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Learn what’s happening in the quilting world and at QNNtv by reading our News features including reports from our quilting ambassadors from all over the quilting world.
- QNNtv.com Newsletter - June 16, 2010
6/16/2010
Let me introduce you to an amazing quilter…
Imagine starting to make quilts at sixty and having them end up in a museum! Hortense Horton Beck, of Topeka, Kansas, did just that.
Inspired by a deep love of history, Hortense painstakingly recreated quilt patterns from a variety of museum collections, including reproductions of two quilts in the International Quilt Study Center and Museum Collection. One of Mrs. Beck's most remarkable reproductions, the famous “Reconciliation Quilt” is copied from an original created by Lucinda Ward Honstain which was made shortly after the American Civil War.- Read
- Temporary Phone Outage
5/11/2010
- Our phone systems will be undergoing an update this afternoon from 4-6PM CST. We will be temporarily unavailable to assist by phone during this time and apologize for any inconvenience.
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- Kim Brunner was named the 2009 Teacher of the Year
4/29/2010
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- QNNtv.com Newsletter - March 23, 2010
3/23/2010
As I write this, National Quilting Day is coming to a close. I so hope you all got a little quilting, or quilt-related, time in. I sure did! I just did the quilting on a table topper we’ll be making in the May episode of Quilt Out Loud! The Aurfil 28 weight sewed perfectly in my Baby Lock Espire and I didn’t have to change a thing; not tension, nothing. Plus, I moved a sewing table into the next room over from my studio and we’ll be taping the how-tos in there. Gosh, it’s amazing how something so simple as rearranging one’s space is so exciting.- Read
- QNNtv.com Newsletter - March 9, 2010
3/9/2010
The tape is off my mouth, my lips unzipped. The new series coming to QNNtv.com in April is…Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show!- Read
Press Release
- Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show Debuts on QNNtv.com
3/1/2010
QNNtv.com presents a new monthly series addressing that all-important last step in making a quilt: Quilting it! In each episode of Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show, host Jodie Davis is joined by award-winning artists and experts to give viewers the knowledge and confidence to make sure their quilting measures up to the adage, “Quilting makes the quilt.”- Read
- Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show Debuts on QNNtv.com
3/1/2010
QNNtv.com presents a new monthly series addressing that all-important last step in making a quilt: Quilting it! In each episode of Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show, host Jodie Davis is joined by award-winning artists and experts to give viewers the knowledge and confidence to make sure their quilting measures up to the adage, “Quilting makes the quilt.”- Read
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- February's Quilt Out Loud! Episodes
3/1/2010
February's entire Quilt Out Loud! episode is now live!- Read
- QNNtv.com Newsletter - February 25, 2010
2/25/2010
Now that I’m home from taping those first episodes of the new series it’s back to planning new episodes of Quilt Out Loud! We’ll be taping two in March, with Mark back from his escapades to join me for the May and June episodes. In the meantime, Rob Appell will be debuting in March as my co-host for the March and April shows. Goodness—that will wrap up the first year of Quilt Out Loud!- Read
- QNNtv.com Newsletter - February 9, 2010
2/9/2010
On the home front, we finished taping two new episodes of Quilt Out Loud! last week, in two very inspiring places here in my home state (for the last ten years at least) of Georgia. This proves how much quilting inspiration is right at our back door. My guest co-host Rob Appell is a bundle of fun. Watch for him in the March and April episodes. Mark will also be making an appearance from the road.- Read
- January's Quilt Out Loud! Episodes
2/2/2010
January's entire Quilt Out Loud! episode is now live!- Read
- Fons & Porter will sew exclusively on Baby Lock sewing machines.
