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Rhonda Pierce, Marketing Director and Sewing Educator for SCHMETZneedles.com discusses SCHMETZ Household Needles and Needle Basics. Topics include: how to open the needle pack; how to insert the needle; and how to thread the needle.
Visit SCHMETZneedles.com for more information.
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Free Tickets are Still Available
Here's the Guest List:
Nancy Arseneault / Lois Podolny
Sherry Rogers Harrison
Gina Perkes
Jill FInley
Barbara Yates Beasley
Carol Morrissey
Jane LaFazio
Janet Lutz
Tamara Leberer
Allie Aller
Here are the dates, guidelines and policies for requesting tickets:
Studio Location:
WESTWORKS STUDIOS (Inside the Comcast Building)
4100 E. Dry Creek Road
Centennial, CO 80122
Dates: Friday-Tuesday, March 4-8, 2016.
Two shows are taped each day. Attending the entire day is required.
Cut-off date for requests is February 20, 2016, or when sold out.
Who can get tickets? Free tickets are available for Basic and Star members.
Free tickets are offered on a first come, first served basis.
To reserve a ticket, you will need to provide the following information:
Full given name
Profile name
Email address
Day you would like to attend
If you are requesting tickets for more than one person, you will need to provide this same information for each additional person.
All requested tickets MUST be used. Please do not request tickets if you are not committed to attending. Seating is limited to 50 and we do not overbook the seating area, so unused tickets result in empty seats, which diminishes the energy of the show and denies someone else the opportunity to attend. If you have reserved tickets that result in a "no-show" or "partial-show," you will not be eligible for tickets to future show tapings.
Tickets will be distributed for only one day of attendance. Confirmation of tickets will be in the form of an e-mail document.
To make your request for free tickets, or to get further information about tickets and our ticket policies, e-mail lilobowman.thequiltshow@gmail.com . Please note that your e-mail request for tickets should state the word TICKET in the subject line in order for it to be processed in the order it is received.
**Large groups should contact Lilo directly at (817) 367-9363.
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Scraps have a way of growing without anyone noticing, and before you know it, they can take over a studio. Are you still on the hunt for some of those wonderful vintage suitcases (we mentioned them last week) that Susan Carlson uses? Or maybe you haven't finished that last bit of lettuce in the clear plastic container? Why not put those unruly scrap bits to good use with something fun? While we don't want to add another UFO to your already-long list...come on, we know you have one... these little projects/ideas might be just the ticket for taming that scrap pile into submission while you find the perfect way to store them.
1. A string quilt is a perfect way to use lots of scraps. Ricky shares a stunning string quilt design idea (Show 305) using scraps left over from his classes.
2. How about using scraps to make "fabric" that can then be made into a block? Make a sawtooth star following Victoria Findley Wolfe's (Show 1404) demo. The idea is from her book 15 Minutes of Play. Check out this WIP on Lilo's design wall.
Star Members can download the project.
3. Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts sewed together all of the scraps into a fun and colorful scrap quilt. Check out the binding - it's also made from scraps! Here is a tutorial from Heather at The Sewing Loft for making binding out of scraps.
4.Stop throwing out those little breath mint boxes. Green Bee covers them with pretty fabric to store basic sewing/knitting items. They make great little quilty gifts. One more idea: Life at Cloverhill shows how to keep that iron cord under control with a cute cuff.
5. Ebony at Love Bug Studios makes dog beds and use the scraps as stuffing. She donates the beds to her local shelter. It's a great way to do something good for a dog and utilize some of your unwanted scraps at the same time.
6. And how about making some nifty boxes out of your fabrics? Another clever idea we found from Crazy Mom Quilts.
Need more ideas? You will have to wait till next week, when we share Part B of what to do with your scraps.
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Want to have even more fun? Star members can watch that first episode, Show 101: Get a Life! from 2007. It's fun to watch and see how times have changed the shows.
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Want another great way to use up your scraps? Watch Jennifer from Shabby Fabrics and learn how to make a gorgeous no-sew wreath that can be customized for any holiday!
Click here to download bow pattern.
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TQS BOMs have won numerous awards and ribbons at shows. We thought you like to see one of the latest winners. Did you guess which BOM it was?
