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Nancy Kerns of Skillman, New Jersey, wanted to reproduce an antique Baltimore album quilt. She chose a design from the D.A.R. Museum in Washington D.C. Nancy definitely chose a winner as, Mary Simon Rediscovered, her quilt, was awarded the Founders Award at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this year. Nancy worked hard to match the fabric's original look. Her design source was the Mary Simon Pattern Set from the D.A.R. Museum.

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As promised here are just a few of the many winning quilts on display at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this year. They come from every category and every part of the world, traditional, modern, embellished, and painted. There is a little bit of something for everyone to enjoy. If possible, the artist who created the quilt was photographed with their quilt. It's always fun to put faces to names. This is just a start, there will be more to come.

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Let's take a look at the quilts of Marti Michell (Episode 504). Beginning with her first published quilt pattern 'World's Quickest Quilt' in 1976 to her more recent patterns, Marti never fails to showcase and teach quilts that appeal to both the young and experienced quilters.

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Captain John thought it might be a little bit easier for you to see Sharon Schamber's quilt, Mystique, in smilebox format. 

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In 2009 Elizabeth Phillips had the idea for an online quilt block challenge. Her business partner, Sharon Pederson, cheered her on. The challenge was to design a block using only a blossom, a leaf, and a circle. Any sizes of the shapes were allowed as well as 1/4" stem. The fabrics were supplied by Island Batik and Electric Quilt hosted the challenge on their website.

The purpose of the challenge was to raise money to find a cure for Alzheimer's. Before long, many companies became proud supporters of the cause. When the challenged ended, more than 850 Rose of Sharon blocks had been entered from 11 countries. Alex and Ricky had the tough task of choosing only 12 winners.  

The Roses of Remembrance quilt made by Sharon contains the winning blocks. To learn more about the battle against Alzheimer's, please visit www.alzquilts.org.