Hello! First off, the winner of the Birch Fabric giveaway is NicoleNR . Nicole, please email me at lmurray@interweave.com with your mailing information. I want to congratulate our "Affirmative Quilt Challenge" finalists. They did an amazing...

Are you a hopeless romantic or a fool for poetry? Have you kept the love letters of your youth tucked in the corner of a lavender-scented shoe box? Has your idea of love and romance been shaped by a particularly juicy novel or a Hollywood heart-throb? The editorial team at Quilting Arts wants to know, and we are giving you a chance to wear your heart (and your "art") on your sleeve... with a festive Artist Trading Card (ATC) reader challenge!

We tape Quilting Arts TV Series 400 in just a couple of weeks, and I thought it might be fun to tell you who some of the guests will be this next season. (And this isn't the full list, just some I can remember off the top of my head!) Frieda Anderson...

Are you dabbling? Have you been experimenting with a new technique or material (or mastering an old one)? Or maybe you're dreaming of creating something but haven't had time? What have you been up to? To keep (or jumpstart) those creative juices...

Are you pulling your hair out, wondering what you could possibly get your mother-in-law for her birthday? Just ask Cheryl Prater, daughter-in-law extraordinaire. If you haven’t seen the January/February issue of Cloth Paper Scissors yet, Cheryl’s shares...

  With Valentine’s Day less than a month away, are you beginning to fret over what to get your loved one? Forget about a sappy Hallmark card, an overpriced bouquet of roses, or a stale box of chocolates. Take a lesson from soul mates Linda and Opie...

As promised, one final posting on the behind-the-scenes action from this latest taping of Quilting Arts TV! Below is the changing area in the green room, separated by a plywood wall. (At least we have the wall!) Anybody who set up their materials on this...

Time and time again I hear stories from friends and readers about creating art as a way of restoring inner calm, and it certainly holds true for me. I came back from my Phoenix trip only to learn that there was a grave family emergency on my hands and...