Pacific International Quilt Show 2011 - Highlights
There were over 800 quilts on display at the 20th anniversary of PIQF this year.

Here are just a few of the amazing creations that found their way into the show.

Don't worry, this is just the beginning...

Bernina Educational Video: Riding the Ridge
Susan and Nina are up to some wonderful tricks in the video.  Riding the ridge is a technique for attaching a binding strictly by machine with wonderful results.  By creating a 'piping' that acts as a guide, you can attach your binding without having to guess where the stiching line might be.

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

Color Cascade
Quilting in the Garden had a wonderful exhibit entitled Color Cascade which was the result of a challenge to nineteen women known as the Sewjourners. Each woman had to reach into a paper bag and pull out "their" color.  They then had to create an 18" x 40" quilt which read as that color from ten feet away.

Do you think you could do it?  What if it wasn't a color you liked?  Would you accept the challenge?  These women did and the results are brilliant.

Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics
From late January-March 2012 all 9 installments of Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics will be available to 1 Year Members for FREE.  You won't want to miss this series from Shelly Zegart, Executive Producer and your host, as it delves into the past, the marketplace, and the current trends of the quilting universe.

Episodes include: Quilts 101 - Antique and Contemporary Quilts, Quilts Bring History Alive, The Quilts Marketplace, What is Art?, Gee's Bend, the Most Famous Quilts in America, How Quilts have been View and Collected, Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time, Quilt Nation--20,000,000 and Counting! and Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality.

So...make sure that your Star Membership is up to date and runs through March 2012. Invite your friends to join our lively and welcoming community, and get ready to enjoy this outstanding opportunity.

TQS Puzzle - Christmas All Around - Sherry Reynolds
This week's puzzle is the creation of one of our very TQS members, wyomingquilter.  Her quilt, Christmas All Around is a masterpiece of traditional piecing and quilting on a domestic Bernina. This quilt took 1st place Traditional and the Viewer's Choice Award at the Pacific International Quilt Festival 2010. 

Quilts by Men - Copper Shade Tree
You've probably heard the expression, Remember the Ladies!  Well, this time, let's Remember the Men.

From October 26-November 20 in conjuction with the International Quilt Festival in Houston and the opening of the Texas Quilt Museum, the exhibit Quilts by Men will be held in the Copper Shade Tree Gallery in Round Top, TX.  This exhibit will focus on the work of 16 men from across the USA and Canada.

You might just recognize some of the names!

International Quilt Association - Quiltapalooza's "Fashion Starts Below the Knees Challenge"

We all know how much time is spent on your feet at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Well know it's time to decorate them as well.  You've done it before, jackets, bras, badges, now it's your shoe's turn to go hog wild with the "Fashion Starts Below the Knees Challenge."

There will be amazing prizes given away to the Viewer's Choice award winner.

So, break out your paints, feathers, crystals and get to work! Let's have a winner from TQS!

(photo from http://www.quilts.org/fashionstop.html)