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Do you love fun ideas for holidays, gifts, and home decor?

Check out the projects area for free project downloads.

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4642_gammill_deluxe_drafting_chair.jpgWe at TQS want to extend a big THANK YOU! to Gammill Quilting Systems for their help and support for the last 5 years.  

As a Production Sponsor, they are a big reason that these full quality shows you are seeing this weekend are available to quilters worldwide.

And speaking of support, check out this wonderful Deluxe Drafing Chair.  It is perfect for Long arm quilting, sewing table work, and art, design, and drafting.  (Mat not included.)

It's easy to Enter.  Just click the button below and enter to win this great addition to your workroom.

If you can't wait, Click on the picture to purchase your own chair now.

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Don't miss shows 304, 308, 503, 604, 609, 807, 912  and the Linda Taylor lessons in the classroom.

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Wander into the sewing room of Linda Theilfoldt and get a look at her Gammill, her work area, her sewing helpers, and just a few of her quilts and garments.

For Star Members, Linda is featured in Episode 1006: Quilting for Garments: Watch and Wear where she talks about her roots, her mother was a garment maker, and brings a touch of humor to show & tell. She also shares tips and tricks for making quilted fashions and greating a "mock feather" on her long-arm machine.

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow

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We have great prizes for International Quilting Weekend. We have installed a new easier system for registering for Contests.

Just click the button below and sign up to win!

 

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  • A BERNINA 550 sewing machine (yes! a new machine!)
  • Gammill's Deluxe Chair-perfect for sewing at any machine
  • Fantastic assortment of books from AQS Publishing, plus a 1-year membership to American Quilter's Society
  • A selection of inspiring quilting books from C&T Publishing
  • AccuQuilt's GO! Baby die cutting machine, GO! Value Die, GO! Birds die, and a 6x12 Cutting Mat 
  • Bundle of 41 fat quarters from Ricky's Blended Solids collection, compliments of Red Rooster
  • Box of silk threads from Superior Threads
  • One of five DVDs from Why Quilts Matter
  • One of five Stitched: The Film DVDs  

                                      

 

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4658_searching_inbox_.jpgFor the very first time since this collection made its public debut in 1990 at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, visitors will experience ALL 82 historic masterworks of American quilt making selected from the world renowned Esprit Collection of Amish quilts.

These superb works, acknowledged masterpieces of design and needlework, were made between 1880 and 1950 by the Amish women in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

 

 

 See the original setting at Esprit Headquarters:  Click Here

Don't Miss ART OF THE QUILT - open NOW through Sunday March 18

So come to the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum. Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am to 7pm, and Sunday Noon to 5pm.
Admission $10
37North Market Street, Lancaster

Daily Tours of the Collection with Esprit Curator, Julie Silber

Tickets available online at www.artofthequilt.eventbrite.com, or by reservation at the door.
Tour Fee $15

 

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Why pay extra at other sites when you get classes included with your TQS membership? Take a look for Free this weekend.

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  • Free Motion Quilting with Patsy Thompson,
  • Colors & Border techniques by Jinny Beyer,
  • Photos on Fabric with Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero,
  • Piecing & Applique with Alex Anderson,
  • Long arm with Linda Taylor...whew! lots to do.

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This week TQS wraps up the nine-part series of Why Quilts Matter.  In Episode 9 - Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality, WQM explores the history of quilt scholarship and how the field has grown into a serious discipline generating material of interest-not just to the quilt world-but to a dozen other important areas from material culture to sociology.

Why Quilts Matter is available free to all Star Members through March 31, 2012. This is a gift for Star Members so make sure to be signed in.

All shows are now available!

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Here is a listing of all the episodes - you won't want to miss one!

Episode 1 - Quilts 101 - Antique and Contemporary Quilts
Episode 2 - Quilts Bring History Alive
Episode 3 - The Quilt Marketplace
Episode 4 - What is Art?
Episode 5 - Gee's Bend: "The Most Famous Quilts in America?"
Episode 6 - How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
Episode 7 - Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time
Episode 8 - Quilt Nation - 20,000,000 and Counting!
Episode 9 - Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Real

Now through the end of March 2012, TQS Members can purchase the series
at 20% off the DVD set price of $39.95! (discount does not apply to shipping)

 

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Greetings to everyone! I am in the middle of my very long, 57 day, 12 country tour. Recently I was in Moscow. I enjoyed a day of sight seeing and taught classes at Moscow's largest craft fair. In this video you will meet the two wonderful ladies who were responsible for my visit. You will see a few quilts in this video as well. I will be sharing a video featuring the quilts that were on exhibition and share some interviews with the artists - so stay tuned!

It is amazing to see what is going on in quiltling around the world. The enthusiasm for quilting in Russia is booming right now! What advise would you give the quilters in Russia?

 

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sforster395                               PatHobbs                                clhughey

The Three Selected Winners!!

With the variety of the activities that Sunbonnet could be doing this summer, it was very hard to decide on three winners for an upcoming article in The Quilt Life magazine.  Ricky, Come See What I Found (by sforster395) was just one clever example of the creative entries that were submitted. Each of the three selected winners will receive a feature in the printed issue of TQL in addition to a bag of Ricky's delicious hand-dyed scraps.

All ten finalists will be featured in TQL Blog. A big thanks goes out to all that participated.

Finalists selected:

Ricky, Come See What I Found-sforster395

Sunbonnet Sue and Friend-PatHobbs

Patriotic Sue-clhughey

Tubing with Sue-need2sew

Sunbonnet Sue at the Beach-ckartist

Surfer Sue-valerieg

Ulster Sue Playing Camogie-hatsepsut

Scuba Sue-sghsgh

Jet Setter Sue-elaineann

Summer Fun-gmatloff