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If you enjoyed Valerie White's (Episode 1508) tips for creating one of a kind and fun prayer flags and Elizabeth Hartman's fun lettering, you might want to view these other shows for ideas on how to add more creative techniques to your quilts. 

Remember:  As a Star Member, you have access to EVERY SHOW, EVERY TEACHER, AND EVERY TECHNIQUE...PLUS, in our Show Techniques Sampler lessons, we're creating small projects to practice some of the techniques taught in the current shows.

 Over 150 top teachers at your fingertips for just 21¢ a show. 

Painted quilt canvas
with Katie Pasquini Masopust (Episode 906)

 Enhance your printed fabrics using colored pencils and watercolors
with Lura Schwarz Smith (Episode 702)

Stitch up some fun and wonky word quilts
with Tonya Ricucci (Episode 907)

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Marilyn Badger's quilt, Exuberance, won the Yuko Watanabe Best of Show Award at PIQF 2014. Congratulations Marilyn!

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Heading off to Houston for the quilt show soon?  Do you have a creative strap for that camera?  This week's quick project from We All Sew is an adjustable camera strap that is much gentler on your neck AND it's much more attractive.

Using a variety of fun fabrics from your stash, you can whip this up just in time to hit the show floor.

Come visit the TQS booth (1016), 'cause we have lots of quilt artists stopping by. 
It's the perfect opportunity to grab a selfie with your favorite star quilter.

Don't forget the Meet-n-Greet at 1:00 pm daily! Meet old friends and make new friends.

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The Pacific International Quilt Festival Opens today and runs through October 19, 2014.  Are you going?

Want to do a little shopping while you are there, here are a list of vendors.

Stay tuned for images from the show.

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If you are heading out to for the PIQF (Pacific International Quilt Festival) show this week, be sure to stop by and see the warm and delicious works created by Sonya Lee Barrington being exhibited in the Special Exhibit area. 

If you think that wool is only for making clothes, Sonya's re-purposed wool items for the home will have you looking at this versatile fiber in a whole new way.  Want to learn how to work with this natural fiber?  Sonya shows you the tricks in her show (Episode 1012).

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Making your on the go quilting even more fun with this cool new tool designed by (and patent pending!) quilt artist (Episode 1507) Cheryl S.See.  We know you are going to love it as much as we do. 

The Quilt Scroll ™ offers:

• generous storage for basic quilting supplies like, needles, thimble and multiple spools of thread.
  
• a hole in the end cap that allows thread to be dispensed easily. 
  
• a dual-purpose handle that changes the Quilt Scroll ™ from a portable design mat to a temporary design wall. 
  
• a way to tuck pins and needles under the Velcro tabs. You can also thread multiple needles at home where the light is good before you quilt on-the-go.
  
• a spot on the label that can be used to hold a small pair of scissors.

Not sure what this tool is about, check out the video and we know you will be hooked.

We only have a limited amount (and there is one less because Alex bought one) in stock, so get them while they last.

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Been eyeing that new BERNINA?  Now is the time! Saturday, October 18, 2014, BERNINA is having a great deal.  Pay 0% Interest for 48 months!

Click here to find your local BERNINA dealer.

Offer good on BERNINA purchases of $3,000 or more, made with your BERNINA Credit Card on October 18, 2014.  Forty-eight Equal Monthly Payments required.

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Photo by Gregory Case Photography

Join us in Episode 1508 as we explore new techniques  with mixed-media textile artist Valerie C. White who reveals the pleasures and rewards of creating prayer flags from leftover fabric scraps. Valerie, one of 44 artists invited by the Historical Society Museum in Washington, DC, to create a quilt celebrating the 2008 election of Barack Obama, shows how she produces her thoughtfully constructed little (5" x 11") artworks, and shares ideas for enhancing them with hand and machine stitching, paint sticks, watercolor pencils, and markers.

Then we switch gears for a field visit with busy Oregon quilter Elizabeth Hartman. Elizabeth - known for her clean modern style, use of bright color, and masterful handling of negative space, demos her favorite technique for making pieced letters.

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Running November 15, 2014 through March 1, 2015 is Two Color Wonders, a selection from the permanent collection of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles .  It features 19th and early 20th century quilts and woven coverlets that graphically illustrate the power of a limited palette.

Bear Paw Quilt (detail) c. 1890-1910

Cotton
74 x 72”
SJMQT 1999.264.004
Gift of Kim Waide and William Greene