2/2/2010
New Track Media, owners of Crafts Media LLC, a leading publisher of quilting periodicals and producer of the PBS show “Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting,” announces a new partnership with Baby Lock. The hosts of the show will sew exclusively on Baby Lock sewing machines. “We have a great friendship with Baby Lock, and we’re pleased to welcome them as a sponsor!” says Marianne Fons.- Read
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- QNNtv.com Newsletter - January 26, 2010
1/26/2010
The creative process is always a journey. No matter how well-versed we are there is always more to learn. Pat Sloan gives us a glimpse into a recent discovery she had while machine quilting:- Read
Press Release
- Quilt For A Cause
12/10/2009
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- Calling all Quilters! Designers Challenge #8 is OPEN!
12/1/2009
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- Watch Quilt Out Loud at QNNtv.com!
7/30/2009
- Looking for Mark Lipinski and Jodie Davis's new show, Quilt Out Loud!? You've come to the right place!
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Press Release
- New Monthly Quilting Lifestyle Show Quilt Out Loud! to debut July 30, 2009 only on QNNtv.com
6/9/2009
- Winterset, Iowa June 5, 2009 QNNtv.com presents a brand new concept in quilt industry infotainment with the creation of the genre-breaking, quilter’s lifestyle program, Quilt Out Loud!, featuring the talent of co-hosts Mark Lipinski, creator and editor of Mark Lipinski’s Quilter’s Home magazine and QNNtv.com President and author, Jodie Davis. Quilt Out Loud! will debut July 30, 2009 on QNNtv.com.
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- Quilt Out Loud!
5/25/2009
- NEW VIDEO ! ! ! We hope you enjoy this promotional video for Jodie Davis and Mark Lipinki's new show, Quilt out Loud! For more information about the show, please visit www.QuiltOutLoud.com.
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Press Release
- Maria Peagler: Quilting Rock Star on Slideshare
4/23/2009
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- Press release Fiber Arts For A Cause Collage Mania
4/23/2009
- Record Number of Collages for Collage Mania American Cancer Society Fundraiser
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- Goddess coming to Seaway Trail Quilt Show from Kingston, Ontario
3/4/2009
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- Works by international quilting author-artists at Great Lakes Seaway Trail show March 21-22
2/18/2009
- Four nationally-known quilters who literally “wrote the book” on how to make storyteller quilts are each sending works for display at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Quilt Show March 21-22 at the Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor, NY.
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Press Release
- 15th European Patchwork Meeting 17 – 20 September, 2009
2/6/2009
- The 14th European Patchwork Meeting has, last September, welcome
around Ste Marie aux Mines in Alsace, France, no less than 18 500 visitors
from 50 countries. With an increase of 15% in its attendance, this event
can definitely be considered as one of the most popular in Europe.
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- Color Mastery Praised in ForeWord Magazine's Jan/Feb Issue
2/6/2009
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- Chintz Appliqué—Presented by the International Quilt Study Center & Museum
11/17/2008
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- Kaleidoscope Quilts
11/11/2008
- On view April 21 - September 6, 2009 at the American Folk Art Museum
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- 2008 Jewel Pearce Patterson Award
11/4/2008
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- Alex Anderson named recipient of the 2008 Silver Star Award
11/4/2008
- HOUSTON—February 20, 2008—International Quilt Festival announced today that the recipient of the 2008 Silver Star Award is Alex Anderson of Livermore, California. The award is given annually to living persons who have made a lasting and positive impact on the field of quilting and textile art over their careers.
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- Marianne Fons at Georgia Quilt Show
10/2/2008
- Marianne Fons at Georgia Quilt Show on October 15, 2008, presenting "Why We Quilt", an examination of the motivations of American quilters from 1776 to the present day.
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- Try Our Shop Locator!
7/23/2008
- Try Our Shop Locator! Why not take a look at QNNtv.com's new shop locator to see what shops are in your area?
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Press Release
- Mountain Heritage Center Quilts Launched in the Nationwide Quilt Index
5/21/2008
- ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA and EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN, May 16, 2008- The Quilt Index (www.quiltindex.org), a national partnership of The Alliance for American Quilts and Michigan State University, announces the public launch of an online resource cataloging over forty historically significant quilts from the Mountain Heritage Center (MHC), a regional museum located on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC.
