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Enjoy some of the beautiful garments created for the Wearable Art Exhibit at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2012. Sponsored by Hobbs Bonded Fibers, the top winners were:
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Enjoy an oldie, but goodie, from Gayle Thomas - Quilt - A tribute to the unique and long-established art form of patchwork quilting. This is a short animated film which uses computer and experimental techniques to choreograph quilt motifs and designs to music.
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It's a long holiday weekend and what better way to kick back and relax than watch a FREE episode of The Quilt Show!
FREE to all members, November 22 - November 25, watch Episode 608 - Mastering Machine Applique with Pat Holly, who along with her sister, Sue Nickels, has designed the 2013 BOM Block of the Month.
Pat shares her prize-capturing techniques for successful circles and also shows us how she uses decorative machine stitching to create background fabric for her applique work and reveals her personal sampler book of decorative stitches.
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The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show is looking for an Executive Director for 2013. The Executive Director works in partnership with the Board of Directors and the staff to provide leadership, vision, and management for the Sisters Outdor Quilt Show and related events. Is this person you?
Learn more about the position by clicking here.
The deadline for the application is January 10, 2013 with a start dated of March 1, 2013 as the chosen candidate will train with the current Executive Director through the July 2013 show, after which the new Executive Director will assume full responsibility.
Watch the video to learn more about the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. That's Ann Richardson below, the current Executive Director.
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Two of Us, the beautiful 2013 BOM quilt created by award winning sisters, Sue Nickels and Pat Holly, has all the makings of a future family heirloom.
Get your fabric kit now, so that you're ready to join the fun when we launch the first pattern segment on January 1, 2013!
Each kits contains 14 1/4 yards of fabric (top only) for $149.95 + S&H. With limited quantities, these kits are sure to sell out quickly!
Join as a Star Member and get all of the BOM 2013 patterns for FREE.
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Daniela Stout (Episode 1110) feels pretty confident that you are going to love her fast and fun technique for creating stunning quilts using 2 1/2" strips. She even offered our TQS members a chance to win some sweet treats. Eight of you were selected:
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Congratulations to those who were selected. Your treat will arrive in the mail shortly!
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What if you’re not in control of the Thanksgiving Feast? What if someone else is in charge of all the cooking, and you have no say over what is going to be served? What if the person doing the cooking doesn’t think the same way you do about food and healthy nutrition?
What do you do?
Admission: control freak here. And I find myself in the position I described in the first paragraph–I am not in control of the Thanksgiving meal! And then I found myself going through the process I listed above. Gah! It was almost like going through the stages of grief!
All of us are in different places in our relationship with food. Right now I am at a point where I am very serious about trying to lose some weight and eat as healthily as possible. So after I got over being mad/sad/whining/giving up, and after my good friend reminded me that it was my responsibility to moderate my intake, not my hosts, I made a plan.
I looked at the menu and noticed that there was no fruit. I will ask nicely if I can bring a fruit salad. I have all the fruit ready and have a terrific recipe in my head. I also bought a bag of baby carrots to add to the hors d’oeuvres’ platter. If they don’t want a fruit salad, I will bring an apple with me, and eat it in the car on the drive over. That way I won't be too hungry and it will be easier to make good choices.
If all else fails (meaning, I eat too much,) I will be kind and remind myself that it is one day. And that is what it is. I am not eating differently up to the day, and I will not eat differently after the day.
Oh, and maybe I should spend a little more time thinking about the real meaning of the day…
If you want to read more, check out my blog, Debby Weighs In!
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Join Lauren Vlcek in her classroom this week as she shows you how to enhance your little quilt project using basic hand stitches. Remember:
This class is FREE to all members.
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Award-winning Gammill quilting artist, Linda Thielfoldt, shares with you her tips and tools for marking your quilts.
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One of my friends calls the holiday season--Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas--the Trifecta of Diet Doom! It can seem like that. We can be tempted to just give up and indulge this time of year.
With just a substitution or two, you can turn your Thanksgiving feast into something just as delicious, but a whole lot healthier. Here are two of my favorite "special" vegetable recipes from the past year.
First up is a green bean recipe that will put that old green bean casserole recipe to shame. I cannot tell a lie. I had nothing to do with this recipe, except to enjoy it. It is Balsamic Glazed Green Beans and Pearl Onions. A most worthy side dish at only 53 calories per serving!
Next is one of my all-time favorite "comfort food" recipes. The original recipe came in my health insurance newsletter--so it has to be healthy, right? It is Cauliflower Potato Bake--somewhat reminiscent of potatoes au gratin. It is definitely healthified, at only 66 calories per serving. I actually think this dish is perfect paired with baked ham. Because everybody knows you have to have MASHED potatoes with turkey, right? Tada! I give you Mashed Cauliflower. Don't turn your nose up at it until you try it. It only took me two years of hearing about it before I would try it! And now its one of my favorite veggies. I felt especially vindicated when I heard some of the top chefs on The Food Network mentioning 'cauliflower mash.' Its so good and creamy that you don't even need gravy. (But at only 40 calories per serving, you can enjoy a little gravy on top!)
I've started a discussion topic in the Forum under The Healthy Quilter, where we can all share some of our favorite healthy Thanksgiving recipes. If you have a good one, I'd love to hear from you.
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