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Winner of Best in Show at IQA Cincinnati, Deborah is creating applique that is amazing.  Alex & Deborah brave the internet struggles between the USA and Chile and have fun catching up. To visit Deborah's website, click here.  Her book, Beautiful Botanicals, is available from C&T Publishing.

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Say 'Hello' to the winners of our Profile Pictures contest where all you had to do was upload a photo to your profile. These ladies photos and TQS profile names are very creative and you might want to visit them to learn more. 

Thanks to everyone who updated their profile.  Keep those photos coming!

First up is beadecked from Vacaville, CA.  Beadecked also has six lovely quilts posted in her profile.

Next we have betweens from Toronto.  Betweens included her dog in the photo.

Following betweens is sewcolorful from Midland, Mi.  Sewcolorful has included photos of quilts and personal photos in her profile.

And our last winner is quiltfanatic from Pollock Pines, CA.  Quiltfanatic also posted a number of quilts in her profile.

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TQS Member, Margo, always finds the most amazing things. In this particular case, we'd like to know what you think about this extraordinary horse.

This image was found in Quiltposium Magazine by Sew Many Places.  This online magazine is a product of Jim West, founder of Sew Many Places and tour director for Ricky and Alex's recent Kenya trip.

Check-out Quiltposium magazine online.

Have you ever seen anything like it in your life?

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Hannah Hayes Headlee created this quilt betwen 1935-1940.  The quilter is unknown.  Hannah was considered the artist in the family as she made numerous applique quilts and also taught watercolor and china painting in Topeka, Kansas.  She supported herself through her artistic endeavors and married three times. Miss Headlee is remembered as the first women in town to have a bicycle in 1914.  Hannah rarely entered contests because she felt her quilts might be copied and she wanted to remain an "original."  It sounds like she truly was.

Garland 1 - 90 pieces non-rotating

Garland 2 - 90 pieces rotating

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You may recall I started this quilt last Fall. Well, it has resurfaced and has come back to haunt me. It is a fantasy quilt based on the symphonic work by Modest Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain. I've decided to let you choose whether or not I should finish it. The poll is on the right column of my website. Click here to cast your vote. Should I finish it, or send it to the graveyard? Comment here if you like, but cast your vote in the poll.

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One of TQS favorite guests, and TQS member, Elsie Campbell (LCCampbell), has a new book coming out, Squares and Triangles.

The book is the second in Elsie's "Scrap Quilt Book Series" and offers 13 basic and bold sophisticated patterns.  Elsie presents her techniques and tips with over 100 how-to photographs.

Right now, Elsie is offering a pre-release special. If your order her book before May 1st you can receive it at the bargain price of $15.96.  To see the quilts in the book, you can click here to go to Elsie's blog.

If you've been making a lot of half-square triangles lately you just might want to see what Elsie has to offer and if you want to see what else she can do, watch Episode 407: Precision...and Pizzazz.

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While in New York, John and Alex took a little shopping trip and stumbled across All Saints, which is a punk-chic favorite across the pond in the UK.  The store opened last May, and while the clothes are interesting, it is the decor which attracted their attention. Singer machines, looms, spools and other sewing accoutrements surround the clothing making it a true feast for the eyes.

All Saints stores can be found across Europe and America and each shop is decorated in much the same manner.  Wouldn't you love to be their decorator?

Enjoy your visit!

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While Infinite Variety Red & White: Three Centuries of Red & White Quilts was on exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory in NYC, another quilt show was also in progress at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The Empire Quilters Guild was putting on their Urban Inspirations quilt show.  

The Empire Quilters Guild was created 29 years ago by small group of people showing each other the ins and outs of quilting.  The guild has now grown to over 300 members who meet once a month from September through June. Through their meetings they enjoy focus groups, show and tell, presentations from quilt professionals and shopping with vendors.

One of their top priorities as a charitable institution is supporting their community with their art.  They routinely collect projects for charity to be distributed through the organizations they support, including abused or at-risk women, hospitals, and shelters.  They even make cage quilts for abandoned kittens!

Make your own slideshow

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As a bold move in the internet video wars, Google of Mountain View, California, has purchased The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims.  "We value the creative consumer and wanted to break into the art and craft world.  Alex & Ricky and their amazing, creative viewers are the type of audience we want", said Jeff Bridges VP of Content.  "Whoo Hoo", texted Ricky Tims from his plane to the Bahamas.