"Quantum Quilting: Gramma's Craft Goes Galactic" by Meryl Ann Butler gives a unique view of the 2009 Long Beach Quilt Festival, and starts off with a "shout-out" to Ricky Tims.

"As the quilts on exhibit at the Long Beach Convention Center testified, these women are fine artists with cloth.

Lest I be accused of female chauvinism, I must disclose that there are a few guy quilters, including the amazing Ricky Tims (www.rickytims.com), co-host with Alex Anderson of The Quilt Show with Alex and Ricky (www.thequiltshow.com)..."

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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, and educator who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled enlightenment for the past two decades.