Bernina was kind enough to share photos of their factory in Steckborn, Switzerland, as well as, their office outside of Chicago, Illinois. Here's your chance to get a look at how these wonderful sewing machines are put together.
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Bernina was kind enough to share photos of their factory in Steckborn, Switzerland, as well as, their office outside of Chicago, Illinois. Here's your chance to get a look at how these wonderful sewing machines are put together.
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This month, TQS Block of the
Month designer, Sarah Vedeler, will have you adding the setting "triangles" to create a big circle, and then adding a paper pieced circular border. The setting "triangles" are a great place to feature some really cool quilting or trapunto.
Check out the video for some ideas. You'll find a few templates for quilting included in the instructions.
Can't wait for September 8 and C&T Publishing's Warehouse sale? This weekend they are having an online Summer Sizller Blowout Sale! Over 50 titles will be on sale starting at $2.00 each? It's this weekend only!
Starts Friday, Aug 31 at 8pm (PST) and ends on Monday, Sept 3 at Midnight (PST). Stock is limited and once it's gone it's gone.
During the sale - you will see a link on the left side bar leading you to the sale!
No link? Either its too early or you are too late....
The warehouse sale at their office located at 1651 Challenge Drive, Concord, CA is on Saturday, September 8th! Open to re-sellers with valid license from 9:00am to 11:00am and the general public from 11:00am to 3:00pm.
Online Sale will end promptly at Midnight on Monday September 3rd. Prices not valid on phone or mail orders.
Your day will be much brighter after spending time at the color-filled home and studio of Cara Gulati.
Cara shares photos of her work space and fabulous quilts (photographed by our own Photo Man - Gregory Case).
Take a look, but before you start, you might want to grab your shades.
You can watch Cara at work in Episode 1105: Curves Ahead...and More.
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We thought you might enjoy another winner from the AQS Grand Rapids Show. Birds in Hand was created by Mandie Burrell of King George, VA. (We think it just might be TQS Member, manburr75).
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We are in Bozeman, Montana to tape some more shows for TQS. We visited The Main Street Quilting Company and saw this sewing machine tractor. We knew that our friend Michael Hinton of Gammill Quilting Systems is an Antique Tractor enthusiast and we took this picture for him.

As we were leaving the hotel, we saw a room filled with SHOES!. The Ugg salesman was showing the Spring 2013 line to local stores. He said it was okay for you to get an advance look.




We at TQS are very excited to bring YOU a new set of 12 classes focusing on working with your long arm. Join us (beginning August 28, 2012) every other Tuesday as we share tips and tricks for success with award-winning Gammill artist, Linda Thielfoldt.
Lesson's will cover a variety of areas to include:
Join Linda as she helps you to add more 'accessories' to your quilting toolbox of knowledge. And we forgot to mention the best part. All of these lessons are FREE to everyone!!
In Lesson 1, Linda shares her favorite technique for quick loading a quilt onto the longarm.

Woo Hoo! Congratulations to TQS member CherylPlourde and friend, as you will be guests of Quilt Alliance at this 2nd annual event presented by the nonprofit dedicated to documenting, preserving and sharing the rich history of quilts and their makers.
Here are the details about the super quilting event:

As we continue our focus on getting YOUR studio organized, think vertical. By getting things up and off the floor or table you will be amazed at how much your work space will increase. Here are some great ideas to help you achieve vertical organization.
Pegboards can help corral a whole host of tools AND keep everything easily accessible. Pegboards can be found at most hardware stores, are inexpensive, and come in large sheets that can be cut down to size, which makes them a great "custom" solution regardless of the space available. To keep things even more streamlined and less visually busy, paint the pegboard to match your wall color.

Look at this great tip from Bernina's We All Sew for stashing your stabilizer. It's a hanging shoe storage rack.
Create a quick-and- easy design wall with this tip from TQS member mgbusb: Use interconnecting foam floor tiles! These tiles are generally used for children's play areas, but work equally well when attached to a wall with a few nails.
mgbusb says that "because they interlock, [the tiles] help hold each other to the wall." Covered with a sheet of batting cut to size, the design wall allows her to pin WIP (Works in Progress) without marring the walls.