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- Quilters Without Borders
4/22/2008
- The Mongolian Quilting Center in Ulaanbaatar was opened in 2004 under the direction of Selenge Tserendash, a young Mongolian lawyer. She founded the New Way Life NGO (Non-Government Organization), with the purpose of assisting needy Mongolian women both economically and socially. Quilting is a new activity in Mongolia, but the women have excellent sewing skills and are eager to learn. Even the nomadic families own old hand-cranked Russian sewing machines and have recyclable fabric.
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- God Bless America Quilt Contest from Buckboard Quilts
4/22/2008
- “How do I love America? Let me quilt the ways” is the theme of Buckboard Quilts’ God Bless America 22x22” Quilt Contest open to children and adults through December 31, 2008. All quilts will tour the U.S. for three years to unify and inspire patriotism for our great nation in these troubled times.
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- Done-in-one Winners Announced!
3/26/2008
- We were looking for quick, easy, original designs that could be made by an average quilter in a weekend. The prize package included cash and merchandise awards, including airfare and an overnight trip to the awards presentation at the Expo in Tampa, FL. . .
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- Site Update: Newsletter Archive
3/21/2008
- New site feature--QNNtv.com Newsletter Archive! Read more about it by clicking "more" below.
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- Announcing Quilters Club of America Designers Challenge
3/21/2008
- Have you ever dreamed of being a quilt designer? Would you like to see your quilt pattern published in a national magazine? Here’s your chance!
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- The Sewing Machine Project
3/21/2008
- Community is important no matter where you live. It
becomes even more important in the aftermath of a
disaster. The mission of the Sewing Machine Project is . . .
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International
- Online Quilting Network Host Sending Work to Seaway Trail Show March 15-16
3/10/2008
- The Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sacketts Harbor, NY will host a quilt exhibit March 15-16 as part of the Feathers and Fowl: Birds of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Quilt Show and Competition. The 10 am-5pm Seaway Trail quilt event benefits the Seaway Trail Foundation and includes demonstrators, vendors, 1 pm presentations by birder-photographer Eve Sweatman, and a free bird appliqué with every paid admission. Learn more at www.seawaytrail.com.
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- Syfestivalen Report from Agneta Ekholm
3/4/2008
- The biggest event for quilters in Sweden this spring – ”Syfestivalen” (The Sewing Festival) at Sollentuna, just north of Stockholm took place this weekend (29th of February – 2nd of March).
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- Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation
2/28/2008
- Co-founded in 1998 by the mother-daughter team of Fran Hansen and Anna Nelson,
their story has received national coverage from Oprah, MSNBC, Redbook, Martha
Stewart Weddings, Newsweek, and Shape magazine, to name a few. In 2005 they were
named “Trendsetters of the Year” by Modern Bride magazine and were honored as
“Women Who Make A Difference” in Family Circle. Since its inception, the organization
has granted hundreds of wishes and their commitment is to continue fulfilling as many
wishes as possible until a cure is found.
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International
- New Cities & Guilds Update from Chris & Maureen
2/26/2008
- Student Maureen Pinwill has submitted her work for the first module for level one. Tutor Chris Hammacott was so impressed she recommended that Maureen skip on to level three!
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- Ceasarea Quilters January/February Update
2/25/2008
- January found matters in full swing with the Committee having arranged some really interesting events to be enjoyed by their members and, on some special occasions, members of other needlework clubs and members of the public as well.
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- Chez Soi Quilters March Update
2/25/2008
- Members who meet at The Mill, in St Ouen each Wednesday morning for a lot of chatting, mirth, tea/coffee and cake, have been busying themselves putting the final touches to their Arts & Craft quilt entries for March and two workshop days were organised in February to catch up on UFO’s.
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- Celebrate National Quilting Day with QCOA and QNNtv!
2/20/2008
- Yes quilting does have its own holiday! National Quilting Day is celebrated the third Saturday in March each year. The National Quilting Association started this tradition in 1991. At Quilters Club of America and QNNtv we’re continuing the tradition. How? Quilting of course!
