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It is with great pride and pleasure that we reveal our 2013 TQS Quilting Legend: quiltmaker, artist, and author, Michael James. Our first stop is the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where Michael serves as Chair and Ardis James Professor of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design. UN-L is also home to the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, and we're treated to insights on the collections from Michael and Carolyn Ducey, Curator of Collections.

Then Michael reveals how he transitioned from painter to textile artist, and the evolution of his work in the process. In addition, he shares a technique for enhancing a wholecloth quilt, and welcomes us to his home for a tour of his studio, a peek at his fabric collection, and a preview of the newest piece on his design wall. It's a fabulous finale to Series 1300!

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Enjoy warm winter wishes from TQS Member, kheystee (aka Kathy Heystee) of Lokeford, CA. Kathy's piece, Merry Christmas, is a colored, embroidered, pieced, appliqued, and beaded project and is perfect for the holiday season.

Thank you for sharing your quilt, Kathy, and remember we will be giving away one of Ricky's Rhapsody quilts to a lucky TQS member once the quilt gallery reaches 36,000 quilts.  Click here to learn more.

Merry Christmas - 36 pieces non-rotating

Merry Christmas - 100 pieces non-rotating

Merry Christmas - 289 pieces non-rotating

Merry Christmas - 100 pieces rotating

Merry Christmas - 289 pieces rotating

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Alex sits down and talks with Bill Kerr at Quilt Market in Houston 2013.  Bill, along with his wife, Weeks Ringle, is the founder of Modern Quilt Studio.

Bill, discusses their latest book featuring their daughter, Sophie, A Kid's Guide to Sewing, from FunStitch Studio and C&T Publishing.

They also talk about Bill and Week's latest fabric collection, The Color Collection, and their magazine, Modern Quilts Illustrated.

You'll also want to see how the Modern Quilt Studio booth is put together.  It is an ode to design and simplicity.

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Of all the holiday movies,"It's a Wonderful Life" is still my favorite,  I actually love the first part the best when he is so happy and dancing and falling into the pool. Every year I am surprised by how good Jimmy Stewart's acting really is.  

This year, however, I added another "must-watch" to my list. Having seen the "live" version of Sound of Music recently broadcast with Carrie Underwood, I decided I wanted to take the time and give my undivided attention to Julie Andrew's version of the musical.  It was just wonderful!

On a completely different "note," I also enjoy watching a good "lawyer" show.  My latest binge viewing was "The Good Wife."  It's a great show where the main character, Alicia, has to provide for her family by returning to work as a litigator after her husband, a former state attorney, is caught up in a scandal.

From "life to wife" it's all good fun!

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Here is Part II of The Many Faces of Jerusalem, shown at IQF Houston 2013. It is meant to express what the personal image of Jerusalem is to the quilter who made each piece.  It is presented by the Israeli Quilters Assocation.  

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Come on! I bet everybody who reads my blog can guess what I watch during the holidays! I watch The Food Network and The Cooking Channel, of course! Honestly, my attention span is rather short these days, and I enjoy watching television shows rather than movies most of the time. I never cook the actual recipes from these shows--butter!oil!sugar!more butter! But I get lots of ideas for flavor combining that I come home and adapt to my low fat way of eating.

I also love the TV series "Doc Martin." And for actual Christmas shows, I will show my age and profess my love for the original cartoon version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and of course the Peanuts classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas." I tear up EVERY TIME Linus reads the Christmas story!

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It is with great pride and pleasure that we reveal our 2013 TQS Quilting Legend: quiltmaker, artist, and author, Michael James. Join Alex and Ricky on the set at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where Michael serves as Chair and Ardis James Professor of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design. UN-L is also home to the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. Here they we're treated to insights on the collections from Michael and Carolyn Ducey, Curator of Collections. 

Michael's episode debuts on Monday, December 23.

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If you think a longarm is complicated machine, wait until you see what these ladies used ON THEIR HAIR!

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Join Lyric Kinard for Lesson 3 in her Sumptuous Silks classroom as she shows you how to bring an extra touch of elegance to your silk scarf with a simple beaded fringe.

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There's a new quilt show in town, and that town is Phoenix, AZ! AQS QuiltWeek® in Phoenix will be held in the Phoenix Convention Center, February 5-8, 2014.

Click here to go to the show's website.

Here is the list of instructors, you might recongize a few as guests of TQS:

Jinny Beyer, VA
Elaine Brelsford, KY
Bonnie Browning, KY
Karen Kay Buckley, PA
Melinda Bula, CA
Nancy Brenan Daniel, AZ
Noriko Endo, JAPAN
John Flynn, MT
Barbara Groves, AZ
Klaudeen Hansen, WI
Mary Andra Holmes, AZ
Mary Jacobson, AZ
Mary Ellen Kranz, NC
Judi Madsen, UT
Freddy Moran, CA
Linda M. Poole, PA
Nancy Prince, FL
Bob Purcell, UT
Cindy Seitz-Krug, AZ
Lisa Sipes, KS
Anita Grossman Solomon, NY
Mary Stori, NC
Eileen Urbanek, TX
Sarah Vedeler, AZ