{"id":31336,"date":"2016-03-02T07:11:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T14:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=31336"},"modified":"2016-03-02T07:11:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T14:11:55","slug":"various-sundry-2016-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/various-sundry-2016-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry 2016 #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Other Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n

Darla, over at the Scientific Quilter, is once again doing her March-A-Long<\/a>. Head over to let her know you are participating and then sew for 15 minutes a day through March.<\/p>\n

TQS reported<\/a> that David Taylor’s house was devastated by a fire after an explosion caused by ice and snow. The post was updated on 2\/22\/2016 with more information, which talks about the losses. Sad.<\/p>\n

Show your support:<\/div>\n
For those who wish to support him and let him know you care, Ricky is creating a thread drive to replace his threads. David only uses cotton threads, both solid and variegated threads by Superior, Sulky, YLI, and Aurifil. If you would like to help replenish David\u2019s collection, please send a spool or two (doesn\u2019t have to be new), to:<\/div>\n
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Threads for David<\/div>\n
c\/o Ricky Tims<\/div>\n
PO Box 392<\/div>\n
La Veta, CO 81055<\/div>\n
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Torie’s (@torieqwq on Twitter) daughter has a blog called the Dabbling Quilter<\/a>. I love her timeline, which is one of the first posts.<\/div>\n
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Exhibits and Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

The San Mateo Fair is coming June 11-19, 2016. Check out the Creative Home Arts section<\/a> to find the rules for entering your quilts into the show. Let’s fill the hall!<\/p>\n

“Voices of American Design” Lecture: Michael James, Quilting – Michael James will be lecturing at the George Washington University Museum | Textile Museum on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 6pm.<\/p>\n

ArtPrize was awarded<\/a> to a quiltmaker! thanks to Karen Van Bargen for the tip.<\/p>\n

Scott Murkin, certified quilt judge, discusses how Modern Quilts compete with ‘regular’ quilts when there is no special category in an interview<\/a> with Mandy of Mandalei quilts.<\/p>\n

Here is an overview of some of the QuiltCon<\/a> posts:<\/p>\n