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Even a rock star like Alex can learn a new quilting trick or two.  Recently TQS member littleflower commented that Alex had 'not come over to the dark side' by using spray basting instead of saftey pins to hold her quilts together prior to quilting.  To this Alex said that she had found spray basting to pose the problem of wrinkling in the back.  No fear, littleflower sent over this great tutorial on how to spray baste a quilt.  We think you might find it useful as well.

Teri steps her process out in a downloadable pdf for you.  Click below.

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Sharon Pederson interviews Keiko Morihiro.

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Patsy had so many questions about spray basting on the the wall, that she responded in a video.

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Technology is always changing for your phone, your TV, your car, but what about sewing technology?  The sewing machine has looked pretty much the same and worked pretty much in the same manner for quite some time now.  Do you think it's time for a change?  What improvement would you like to see in your sewing machine. And while you're thinking, take a look below, click here to see what it is all about.  What do you think?

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Photo by Gregory Case Photography

Join us in Episode 911 as we return to the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel in Colorado Springs to catch up with Dutch quilt and pattern designer Jacqueline de Jonge, who shares a dazzling collection of her "colourful" quilts, discusses some of her techniques for creating flow through color, and gives us the scoop about what quilting is like in the Netherlands today. She also demonstrates her techniques for paper piecing precise points and curves. As icing on the cake, Ricky shows how to create improvisational, overlapping feathers for machine quilting.

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In her first episode of Free Motion Quilting: Beginning Free Motion Quilting: Part 1 - Patsy shows you how to spray baste a quilt on the wall.

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The Houston International Quilt Festival is not all about quilts.  There are some fabulous garments created for the show using intricate quilting, piecing, and embellishment techniques.  Here are just a few of these garments. You'll notice work by Rami Kim and Renae Haddadin, both of whom have been guests here at TQS.

Watch Episode 703: Tools of the Trade with Rachel Clark and Renae Haddadin.

Watch Episode 607: Folded-fabric Elegance with Rami Kim.

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This week's puzzle is the Grand Prize winner of the Alliance for American Quilts "Alliances" contest.  Here's what Jamie had to say about her quilt.

Soul Sisters - 36 pieces non-rotating

Soul Sisters - 100 pieces non-rotating

Soul Sisters - 143 pieces rotating

Soul Sisters - 255 pieces rotating