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Here's the January instructional video for the 2012 BOM Sedona Star with Sarah Vedeler.

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Cheryl Lynch (Episode 811: Quilt a Fiesta with Tile-Inspired Quilts) recently told Alex about a Jewish tradition; when the baby comes home from the hospital, a red ribbon is tied onto the crib or the bassinette.  Reciting 'kein ayin hora' (also kineahora) which roughly translates to "may the evil eye stay away"  is meant to keep away the evil spirits.

Do you and your family have any similar traditions regarding the arrival of a new baby?  We want to keep Alex and John's new grandchild safe and ready to sew!

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See what's coming up in Episode 1001 with designer, author, and teacher, Susan Cleveland, and award-winning master quilter, Jane Holihan.

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TQS wants you to "Challenge Yourself in 2012" to try new techniques, new designs, and new colors. To help you along, we are opening up Episode 302 to all members.

Episode 302: Quilt Challenge with Sally Dutko challenged Alex & Ricky, but be sure to watch the After Set (after the credits) to see how our crew met the challenge.  The show is available for free from 12/29/2011 through 01/02/2012.

All Past Shows are now on the New Player and are iPad/iPhone Compatible.

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Here is one of Susan Cleveland's latest award-winning quilts.  Psychedelic Big Bang won 3rd place at IQF 2010 Houston, 2nd place AQS show Paducah, several awards at the NQA show in Columbus 2011, including 1st Place Small Quilt Mixed Techniques, Best Use of Embellishment, and Best of Show Small Quilt.  It was completed in 2010 and is 75" x 47."

Note the wonderful use of prairie points.  Learn how Susan makes them in Episode 1001.

Psychedelic Big Bang - 35 pieces non-rotating

Psychedelic Big Bang - 96 pieces non-rotating

Psychedelic Big Bang - 96 pieces rotating

Psychedelic Big Bang - 252 pieces non-rotating

Psychedelic Big Bang - 252 pieces rotating

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Join us on a new 12-month quilting journey as we bring you a fabulous quilt designed especially for TQS by Sarah Vedeler. Sedona Star is a spectacular medallion quilt that features a beautiful center star surrounded by a charming array of appliqué elements.

We begin our lesson's this month with the very center of the quilt– the circle and the 9 triangles surrounding it. The circle will be completed in its entirety. The 9 triangles will be set aside until February when they will be added to the quilt top.

Come and join the year-long fun and learning with us.  For the Introduction and January pattern click here.

Be sure to watch Sarah's instructional video lesson for the January pattern available on January 2, 2012.

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The Alliance for American Quilts raised over $12,000 with their 2011 quilt auction, "Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion, on Ebay recently.

Many members of TQS participated this year and won prizes from the AAQ's fabulous sponsors including our very own The Quilt Show.com.

Next year, the AAQ is trying to raise $15,000 from their auction and you can participate by creating a quilt for the 2012, 6th annual quilt contest, "Home is Where the Quilt Is."

This is a broad theme that celebrates the form and the meaning of Home.  All techniques and materials are encouraged.  Each entry must have 3 layers--top, filling, and back and must conform to their contest guidelines.  The overall house shape is 15" x x 19.5."  You may enter as many times as you like.  All quilts become a donation to the AAQ.

If you'd like to see what was done for their 2006 contest, Put a Roof Over Our Head, click here.

A Grand Prize will be awarded by a panel of 3 professional quilters/designers. Member's Choice, Honorable Mention prizes and several specially awarded prizes will also be given. AAQ members will choose Member's Choice awards.

All contest quilts are auctioned and this income is a key source of fuel for AAQ operations. The contest artists play a very important role in supporting their work. A second, equally valuable outcome is documentation. The contest quilts they receive each year serve as a snapshot of their members at a particular time in their lives-- what they care about, how they spend their time, how and why they make their art.

And did you know they document all contest quilts in the
Quilt Index--their partner project with the Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX. Soon they'll be releasing an impressive collection of essays, galleries and lesson plans on www.QuiltIndex.org, including galleries highlighting the winners of the AAQ quilt contests.

("Our House"
Keti Kasrashvili, Irina Lavrinenko, Nino Chargeishvili
Tbilisi, The Republic of Georgia)

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Many of you know from word on the street that TODAY is a BIG DAY at the Anderson houshold. The rehearsal went off without a hitch and the party after was rock and roll. I know that today will go by like a blink of the eye, but it is a day I have thought about ever since Adair was a twinkle in John's eye. One of the best parts of the wedding??? Mr. Ricky Tims will play PIANO!!!!! Which begs the question - Are Ricky and Justin our friends or dear family? (I think we all know the answer to that!)

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Alex was interviewed at the International Quilt Festival in Houston by Meg Cox for the Alliance for American Quilts, Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories. In the beginning of the video Amy Milne, the Executive Director of the AAQ talks about the Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories project, what it is and how it came to be. Amy also talks about The Quilt Index, a research and reference tool designed to provide access to information and images about quilts.

This is followed by Meg Cox of the AAQ interviewing Alex for the Q. S. O. S. You'll learn about Alex's first quilting memory, her first quilt, when she began teaching and how she came to be the host of Simply Quilts. The complete interview will eventually be transcribed for the Alliance for American Quilts and will also be housed in the Library of Congress.  

The video is about 17 minutes long, so sit back, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!

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Enjoy these wonderful pieces of art which were part of the "KIQA: Quilts From the Land of Morning Calm" exhibit at the International Quilt Festival Houston 2011. These quilts were selected by the members of the Korea International Quilters Association. Quiltmaking is generally regarded as a new technique of art and craft in Korea and the results here are stunning including many pieces incorporating hand-quilting and applique.