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TQS is giving its Star members a gift for the New Year! We are making Ricky's Grand Finale available for you to watch as many times as you want from Jan 1 - March 31, 2013.

Ricky's Grand Finale is one of the largest selling DVDs in quilting. Why? Because Ricky guides you through 2 hours of the techniques you need to finish your quilt in a grand fashion.

Don't Miss The Techniques that will make your quilt Shine!  

 

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Let's start the New Year with a Celebration by TQS member, quiltlady2200, otherwise known as Shirlee Carter.  Shirlee made the quilt for her local quilt guild challenge.  She waited five years to make Celebration after acquiring the pattern and fabric.  Her celebration was finally having acquired the skills to make it.  And, it won 1st place - art quilts in the Santa Rosa Quilters Guild Challenge 2011!

How about you?  What are you going to accomplish in 2013?

Celebration - 36 pieces non-rotating

Celebration - 100 pieces non-rotating

Celebration - 289 pieces non-rotating

Celebration - 100 pieces rotating

Celebration - 289 pieces rotating

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Star Members are in for a real treat. CLICK "WATCH SHOWS" on the menu buttons above and enjoy the first episode of Season 12 - Sue Nickels in The ABCs of (Award-Winning) Quilted Feathers.

Sue shares her secrets behind her fabulous quilted feathers. You'll love her simple approach to designing even the most complex motifs...and her favorite tips?  Ricky shares an impromptu musical interlude with talented TQS member Rita Connolly, and we go on the road to meet Kathy Plank, who gives us a taste of the annual Sisters (OR) Home and Garden Tour, including stops at some colorful, quilt-bedecked gardens.

Join the fun as Sue kicks off the New Year and Season 12!

As a New Year's Gift, all members can still watch Episode 402 - Quilting to Perfection with Sue, Nancy Brown(applique), Judy Mathieson (piecing), and Katie Pasquini (art) also through January 1.

(photo: Gregory Case)

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Today, December 31st is the last day to download the 2012 BOM patterns.  Once they are gone, they are off the site forever.

Click here to download patterns.

Libby has agreed to extend the video A Day of Threadplay through Jan 1 because of viewer requests. This video is Available as our thank you to all STAR members.  Don't miss your last chance to watch this fabulous instructive video!  There will be a DVD online every quarter this year.

A Day of Threadplay gives you plenty of colorful inspiration while teaching you Libby's magical techniques and tips for:

• Gorgeous ribbon illusions
• Sheer stitching, thread painting, bobbin drawing, and couching
• Working with metallic threads
• Giving your work a professional finish

To watch a Day of Threadplay, click on the icon just underneath the navigation bar at the top of your screen.

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Just an FYI everyone - show 1201 with Sue Nickels will air on Jan 1, 2013. We had to respect the date (over showing it on Monday the 31st as we normally do) for programming reasons. As an aside - Sue Nickels hit it out of the park - I LOVED the show!!!! It has changed how I will approach drawing custom feathers......

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Jennifer Rounds at See How We Sew has created a sweet paper-pieced Angel for the holidays. This wonderful embellished piece has a beautiful spirit and might be just the way to start your new year.

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This week's puzzle, Beauty of the Beast, was created by TQS member, hedgesstuff, AKA Margery O. Hedges and was juried into the International Quilt Festival in Houston 2012.

Margery's artist statement:

This is my vision of a family of horses, Dad standing proud and tall, Mom leaning protectively over her baby (giving you the evil eye!), and the colt just standing there looking so cute! The horses are all painted and appliquéd. The virtual border of lone stars is pieced and appliquéd onto the background.

Beauty of the Beast - 36 pieces non-rotating

Beauty of the Beast - 100 pieces non-rotating

Beauty of the Beast - 100 pieces rotating

Beauty of the Beast - 300 pieces non-rotating

Beauty of the Beast - 300 pieces rotating

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Click on the button to get an even closer look!

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Are you a TQS Star Member? If you are, did you know that you can watch A Day of Threadplay with Libby Lehman online for FREE as many times as you'd like until December 31?  December 31st is just days away - Don't miss it!

A Day of Threadplay gives you plenty of colorful inspiration while teaching you Libby's magical techniques and tips for:

• Gorgeous ribbon illusions
• Sheer stitching, thread painting, bobbin drawing, and couching
• Working with metallic threads
• Giving your work a professional finish

Remember: This 75-MINUTE ONLINE TEACHING VIDEO is a bonus for Star Members.

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Susan and Kay talk about the Spanish Hem Stitch.  This stitch was traditionally done by hand, but now you can do it on your machine with Bernina's Spanish Hem Stitch attachment.  It is a technique used to join ribbons or strips of fabric and, when completed, creates an open lacey look.  In the This and That Embellishment Sampler, Susan and Kay joined ribbon and then overlaid it onto fabric.