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TQS Member (and teacher) Margo recently took a road trip to Georgia, and wanted to share some of her memories and quilts with you.
Click here to visit Margo's classroom full of quilting tips and tricks for beginners and masters alike.
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We made the puzzle a bigger challenge for you this week. This is actually the back of Renae Haddadin's quilt, Sugar and Spice, but it is so beautiful, you'd be hard put to tell that it's not a front.
Star Members can watch Renae in Show 1613: A Quilter's Journey.
SugarandSpicebyRenaeHaddadin - 36 pieces non-rotating
SugarandSpicebyRenaeHaddadin - 100 pieces non-rotating
SugarandSpicebyRenaeHaddadin - 289 pieces non-rotating
SugarandSpicebyRenaeHaddadin - 100 pieces rotating
SugarandSpicebyRenaeHaddadin - 289 pieces rotating
Here's what the front looks like.
(Photos: Gregory Case Photography)
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Renae Haddadin and Karen Kay Buckley have taken Best of Show and numerous other awards for their quilts throughout the years. In this slide show, they share close-ups and details, front and back, of two of their award-winning quilts, Fiesta Mexico and Majestic Mosaic.
Star Members can watch Renae in Show 1613: A Quilter's Journey. Want to see more of Renae's work? Click here.
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We want to welcome Jennifer Bosworth of Shabby Fabrics to TQS! She will be sharing her "Get Creative with Jen" videos every other week beginning July 1st. However, we are going to kick things off a bit early with her "Patriotic Tassel Garland" video, just in time for 4th of July.
Jennifer Bosworth is a commercial pilot who started off crafting and quilting as a hobby. Her craft and appliqué projects could easily be toted around the globe and pulled out between flights and on layovers. When the airline industry began laying off pilots after 9/11, Jennifer turned her hobby into a home business. That company has since grown to a successful online business (ShabbyFabrics.com) with a 10,000 square foot warehouse, a staff of 21 dedicated employees and 2 dogs. She lives and works in the beautiful town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho with her husband, two children, and several pets. Between running Shabby Fabrics and designing new projects, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family.
When asked how she felt about being a regular contributor to the The Quilt Show e-newsletters, she said, “I feel blessed to be creating and crafting with The Quilt Show family and hope the projects you see here will bring you many hours of fun and relaxation.”
Welcome Jennifer!
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Join Pam Vieira-McGinnis of the PamKittyMorning blog as she talks to Krista Hennebury about her book, Make It, Take It: 16 Cute and Clever Projects to Sew with Friends.
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BERNINA Brand Ambassador Renae Allen of RGA Design LLC shares a technique she used in tailoring and garment sewing to bury her thread ends within the quilt - even short ones! - without endless re-threading.
Star Members can watch Renae in her Machine Quilting Skillbuilder Studio right here at TQS. Keep an eye out for more tips from Renae coming soon!
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If you have fast internet, you can watch the TQS shows in High Definition. When you watch in HD format, the shows are TV quality. You can put it on "full screen" or on your big screen and get a beautiful picture. We started making HD shows with show 1401, so any show after that is HD.
YOU MUST TURN HD ON! The shows default to regular definition because of all the rural and satellite customers. So to get HD, click on the HD icon in the lower right of the player.
It will turn blue and start projecting in a higher resolution. Give it a try on the current show. You can also let the show "buffer in" for about 10 minutes, and then even slower internet may work.
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You are never too old to be creative! Learn a lesson from Harry Lieberman who kept on working until the age of 106, and credited his art for keeping him going. To watch the entire film, Hundred and Two Mature: The Art of Harry Lieberman, click here.
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Beginning June 24, 2015 a new BERNINA instructional video will air every other week through the end of the year.
First up, Let's Free-Motion Zigzag! celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the BSR (BERNINA Stitch Regulator). Kick up free-motion stitching a notch by using a zigzag stitch.
There are many other entertaining and educational lessons. Click on 
to watch additional BERNINA videos.
Machine quilting with the BSR is no different than any regular free-motion quilting in regard to the types of threads or needles that can be used. As with any free-motion quilting, larger size threads need larger needles and smaller threads are best with smaller size needles. Many quilters prefer sharps or topstitch needles for piecing and quilting. Some quilters love to use cotton threads for quilting and others enjoy polyester threads. These choices are up to the maker and it is always recommended to experiment with a variety of threads until you determine which look/style you like best.
In this video, Nina uses a zig-zag stitch. It really doesn’t matter what size of stitch width — that is a personal preference. Make samples with a wide stitch and make samples with a medium or small width to get the desired effect for your project. There is no one right answer as to what thread, needle, or stitch width to use when using the BSR for free-motion zig-zag stitching. The important thing with the BSR is to set your stitch length, which doesn’t usually matter for free-motion quilting. The BSR regulates the speed of the needle based on the desired stitch length, so making an adjustment to your preferred stitch length is required. To learn more about using the BSR with free-motion zig-zag, visit your local BERNINA dealer today!
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Name: Ricky Tims' World's Tiniest Piping
Designer: Ann Myhre
Show 1809: Portrait Collages and Binding Concepts
Begins: June 24, 2016
Price: Free to Star members
Description: In our latest TQS Show Technique for Star Members, we have a sample block created by Ann Myhre. Ricky Tims' World's Tiniest Piping block will let you practice Ricky's technique before you tackle it on your large quilt.
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 can click here to get the pattern.
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