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It's a once-in-a-lifetime contest from the National Quilt Museum.
Click here for more information.
Will you be entering? We'd love to see TQS Members' quilts in this exhibition!
The Gala of the Unexpected - Here's the news from Judy Schwender, Curator of the National Quilt Museum:
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Lynn Wilder (Episode 1604) is sharing her "Country Charmer" patterns with eight TQS members. This wildly popular pattern looks fabulous in all colorways. Enter to win your own copy before the contest ends, Friday February 28!
Tell us what you liked about Lynn's show. The eight best comments will be selected as the winners.
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Do you find that the mathematics of quilting make you run screaming from the room? Fear no more! Designer, teacher and lecturer Lynn Wilder has found a way to make “Patchwork Math” palatable for all of us. While visiting at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Lynn explains:
You’ll also meet Aussies Helen Stubbings and Tracey Browning, who share a smart and cool method for making iron-on hexagons. Bring it on!
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Brighten someone's day with a pair of charming fabric birds (from Jennysbuttonjar) you can whip together in under an hour. The toughest part will be deciding what color paper clip feet you want to make.
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If you loved the tips Lynn Wilder shared for taking the scary out of quilting, we think you will enjoy these other fabulous teachers. Each shares tips that will improve your skills.
Jacqueline de Jonge shows you how to let the paper do the work for you (Episode 911).
Pat Yamin shows you how to accurately cut four layers for a pattern, tips on
avoiding template slippage, and other time-saving tricks. (Episode 1005).
Create a roadmap to improve accuracte piecing with Alex's super-easy trick, using painter's tape (Episode 1307).
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Dr. Bob is all about gift-giving!
King Tut Thread - Bob's Birthday Special. 20% off through Feb. 19, 2015!
King Tut is nature’s finest thread. It is a #40/3-ply certified Egyptian-grown, extra-long staple cotton, and is designed for quilting on both home machines and longarm machines, as well as for hand quilting. Using the most advanced spinning, twisting, dyeing, and finishing techniques, King Tut has extremely low lint. You and your machine will love it! Look for it in 136 variegated and solid colors.
500 yd. spools $7.19 (reg. $8.99). No Limit
2,000 yd. cones 19.95 (reg. $24.95) No Limit
Other February specials include:
Over 60% OFF on Tailor Made 27. It is a 50 wt. spun polyester thread, engineered specifically for clothing construction, for use in either a serger or regular sewing machine. There are 59 colors left and they are going fast!
The name Tailor Made is the same name as a brand of sewing cabinets, so they decided to sell off what they had and then re-brand as Superior Spun Poly. The same thread with the new name will be available in a few months, but the new thread brand will be the regular $7.90 price.
February Special
62% OFF. Only $2.95 (reg. price is $7.90) No Limit until they're gone.
Lava
To make room for other products, it was decided to discontinue Lava, a strong, variegated polyester thread designed for longarm and regular sewing machines. It's available in 35 variegated colors with a precise 1-inch color change interval. It comes in 2,000-yard cones.
February Special
50% OFF. Only $10.97 (reg. price is $21.95) No Limit until they're gone.
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"Emilie Elizabeth" is a quilt created by our guest in Episode 1604, Lynn Wilder, who takes the mystery out of using math to create seemingly complex quilts.
Lynn's Episode 1604: Taking the Fear Out of Math for Quilters, debuts Monday, February 16, 2015.
Once you see the quilt, you just might want to make one for yourself, and you can! The pattern is available online, click here to purchase.
Click here to visit Lynn's blog.
Emilie Elizabeth by Lynn Wilder - 36 pieces non-rotating
Emilie Elizabeth by Lynn Wilder - 100 pieces non-rotating
Emilie Elizabeth by Lynn Wilder - 289 pieces non-rotating
Emilie Elizabeth by Lynn Wilder - 36 pieces rotating
Emilie Elizabeth by Lynn Wilder - 100 pieces rotating
Emilie Elizabeth by Lynn Wilder - 289 pieces rotating
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Lee from Freshly Pieced is sharing her first tutorial for We All Sew. In it she shows you how to make and attach a quilt hanging sleeve to the back of a quilt with almost no hand-stitching. (Almost!) That got your attention, didn’t it?
You’ll need a few different presser feet for this technique:
Lee's tutorial is based on this excellent video by Felisa Quilts. But since the video is captioned in Japanese and all the measurements are in centimeters, WeAllSew asked her to break it down in English and inches. Check out the video anyway, to further illustrate how this works!
This tutorial is for a 4″ hanging sleeve; it's a bit larger than the one shown in the video, but it is standard for many shows here in the U.S.
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The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textile's theme for FiberShots this year is "Embellish Your World." Is your world full of flowers? Ocean? Mountains? Or abstract shapes and forms? Is much of your world virtual? Whatever inspires you, they hope you will translate it into a 16" square for FiberShots. The deadline for submission has been extended from February 20 until February 27.
This year they will have a reverse auction, with prices beginning at $300. After three weeks, all remaining FiberShots will be $150, and in the final weeks, $75. Museum members will have the first opportunity to purchase before the opening reception of Common Threads, on March 15.
Click here for the entry form.
Help support the museum!
Current Exhibits:
November 15, 2014 – March 1, 2015
Antique Ohio Amish Quilts from the Darwin D. Bearley Collection
January 10, 2015 – March 1, 2015
Amish: The Modern Muse II
Striped Amish, 2014 Pamela Rocco
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
520 First Street
San Jose, California 95113
(P) 408-971-0323 ext 23
(F) 408-971-7226
www.sjquiltmuseum.org
Twitter: @SJQuiltMuseum
Facebook: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
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Alex and Ricky welcomed Lynn Wilder to the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles where they taped her episode.
Lynn's Episode 1604: Taking the Fear Out of Math for Quilters, debuts Monday, February 16, 2015.
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