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Photo by Gregory Case Photography

Do you get nervous just thinking about curved seams? Fear not! In this "tip-top" show (Episode 1105), fiber artist, designer, teacher, and author Cara Gulati is on hand to demonstrate her fabulous, no-fuss, pin-free technique for sewing curves. She also reveals the simplicity and versatility of freezer-paper templates, with a bounty of tips for making, marking, using, and removing them, and Ricky unveils his top five tips for machine quilting. This show is loaded with ideas, info, and inspiration. Don't miss it!

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New quilt festivals are coming up in the Fall.  Will you be attending?

Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XIX

Oaks, Pennsylvania (Valley Forge Area)

September 13-16, 2012

Instructors include (but are not limited to) some TQS guests such as Gloria Loughman, Pepper Cory, Robbi Joy Eklow, Sue Nickels, and Pat Yamin

Pacific International Quilt Festival XXI

Santa Clara, California (Bay Area)

October 11-14, 2012

Instructors include (but are not limited to) more TQS guests such as Esterita Austin, Rose Hughes, Frieda Anderson, and our own Photo Man, Gregory Case.

(Quilt: America, Let It Shine by TQS Member Sherry Reynolds - Winner of the Yuko Watanabe BEST OF SHOW Awards at PIQF XX, 2012)

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To work the new puzzle, Colossal Swirls, click here.

This bold, colorful quilt, Star Gazer, is the latest art quilt from Cara Gulati.  Completed in 2012 it is a large quilt, 92" x 74."  A wonderful mix of stripes and curves adds dimension and delight to the joyful design.

You can learn how Cara does it in Episode 1105 - Curves Ahead...and More! debuting August 27, 2012.

Star Gazer - 35 pieces non-rotating

Star Gazer - 99 pieces non-rotating

Star Gazer - 99 pieces rotating

Star Gazer - 300 pieces non-rotating

Star Gazer - 300 pieces rotating

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Do you know who made this dress and how they did it?  We'll give you some hints:

• It was created using one of Alex' favorite tools.
• It is called the "Kakapo Parrot Dress."
• It was designed for the Gabby Wild Foundation.
• The designer was part of a famous TV show.

It was designed by Jay McCarroll, the winner of the 1st season of Project Runway. Jay studied fashion design at the former Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, now Philadelphia University, where he currently teaches.

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Today is Justin's 48th today! Join us in wishing him many happy returns! 

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While he was in Nebraska, Captain John stopped by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and visited the International Quilt Study Center & Museum.  While there he came upon the exhibit, Jean Ray Laury: Getting It All Together.  The Museum was kind enough to let him take and share photos of the exhibit.

Here is information from the Museum about the exhibit.  The Museum website has quite a bit of additional information and more quilt photos.

March 2 - September 2, 2012

Curation of Jean Ray Laury: Getting It All Together

Nancy Bavor, guest curator

Jonathan Gregory, Assistant Curator of Exhibitions

Exhibitions Work Team

Marin Hanson, Curator of Exhibitions

Carolyn Ducey, Ph.D., Curator of Collections

Janet Price, Collections Manager

Jennifer Walker Graham, Exhibitions Assistant

Jean Ray Laury had it all together, so it seems,

and she taught other women how to live a balanced life in the roles they chose, making room for everyday creativity. This was Laury’s feminist viewpoint, one that appealed to women for whom a radical change in lifestyle was neither practical nor desirable.

The works of Laury’s hands and mind

reveal a woman who—as an artist, quiltmaker, feminist, mother, wife, homemaker, teacher, mentor, and author—combined the many ingredients of her life, along with a dash of humor, into an integrated whole. She “had it all together.”

Jean Ray Laury: Getting It All Together features Laury’s quilts,

artworks in other media, and her personal and professional records selected from the IQSC Collections and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Archives and Special Collections. Laury donated her art and papers in 2010, a few months before her death on March 2, 2011. Unless otherwise noted, all items are drawn from this generous gift.

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This is one you won't want to miss.  C&T Publishing is having their Annual Warehouse Sale on Saturday, September 8th.  It is open to the general public from 11am - 3pm.  This is a wonderful opportunity to save HUGE on books and products for quiltmaking, fiber arts, needle arts, mixed-media and papercrafts. Overstocked items are priced from $2-$5, where original prices were up to $29.95.

Can't make it to the warehouse? You can still take advantage of our great bargains by shopping their online Summer Sizzler Sale - subscribe to their newsletter to be notified of online sale dates.

C & T can be found at 1651 Challenge Drive, Concord, California.

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Are you following along with Laura Nownes in her Contemporary Sampler Classroom?  Fellow TQS members share some of their own great tips (in the Forum) and images based on the quarter-square triangles covered in Lesson 3. 

Remember, the Forum is also a great place to post questions about quilting that YOU might have.

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Win 2 free tickets to the biggest quilt event in New York City this fall-Quilters Take Manhattan on September 15, 2012.  One lucky winner and a friend will be out guest at this 2nd annual event presented by the nonprofit Quilt Alliance.  Here's the scoop:

• Saturday, September 15 from 1-5 pm at FIT in the heart of the NYC fashion district.
  

• Denyse Schmidt will be interviewed by Mark Lipinski for the Alliance’s oral history project, Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories.
  

• Next Jennifer Chiaverini will talk about the new book in her Elm Creek Quilts series “The Giving Quilt,” then take questions from the audience.
  

• See quilts from Denyse and Jennifer, and also preview the 2012 Alliance contest quilts (up for auction in November).
  

• Beverages and a sweets buffet.

• A lively silent auction.

Don’t miss the After Dark party from 7:30-9:30 pm to be held at the home and studio of Victoria Findlay Wolfe co-founder of the New York City Metro Area Modern Quilt Guild and owner of Bumble Beans, Inc.  This won’t be your typical wine and cheese fundraiser—guests will have a chance to create an improvisational quilt while being serenaded to fiddle tunes played by longtime Quilt Alliance champion Alan Jabbour!

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Never fear curved piecing again! In this "tip-top" episode, fiber artist, designer, teacher, and author Cara Gulati is on hand to demonstrate her fabulous, no-fuss, pin-free technique for sewing curves. She also reveals the simplicity and versatility of freezer-paper templates, with a bounty of tips for making, marking, using, and removing them, and Ricky unveils his top five tips for machine quilting. This show is loaded with ideas, info, and inspiration. Don't miss it!