corner of my quilt. Curious Duck indeed!

See more of Ann's work in Show 2006: Engaging the Viewer with Line, Shape, and Gesture.

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis