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Featured Quilt - Another Quilt Show BOM Wins Two Ribbons
It's happened again, a TQS Block-of-the-Month quilt has won two ribbons. Here is the great news from one of our members, Carole Behan Berry:
"Wanted to share that my 2021 BOM quilt (Wendy Williams’ Color my World’ which I have named ‘Home’) is hanging in its first quilt show in Augusta, Maine. Today when I arrived I found two ribbons!
A first in my category and Best Use of Embellishment. Once again, thank you for bringing this amazing design to us! Since joining TQS, I have connected with the most wonderful people in the quilting and embroidery worlds. Thank you!
FYI, my quilt has been juried into the AQS Grand Rapids show in September. Road trip!"
Wait, as we write this we just learned that Carole's quilt won one more ribbon - Viewer's Choice!
Congratulations Carole!
Remember, The TQS Block-of-the-Month quilts always feature great patterns by great designers. Want to join in the fun? If you are a Star Member, it's not too late to begin this year's Block-of-the-Month by Sarah Fielke...
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Kestrel Michaud Shows You Raw Edge Appliqué With No Fraying
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Picture Any Design You Want and You Can Make It Happen
Clean edges and stability for machine quilting
thousands of fused pieces in place are very important to Kestrel Michaud. In our latest show, she shares her technique for how to achieve a crisp paper-like-feel fabric resulting in no frayed edges when cut with a digital cutting machine and machine quilting. She discusses how her method streamlined the cutting and quilting of 500 leaf cluster filled trees for a recently completed quilt.
Learn from Kestrel, and Sarah Vedeler, by watching them in A Mod Podge Appliqué Technique and Fabric Selection with Kestrel Michaud | Embroidery Hoop Quilting with Sarah Vedeler.
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Month 8 of The 2023 BOM, "Homeward Bound", Is Here A Day Early!
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Work on August In July
Start your month off right by getting a jump on Month 8 of the TQS 2023 BOM, Homeward Bound, designed by Sarah Fielke. This month, you are going to continue the appliqué for Border 3. You will be stitching the flowers to the top of the central circles, and to the smaller stems.
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There are TWO downloads for this month, the pattern instructions and the templates, along with a video
from Sarah where you'll see how the flower shapes align as you add them to the large appliqué border.
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PLEASE NOTE: Barbara Black's monthly BOM LIVE video where she gives
you tips on tricks on how to complete that Month's patterns will NOT be in its regular first Friday of the Month spot. It instead will air earlier this Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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Long Time AQS Director Steps Down
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Textile Talks: Traditions & Techniques in Knit & Crochet: SDA Summer Journal Party!
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Party While Learning About Knitting AND Crocheting
Presented by the Surface
Design Association (SDA): "Join us as we celebrate the release of The Surface Design Journal’s Summer 2023 Issue: Traditions & Techniques in Knit & Crochet. We’ll hear from hand knit designer, writer, and author Jeanette Sloan, founder of BIPOC in Fiber on her making process and the importance of visibility. Aynsley Grealis, also known as Knotted Neon, pushes the boundaries of her practice and creates pieces that weave together the joys of creativity, nature, color, and playfulness."
Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
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Time is Running Out To Save on Design N Quilt Software!
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Calm and Quilted Nature
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"Arrival of Spring on Orr Creek" by Laura Fogg
Arrival of Spring on Orr Creek is one of the many collage quilts created by Laura Fogg that features a stunning landscape. Laura says that the quilt is part of her "Celebration of Rain" series and that "this piece depicts a view of Orr Creek in the hills outside Ukiah, where I frequently ride my mountain bike."
See more of Laura's quilts in How to Make a Landscape Quilt with Laura Fogg | How to Do Machine Embroidery with Ann Horton.
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