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- Jodie’s New Blog!
2/20/2008
- It’s about time! Jodie has been blogging about the business side of things and about the development of her quilting rubber duckie for nearly two years now, so its high time she start a weblog about her creative passion.
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International
- 21st Birthday Exhibition by Paisley Patchers
1/4/2008
- 21st Birthday Exhibition by Paisley Patchers, held in Wallneuk Church and halls, Paisley, Scotland, 10th November 2007.
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- Full screen Has Arrived!
12/20/2007
- We have received many requests for the option to go full screen, now here it is! Just click the button with the four arrows pointing out (see picture) to begin watching with the new feature.
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International
- Special QNNtv City and Guilds Reports from Chris and Maureen
12/18/2007
- Our reporter from the Channel Islands, Maureen Pinwill, has just embarked on an exciting adventure. She has enrolled in a distance learning course through City & Guilds.
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- Ste Marie aux Mines
12/10/2007
- In September, as every year for 13 years the European forum of patchwork ( Carrefour Europeen du patchwork) takes place in Ste Marie aux Mines in Alsace, a beautiful area in France. More than 800 textile works from different countries were presented on several sites of the region.
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- 10° Festival Brasileiro de Quilt e Patchwork
11/16/2007
- Reconhecido como o principal evento do gênero na América do Sul, o Festival Brasileiro de Quilt e Patchwork chegou este ano a sua décima edição...
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- Tradition Has The Place Of Honour
11/8/2007
- It's in the small fortified town of Brouage in Charente Maritime, dating back to the 17th century that since 2001, every other year we can admire a superb exhibition of traditional style quilts, copies of works of the 19th century and of the beginning of the 20th century...
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- Done in One (weekend, that is!) Quilt Challenge
11/7/2007
QNNtv.com, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, and Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting have put their creative resources together to come up with an exciting—and do-able—challenge: Design a quilt, wearable, or bag that you can make in a weekend! - Read
- Auction to benefit the nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts
11/6/2007
- These 74 vivid, house-shaped quilts were made as part of the Put a Roof Over Our Head contest, to celebrate the organization's move to its new home in Asheveille, North Carolina...
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International
- The QNNtv Worldwide Pages!
11/5/2007
- The Worldwide pages have been updated with new reports from all corners of the globe. Meet designers, learn what’s going on in quilting all over the world, and see gorgeous quilts!
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Press Release
- The New QNNtv.com Press Release
10/23/2007
- QNNtv Launches New Site Featuring Video-On-Demand
Broadband television channel QNNtv.com opens library of 1000s of videos to viewer members for on demand viewing.
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- What's New?
10/10/2007
- And “new” QNNtv is, with a new logo, updated look, and new method of delivering video: on demand!
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- Alliance Memory Quilt Squares Honor Ovarian Cancer Victims
10/1/2007
- Under the auspices and sponsorship of Blank Quilting, The Alliance for American Quilts has posted the photos and stories of seven remarkable women whose lives have been touched by ovarian cancer. The pictures and biographies of the women are now a permanent part of. . .
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- Message to the Quilting Industry
10/1/2007
- As a many time author, teacher and show host, I know the power of creativity in making a difference in people’s lives, and have been lucky to have had a career giving quilters the gift of making something. When I was asked to take over QNNtv, I thought long and hard. I knew it would be an upward struggle to create something so new that even the big thinkers with big backing hadn’t figured out how to pull off profitably. . .
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Press Release
- Owner of Fons & Porter's Acquires QNN Television
4/1/2007
- Cambridge, MA, April 30, 2007 – New Track Media LLC, the consumer enthusiast publishing platform formed last year by Boston Ventures and Stephen J. Kent, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of QNN TV, also known as Quilter's News Network TV, a Website that has been owned and operated by Multicast Media. New Track Media already owns the leading quilting magazine in the country, Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting, which it acquired last fall. The President of QNN TV, Jodie Davis, is joining New Track Media effective with the sale..
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