The International Quilt Show Dubai 2012 was a great success. Our sincere thanks to everyone who participated in this event, whether you entered a quilt, took a class, or just viewed the exhibits, each one of you made a difference and contributed to the success of this Show! The Quilt Exhibition was held in the Festival Centre at Dubai Festival City had 3,000 visitors. We received 127 quilts for the exhibition of which 71 quilts participated in the competition based on the theme “Reflection”. A sum of AED 11,000 was raised for the Charity Quilt which was donated to Dubai Cares. Congratulations to Anne Armour for winning Best of Show prize for her Art Quilt, “Dance of Devotion”. Her prize was a Bernina 380 sewing machine. For more information and photos, please visit www.quiltsdubai.com Quilt Shop Specials: New Items: Special rulers from Creative Grids, Marti Mitchell, and new stabilizers have been added to the existing wide range of quilting notions. New Fabrics: A complete new range of fabrics from Robert Kaufman – Fusion series, Fat Quarter Bundles have arrived in the Jumaira Plaza showroom. Bernina: Come and try the new Bernina 550 Quilters Edition and Bernina 580 Embroidery machine. You will love it. For all those who are beginners, we now have the entire range of Bernette series for them. Come in for a demonstration.