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Here's a charming quilt featuring vintage redwork baskets and pieced blocks.  It was created by Rosie Deleon-McCrady.  You can make this quilt yourself.  For more information, click here to visit Rosie's website, www.redworkplus.com.

Star Members can learn more about Rosie in Episode 1509: Seeing Red: Ramp Up Your Redwork! which debuts on October 27, 2014.

Vintage Redwork Baskets by Rosie Deleon-McCrady - 35 pieces non-rotating

Vintage Redwork Baskets by Rosie Deleon-McCrady - 99 pieces non-rotating

Vintage Redwork Baskets by Rosie Deleon-McCrady - 300 pieces non-rotating

Vintage Redwork Baskets by Rosie Deleon-McCrady - 99 pieces rotating

Vintage Redwork Baskets by Rosie Deleon-McCrady - 300 pieces rotating

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TQS visited the Pacific International Quilt Festival 2014.  Here are just a few of the prize-winning quilts.   You will recognize a number of the names as they have appeared as guests on the show. More to follow.

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Patricia Belyea, quilt maker, importer, and author of the Okan Arts blog, recently visited Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry in her new studio in Port Townsend, WA.  She invited TQS to come take a look as she toured the home and studio of this award-winning quilter.

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Looking for a way to sort all those hexies you've been making lately?  TQS member QuilterLynn gives a nod to Libby Lehman and organizes (by color) her little gems and notions in a Superior Thread organizer.  What a clever girl!!

Do you have a clever way to store some of your projects?  Let us know. Click here to head on over to Show & Tell and enter your storage system into the "Getting It All Together" area.

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Time is running out - don't forget to enter!

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Tired of sewing the same old blocks? Here’s what you’ve been waiting for: a bonanza of 75 modern quilt blocks from best-selling modern designer Elizabeth Hartman.

You’ll love these fresh angular designs inspired by city life, and the mix-and-match possibilities are endless! Elizabeth gets you started with 6 complete sampler quilts to sew. Each block is shown in 3 different fabric palettes. The book includes easy-to-follow cutting charts and instructions for every block. Some have full-size freezer-paper templates. Change up blocks, sizes, or fabrics to embark on a limitless exploration of modern style.

Hot off the presses and sure to be a huge hit, TQS has FIVE copies of this great new book and you could win a copy of your own!!!

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Starts today!

The auction will be held at  www.InspiredByLibby.com.

Clara Lawrence created a wonderful video to highlight the beautiful quilts that have been Inspired by Libby and created as an auction fundraiser to help Libby Lehman with her medical expenses.  This collection also includes three quilts created by Libby's mother, Catherine Anthony.

The silent auction quilt made by Clara Lawrence is also in this video. It will be available to bid on in person at the International Quilt Show in Houston from Wed, October 29 through Sunday November 2.

Please note. All quilts (except for Catherine Anthony's) will continue onto the AQS Show in Paducah in April 2015. After that show, they will be shipped to their new owners.

The auction will be held October 22 through November 5, 2014. 

Click here for a Libby Update.

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Did you remember? Here is the Handi Quilter Best of Show 2013, Chihuly's Gondola, by Melissa Sobotka!  Who will win this year? Stay tuned!

Look below for a Quilt Alliance "Go Tell It at the Quilt Show! interview with Melissa Sobotka" about her award-winning quilt. 

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A truly heartfelt thank you goes out to everyone who contributed to Libby Lehman's Medical Fund and who were also entered to win Pinatina I created by Libby herself.  We were overwhelmed with thousands of entries.  But the final winner is....

Debbie Goldshot from Beaver Creek, Ohio

Congratulations!!!