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  • Happy Friday--and the Free Fabric Winner!

    Well I have no good excuse for my very belated announcement of the winner of this lovely roll of Moda Fabrics: Let's just say it's been a crazy couple of weeks at the Quilting Arts offices but Friday seemed like a good excuse to select a lucky...

    Posted to Pippa's Blog by pippapatchwork on 10 Sep 2010
  • Move over, Frosty...

      Move over, Frosty. You’ve got some stiff competition this winter! Sue Pelletier’s snowmen article from our November/December issue of Cloth Paper Scissors inspired a number of people to feel flaky this winter and make some snowy concoctions. ...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 16 Dec 2008
  • Send Me an Email!

    So it’s been about two months (and five days, to be exact) since I’ve started working at Quilting Arts magazine. I’m officially settled in—evidenced by the gradual accumulation of stuff all over my desk. Fortunately, it’s...

    Posted to Pippa's Blog by pippapatchwork on 9 Oct 2009
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  • A Word on the Journal Quilt Project

    I've held such hope to enter the Journal Quilt Project since it's inception in 2003. I'm not alone. Every January the activity on the Quilt Art list surges as people like me who've never formally entered a show, are excited at the thought...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 20 Mar 2006
  • Lotta Jansdotter Fabric Winner

    Thank you to everyone who wrote about their gift-giving projects and plans on last week's blog post on the Quilt-in-a-day Patchwork Table Runner . Great ideas! And now, for the winner of the Lotta Jansdotter fabric squares: Annie-gram! Annie-gram...

  • SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) Update!

    Please note: These exciting workshops are open to non-SAQA members! Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) will be presenting 6 exciting 3-day workshops May 18-20, 2009 in Athens, Ohio. The 3-day workshops are open to all artists - you don't have to be...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 13 Feb 2009
  • Late Breaking News: International Quilt Association's "Celebrate Spring!"

    The Iceman (has) cometh,  now please go-eth... Above: View of my driveway from my garage. Raise your hand if you: • Have been generally freezing the last two months and can't get warm • Have pulled your back out shoveling snow • And have cracked...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 12 Jan 2009
  • New winner for Hideaway Fabric bundle!

    The amazing Hideaway fat qurter bundle from the interview with fabric desingers Lauren and Jessi Jung was never claimed! The new winner is TinaEliza ! Tina, if you could please email me at lmurray@interweave.com within the week (by Nov. 23rd) and give...

    Posted to Lindsey's Blog by lindsey.murray on 16 Nov 2010
  • Today's the day! SAQA Reverse Auction and Close of Giveaway

    Here’s a good way to start the workweek: Want to buy an art quilt? Today the reverse auction commences to benefit SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates). I am on the SAQA Board and I can tell you this is a very organized, forward-thinking organization supporting...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 10 Nov 2008
  • Studio before and after

    The Big Clean If you saw my letter from the editor picture in this latest issue of Cloth Paper Scissors , you'll know what I mean when I say my studio easily could have been mistaken for the set of "The Swamp Thing." With the amount of clutter...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 1 Apr 2006
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  • Whoa baby!

    This is too cool for school... check out the loot that Jacquard Products sent us in addition to our order for fabric paints we placed with them last week: I asked for some product to help with my workshops for Make It U! and I'm positively bowled...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 23 Mar 2006
  • Fabric Giveaway Winner

    First of all, I want to thank all of you for sharing your wonderful memories - it was truly a treat to read them! The randomly picked winner of the fabric bundle is Linda B@9 ! Linda, please email me at lmurray@interweave.com with your mailing address...

  • Stitches and Steamers

    I'm in lock down prepping for next week's QA TV taping, but when I woke up Sunday to gorgeous, sunny, 80+-degree weather, I just had to lug my fabric and stitching supplies onto the front porch and throw on a swimsuit. (You can take the girl out...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 18 Aug 2008
  • Welcome!

    I’ve always been slow to catch onto anything hip (proven by the fact that I’ve yet to watch a single episode of “Project Runway”). Yet I’d get email after email from friends and colleagues who’d apprise me that they were journaling on the Net, and for...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 10 Feb 2006
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  • Gone Fishin'

    Hey, are you on facebook? I am as Mells Testa. I say that because if you are on facebook and am my friend, you have probably seen these photos before. I am teaching Soy Wax with Paint over at Art Unraveled in balmy, Phoenix Arizona on Wednesday. Wow it's...

    Posted to Melanie Testa’s Blog by MellyT on 3 Aug 2009