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It's hard to believe we are heading into August and right around the corner is September and Quilting in the Garden at the Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, CA.  The great part about this year's show is that two TQS favorites are the Featured Artsists this year, Rob Appell and Verna Mosquera. 

Rob will be teaching his Endanged Species Quilts designs and Verna will be teaching Tea Time Applique. And our own Alex Anderson will be teaching Cherry Delight, a red work and basics class. Click here to learn more about the classes.

To see some of Verna's stunning quilts, click here. To download one of her free applique templates, click here.

Rob has a classroom set up where he's been teaching Portraits Quilts, to visit his classroom, click here.

In the meantime, while you are waiting for Quilting in the Garden...why don't you watch...

Episode 806: Having it All with Hand Applique (Verna Mosquera)

Episode 812: Protect our Planet...with Quilts (Rob Appell)

(Photos by Gregory Case)

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There's going to be a new exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, called. Sponsored by C & T Publishing, Scrap ART will showcase historical quilts from both the Museum's and also private collections.  It highlights the origins of "scrap" quilts and takes a look at their modern-day descdents.

Here's what the Museum has to say about the exhibit, "Just as quilters have long been inspired to make beautiful pieces from available scraps, the throwaways of daily life have inspired a new generation of ecologically-mindd artists to combine creative reuse with old-fashioned thrift in works using material as varied as books, jeans, zippers, plastic, buttons, and teabags. Scrap ART celebrates the reinterpretation of materials by artists both historical and contmporary in works that reflect the cultures and values of their makers."

The Opening Reception will be held Sunday, August 21, 2-4 and is free with Museum admission.

The exhibit will run August 16 - October 16, 2011

Promise by Wendy Osher

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We were all surprised by what can be done on a long arm.  Applique? Clothing?

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In the latest BERNINA Educational Video, Nina and Susan show you how to use a non-stick foot for those 'trickier' fabrics.

To watch other Bernina Educational Videos, click on  to the left of your screen.

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The taping is off to a great start.  Today we had a quilter who works with computers and one that works with Rub a Dubs.

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Rob was asked to put his TQS Portrait Quilt Class on DVD.  It will be great in a library and wonderful for those with slower internet.

He only made a few and it's a great price of $14.95 with all 10 lessons and some bonus material.

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Today we'd like to know, how many times have you repeated a quilt pattern, not just used a block once or twice, but actually made the same quilt (different fabrics) more than once?  Why did you choose that pattern, was it simple, did you like the way it highlighted the fabric?  Let us know, what patterns were so good, you had to make them again?

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As Taping starts today we work to remember that our real job is to....

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Have you seen the latest project on the C&T Publishing Blog? It's a cute little sewing and needlework book from Sue Astroth author of Make Spectacular Books.

Sue uses scraps, button cards, and ribbon, fiber, and floss to make the design her own.

Head on over to the blog and see if you can't come up with your own design. They would make great gifts for your quilting friends.

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In Lesson 9 of Alex Anderson - Hand Quilting, Alex talks about hand-quilting needles or betweens.