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With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we thought you might need some help with gift ideas.  Every Monday, for the next three weeks, we will have an idea for a quick-and-easy project to make for those you love.

Are you looking for a Valentine's Day gift for that special cook in your life? How about a set of heart pot holders?  We found these cuties, which can be whipped up in an evening, at Made by Me.

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Hey Everybody! I'm heading to the great state of Delaware in April! Join me and special guest, Alex Anderson, at my Super Quilt Seminar in Newark, April 16-18.

I urge all quilters living within the green zone to attend. Alex and I will share information for quilters of all types: traditional to contemporary, beginning to advanced. The seminar requires no supply list and there is no sewing! How can this be productive? How does a quilter learn in a seminar environment? I guarantee this style of teaching will keep you riveted to the lessons and inspired when you leave! There are only a couple of weeks left to register at the Early Bird price so don't miss out! I look forward to meeting you there!  -- Ricky

April 16-18, 2015 at The University of Delaware, John M. Clayton Hall

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We love Alex's fabric line, RED, from RJR Fabrics. Here she's created an adorable pattern, Snip, which is available for download on the RJR site.  Isn't the scissor border great?

Click here to get the pattern.

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It's almost time for Road to California and TQS will be there! Stop by the booth and say "Hi!" If that isn't enough, Alex and Ricky will be teaching this year.

Alex:

On Friday – Beautifully Quilted and Fabric A to Z – Class 50019R
On Saturday – Scrap Crazy and Studio Dream Tours – Class 6018R

Ricky:

On Friday - Improvisational Patchwork, Kool Kaleidoscope & Convergence Quilts - Class 5018R
On Saturday - Rhapsody Quilt and Machine Quilting Overload - Class 6017R

Some of you might remember when we found all of these license plates in the Road to California parking lot in 2010. Once again showing that creativity has no bounds, we present Quilters Hit the Road.

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Crossroad is the "cover girl quilt" for Sally's book, Borders, Bindings & Edges. It was designed and machine pieced by Sally in 2003 and was quilted by Kathleen Pappas of Los Angeles, CA.  It has a sampling of various borders including a sawtooth border, a checkerboard border, a dogtooth border and a final "plain" mitered border.

Click here to visit Sally's website.  Click here to order Sally's book.

Crossroad by Sally Collins - 36 pieces non-rotating

Crossroad by Sally Collins - 100 pieces non-rotating

Crossroad by Sally Collins - 289 pieces non-rotating

Crossroad by Sally Collins - 100 pieces rotating

Crossroad by Sally Collins - 289 pieces rotating

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Vivaldi by Moonlight, created by Sandra Leichner of Albany, OR, won Best of Show at Road to California 2015.  This wholecloth original quilt was quilted on a domestic machine.  Sandra created the dragonflies using hand embroidery.

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Take a peek at a few of the winners for 2015 AQS QuiltWeek® – Albuquerque.  Click here to head on over the AQS site to see photos of some of the quilts and a list of all the winners.

Want to see some of them close up?

Dreamtime, by Antonia Hering, winner of the Best Hand Quilted Award, can be found here as a TQS Zoom Quilt.

The Birds' Perspective - Life at the Water's Edge, by Ann Horton, winner of the Best Original Design Award, can be found here as a TQS Zoom Quilt.

Snow Flowers, by Susan Stewart, winner of  Best Home Machine Quilted Award can be found here as a TQS Zoom Quilt. And found here in detail.

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These fabulous Jinny Beyer place mats require only a border print!  On her website she offers the free pattern and a whole bunch of fabric that would be perfect for the job.  Click here to go to Jinny's site.

You might want to watch her video, Using Border Prints, in the TQS Classroom.  Click here to go the video.

Jinny has also appeared in two TQS Episodes, 313 as our TQS Quilting Legend 2008, and 601: Perfect Your Hand Piecing.