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Katie's quilt just might be more appropriate for New Year's Eve! Here's to all our TQS Members.

Star Members can watch Katie in Show 1913: TQS Quilting Legend 2016.

CheersbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

CheersbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

CheersbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

CheersbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 36 Pieces Rotating

CheersbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 100 Pieces Rotating

CheersbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: John Anderson

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Katie's quilt just might be more appropriate for New Year's Eve! Here's to all our TQS Members.

Star Members can watch Katie in Show 1913: TQS Quilting Legend 2016.

Original Photo: John Anderson

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Ricky's video for "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" is something of a miracle in itself. The costuming and participants all came together within 48 hours. There was no snow to mention anywhere except up on this fire trail. The sleigh was brand new and this was the inauguration. This was the first time the Clydesdale had ever pulled a sleigh. Finally, they only had about 45 minutes of light to shoot it all because the feeling needed to be dusk.

Enjoy Ricky's sweeping arrangement of the song as it accompanies a nostalgic video of a sleigh ride.

Click here to order Ricky's music.

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Artist Ian Berry selects individual pieces of denim and layers them to produce a 3-D collage effect. The pieces coalesce and appear to create "paintings."

Click on "See More" for more about the artist and a look at some of the unbelievable images he creates.

For futher information, click here.

"Behind Closed Doors" by Ian Berry -thecreatorsproject.vice.com

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Happy Holidays Everyone!  Today Alex and Captain John wanted to share these tasty treats with all of TQS. It turns out that Alex is not really a cookie baker, but not to worry, Captain John's sister makes a killer cookie and sends them on to Chez Anderson every year. Adair thinks these are absolutely the best, what do you think?

Magic Cookie Bars - makes about a dozen.

Ingredients

Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 2/3 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 cup (6 oz. pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup (6 oz pkg.) butterscotch chips
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Instructions
HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.

COMBINE graham cracker crumbs and butter in small bowl. Press into bottom of prepared pan. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture. Layer evenly with chocolate chips, coconut and nuts. Press down firmly with fork.

BAKE 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Loosen from sides of pan while still warm; cool on wire rack. Cut into bars or diamonds.

For perfectly cut cookie bars, line entire pan with foil, extending foil over edge of pan. Coat lightly with no-stick cooking spray. After bars have baked and cooled, lift up with edges of foil to remove from pan. Cut into individual bars.

You can substitute chocolate chips or nuts with candy coated pieces, dried cranberries, raisins, mini-marshmallows or butterscotch chips. 

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Take a look at this out-of-this-world quilt by Katie Pasquini Masopust. 

Watch how she works in Show 1913: TQS Quilting Legend 2016.

CosmicCollisionsbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

CosmicCollisionsbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

CosmicCollisionsbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

CosmicCollisionsbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 35 Pieces Rotating

CosmicCollisionsbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 99 Pieces Rotating

CosmicCollisionsbyKatiePasquiniMasopust - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: John Anderson

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Alex talks to award-winning quilter Melissa Sobotka about her quilt, Silk Road Sampler, which won the Master Award for Innovative Artistry, while on the floor at the Houston Quilt Festival 2016.

Star Members will be able to learn even more about Melissa's process in Show 2008: Photo Realism in Fabric.

Melissa is also the creator of Chihuly's Gondola, the Best of Show winner in Houston in 2013. Click here to learn more about that quilt.

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Of the many quilters in the world, some glowed a little brighter. Ruth Ingham was a local star that was a shining example of what makes up the quilting soul. Her history is amazing and the joy in sharing her gift was a wonderful blessing for all of us. I know that quilt room in the sky has gained another blessing and that she will be missed. I dug through my slide show archive and found the show I made of Ruth's quilts at the QuiltWorks gallery show back in 2015 and I hope you enjoy it once again. Her story as published in our local newspaper is worth reading...a full life filled with art, beauty and giving.


Ruth Ingham
 

Click here for Anna's blog.

Click here for Anna's YouTube channel.

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Want to learn more about the Alegre Retreat? Star Members can hear about it from Katie in Show 1913: TQS Quilting Legend 2016.