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Enjoy the whimsical work of Lynette Anderson as she shares some of her wonderful creativity with TQS.  Lynette's patterns can be found at  www.littlequiltstore.com.
 

Star Members can watch Lynette, TQS BOM 2015 Designer, in Episode 1601: Trunk Show, Travel Talk, and Tools & Techniques.

 
 
Click to play this Smilebox slideshow

 

We start the year with Lynette, Sharon Schamber and Sally Collins. Don't miss a show with these amazing teachers!
 

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Do you ever have to sew a partial seam?  Don't know what a partial seam is?  Watch this video from Laura Nownes and add another tool to your quilting toolbelt.
 
Star Members can watch Laura in Episode 710: Conquering the Y-Seam Tumble.
 

You can also learn how to quilt with Laura in her TQS Classroom: Contemporary Quilt Sampler.  

In this class, Laura walks you through all the steps of making a quilt, from start to finish!

 

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This is a nine-part block of the month from Lynette, which was inspired by her family pets, Hugo the dog and felines Fatcat, Freckle, and Felix. Approximate finished size of the quilt 54" x 62." It has a combination of appliqué, simple piecing, stitchery and fabulously fun yo-yos.  The pattern is available here.

Star Members can watch Lynette, TQS BOM 2015 Designer, in Episode 1601: Trunk Show, Travel Talk, and Tools & Techniques.

A Kittens Tale BOM by Lynette Anderson - 36 pieces non-rotating

A Kittens Tale BOM by Lynette Anderson - 100 pieces non-rotating

A Kittens Tale BOM by Lynette Anderson - 289 pieces non-rotating

A Kittens Tale BOM by Lynette Anderson - 100 pieces rotating

A Kittens Tale BOM by Lynette Anderson - 289 pieces rotating

 

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The Ricky Tims Super Seminar is ready to start. This is a fun and original event location. Take a look.

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ArtCall is a web-based registration, judging and exhibition system for art organizations, museums and galleries.  Here you'll find current and upcoming entries for organizations like the Quilt Alliance, SAQA, and the Modern Quilt Guild, just to name a few.
 
Here's what they say about their site:
 

ArtCall gives artists the ability to enter juried shows completely on-line. Artist contact information, artwork descriptions and digital photos are uploaded directly by the artist into the exhibit database by filling out simple web-based forms. The system can also accommodate registration payment via PayPal or third party shopping cart.

Exhibit organizers can then access all the artist and artwork data directly via the web-based database. Administrators can edit the artist and artwork data as needed. Artist data can be exported directly from the system to prepare letters of acceptance and rejection.

 

ArtCall also provides an on-line system for jurying the entered artwork. Jurors, from any location can view the artwork photos, read the artist statements, make private comments, and then vote. The system provides a private set of ballots for each juror for each piece. Administrators can see the final tally and the number of votes cast for each work.

 

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RJR is kicking off the New Year with Pixie Party’s Radiant. In this amazing contemporary quilt design, light and dark accents collide to create the radiating and shimmering effects of a mountain spring. Made in fabrics from the Jinny Beyer Palette and Handspray, this quilt is the perfect project for a snowy day.

The kit comes completely precut, including the sub-cuts, making this project easy as 1, 2, 3. Radiant finishes at 62" by 71" inches, making it a perfect throw size. The pattern by Cozy Quilt Designs, provides instructions for four additional sizes.


To find a participating Pixie Party shop near you, visit www.pixie-land.com.
 
If you like Cozy Quilt Designs, watch Episode 1110 - Come to the "Strip Club" ... Rated G! which features Daneila Stout, designer and publisher of Cozy Quilt patterns.

 

 
 
 

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Did you know a long arm machine could do this? Apparently, an Innova Sequin Stitcher can! Wouldn't this be great for creating art quilts or specialty garments?

Want to see what else it can do? Click here.

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It's time for one of the men to step up to the microphone and answer our ten questions.  Here's what Jerry had to say.

 
 
 
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The purpose of the "Mito Quilts of Hope" Project is twofold:  to raise public awareness of Mitochondrial Disease by educating quilters and to have them make and donate quilts to patients.
 
Mitochondrial Disease includes a group of neuromuscular diseases caused by damage to intracellular structures that produce energy (the mitochondria); disease symptoms usually involve muscle contractions that are weak or spontaneous.
 
The project was conceived by Christine Knox, who has Mito herself, and who wanted to do something to help raise awareness of the disease.
 
Christine is now putting what energy she has towards her Mito Quilts of Hope project, which raises awareness and provides support by sending handmade quilts to others with mitochondrial disease. Every stitch will give hope for finding a treatment and eventually a cure for this disease, while bringing warmth to someone who is very ill. It is her goal to give a quilt to every person diagnosed with Mitochondrial Disease in Canada and the US within 5 years.
 
 
 
Christine Knox — Image Credit: Daniel Palmer/News Staff
 

 

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Have lots of leftover fabric scraps from all your holiday creativity?  Here's a simple way to put them to use.  Make your own fabric twine! Cintia at My Poppet shows you what to do.