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In 2010, the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles launched a new signature event--the International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB).  ITAB is a juried exhibition of work by artists merging fiber media with new information and communication technologies in their artistic processes, as a medium of artistic expression, and/or in the content of their work.

ITAB seeks to expose and explore the tensions between and among works by artists using fiber media whose work employs diverse artistic disciplines. The museum welcomes submissions from artists in the fields of architecture, fashion, fiber art, installation art, interior design, new media, painting, sculpture, etc.

The museum is currently calling for submissions for the latest exhibition with the exhibition running from August 7 - October 21, 2012. The submission deadline is April 2, 2012 with notification on June 1, 2012. For a single entry fee of $35, you may enter up to three separate pieces.

The ITAB 2012 Jurors are Janet Koplos, Barbara Layne, and Christine Tarkowski. Click here to learn more about the jurors.

Download ITAB Prospectus.

Download ITAB Entry Form.

For questions or information contact ITAB2012@SJQUILTMUSEUM.ORG. 

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Some of the latest projects include: A Monster Pillow by Ashley Johnston, A Sign Holder by Charlene Phillips, and a Quilted Casserole Carrier from Erika Mulvenna.

As you can see, there is wonderful variety of projects.

Click here to visit WeAllSew.  

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The 2012 San Francisco Bay Area Regional Button Show is coming up Saturday, February 11, 2012. Sponsored by the Golden Gate San Francisco Button Club, there will be a variety of buttons for sale and button collections for crafters, jewelry artists, quilters, sewers, and knitters.

Here's a look at the 2010 Heritage Button Show:

The show will be held at the Historic Del Monte Building, 100 South Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA. The hours are 9:30 am - 3:30 pm.  Donation $5 with parking athe high-rise parking structure at CALTRAIN.

The National Button Society website has a list of button sites all over the world, click here, to discover a site in your area.

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RaNae Merrill spent hours doodling on her Kenner Spirograph, today she begins each quilt with doodles and sketches. Join TQS on the set of Episode 1003: From Doodles to Quilts taped at the Onaledge B&B and Rockledge Country Inn in Manitou Springs, CO, where RaNae shares her design process and unique foundation-piecing method.  You'll also get a glimpse of her tinkling away on the ivories, move over Ricky!

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Today Friday, January 27, we introduce Part 2 - Quilts Bring History Alive from the exciting 9-part series, Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics from producer and host, Shelly Zegart.

This episode  is available free to all Star Members through March 31, 2012. Each week a new episode will be presented:

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

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Are you frustrated with the tension on your sewing machine when you switch off to decorative thread? Let Bob Purcell show you how to achieve sewing success with a few minor adjustments to your top and bottom tensions. 

See Bob's tips here.

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How do you arrange your quilting stash? Do you go strictly by color? Holidays? Stripes? Batiks? Project? What do you do if something falls into more than one category?

Do you keep it in a cabinet?  In plastic storage bins?  In the oven?

Submit a comment and let us know about your stash.

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Can you spot what these quilts have in common? If you look closely: you might recognize the maker of a couple of the pieces shown here. 

Mark your calendars for the upcoming all-male quilt show, Male Call: Quilts by Men, at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, CO. You'll see works by Ricky Tims, David Taylor, Shawn Quinlan, and a number of other male quilters who embrace the medium of fabric. The show opens January 30, and runs through April 28, 2012. "Every quilt and quilter has a story, revealing that quilting is not a woman's experience or a man's experience. Quilting is a human experience."

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Two lucky TQS members, out of over 1000 entries, have been chosen at random to win a P&B Textiles What-A-World fat quarter set by Jill McDonald.

Congratulations to TQS Members Beth1 from Chattanooga, TN and aklindap from Anchorage, AK! Your packages are on their way.

Remember, you have to play to win.  Next time it could be you!