This fabulous quilt, Celestial Sedona, was created by Norma J. Ippolioto of Chester, VT. It was based on the Sedona Star pattern, the TQS BOM for 2012 designed by Sarah Vedeler. It won 1st Place Traditional at Road to California 2016.
Artist statement: This quilt features a variety of construction techniques: piecing, raw edge applique, and embroidered applique with decorative stitching. Building from the center out, it became a three-year journey resulting in the most challenging quilt I have made and also the most rewarding.
Whether you use a kit or your own fabric, when you finish the quilt, enter it into a contest. We think you will be happily surprised.
A limited number of kits are still available in the shop, including last year's BOM by Lynette Anderson currently discounted 50%.
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The deadline has been extended through International Quilting Weekend - Sunday March 20th!
While the gang is gathered around the TV watching March Madness, stitch up a "bearskin" for a child with a rare disease
AND be entered to win an iPad Mini!
How long does it take to make a "bearskin"? By the time the buzzer sounds and
the last bite of snacks have disappeared, you will have made a "bearskin" - or two!
A team of volunteers at RARE Science will stuff and finish the bears.
Did you know?:
Want to know more about the contest? Here are the rules.
There are a few steps, but we know you want to participate and not miss out on this chance to help out AND WIN.
Each bearskin should be made to specific guidelines using Simplicity pattern C5461 (just $5.96). It is the contribution of your own stash fabric that will make the bear unique. RARE bears given to kids include a special serial number tag and fabric feet.
2. Then gather all of your supplies and start sewing your 'bearskin.'
3. Once the 'bearskin' is completed, upload the photo of your handiwork on our RARE Bear Community area by Midnight on
Thursday, March 20, 2016 to be entered in the contest.
4. Don't have your serial tag and feet by the time the 8th rolls around, but your skin is made? Not a problem. Upload your photo
and you will still be included in the contest.
So, if you post your "bearskin" image by Sunday March 20th, you will be entered into two contests. One for the iPad Mini and also the International Quilting Weekend contest. (Yes, Rare Bear makers are allowed TWO entries into the International Quilting Weekend Contest). So that's two ways to win and help out a child. Make sure you upload your photo and you will automatically be entered to have a 2nd chance to win in the International Quilting Weekend Contest also. During International Quilting Weekend, Rare Bear makers will be automatically entered a 2nd time in the regular contest!
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Okay, admission here. I don't understand football. I never did, I never will. I used to tune into the Superbowl just to watch the half-time show. But I think that snack foods are the order of the day when the Superbowl comes around, right? Here is one of my most favorite snacks--Crispy Pecans. A simple recipe--only three ingredients--but they need to be made ahead of time. They are well worth it!
Happy Superbowling, everyone. I'll be spending the day in my studio. Don't you really want to join me?
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Kathy's Quilt won 2nd Place Innovative Wall Quilts at Road to California 2003. Kathy used many techniques in this quilt including: hand applique, strip piecing, machine embroidery, foundation piecing and various other embellishments.
DeviancebyKathyMcNeil - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating
DeviancebyKathyMcNeil - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating
DeviancebyKathyMcNeil - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating
DeviancebyKathyMcNeil - 100 Pieces Rotating
DeviancebyKathyMcNeil - 300 Pieces Rotating
Original Photograph by Gregory Case
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Janna Thomas finds much of her quilting inspiration in flowers and antique stitchery designs. Her specialty is borders, and she shares her ideas for transitioning a quilt from the center out to the border – or borders! She is a stickler for accuracy, and she shares basic tips on creating accurate blocks, as well as how to prepare and handle them during assembly, to keep them from losing their shape. She demonstrates how to make quick diamond-in-a-square and triangle-in-a-square blocks. Frustration with her cutting ruler prompted her husband Paul to design a new ruler for her, and they now have a quilting tool company. They share the sweet story of how they met, and why they named their company Courtship Quilts.
Alex and Ricky each have their favorite – and least favorite – tools for marking quilts. They debate the merits and drawbacks of various tools.
Show 1803: It's All in the Border debuts on January 31, 2016.
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