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  • Special Quilting Arts & Cloth Paper Scissors News for 2009

    Some news that I can at long last share with you...    Ready to get floored? Cloth Paper Scissors STUDIOS is going to a four-issue publication schedule in 2009! Cate Prato will be at the helm as Editor for this magazine, so if you have a studio...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 24 Nov 2008
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  • One more fabric winner and sneak peek of the guests for Quilting Arts TV Series 300

    My screen-printed fabric packs are cut, sorted, and ready to go! Goodbye my colorful calico and crepe de Chine lovelies, I hope your new owners put you to good use… I only received nine emails yesterday instead of 10 so I am drawing another winner. Congratulations...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 14 Aug 2008
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  • Rock On! Art Quilt Update

    OK, my boogie-loving, head-thrashing, air-guitar-playing quilters, how are those Rock On! art quilts comin ''? T minus 10 weeks until the due date, so I hope you're jammin' and quiltin' the night away. We've gotten a handful of...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 14 Nov 2008
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  • Bye Dad...

    My father passed away yesterday; he died of lung cancer and died young (age 59). He got the diagnosis in late June and went very rapidly. I thought about whether or not it was appropriate for me to be posting something so personal on this blog, but decided...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 1 Sep 2006
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  • Mixed-media Tea Party Challenge Results

    News flash! We have been steeped in challenge entries for our Cloth Paper Scissors Mixed-Media Tea Party challenge and invite the following artists to please send in their submissions to us as soon as possible. Many will be published; all will be displayed...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 18 Jul 2008
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    I've been mum about something and it's just about killed me to have kept this secret for so long. Coming the end of December a brand new quilting show called "Quilting Arts TV" and hosted by yours truly will join the PBS programming...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 2 May 2007
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  • Humor in Hard Times

    Since the economy is on all of our minds lately, I interrupt our regularly scheduled art quilt blogcast to share some humor with you: The fact that I woke up this morning and it was 18 degrees outside.   18 degrees…in November!  The mail that...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 21 Nov 2008
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  • Giveaway Winners

    Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate in the giveaway by sharing tips, tricks, and words of wisdom on how to incorporate depth and perspective into art quilts. It was so much fun to learn more about how different quilters tackle design...

    Posted to Ellen's Blog by ellen seeburger on 26 Aug 2011
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  • Fabric Cookie Winners Round Two

    Well, since only TWO of you have emailed me to receive your free fabric cookies, I'm announcing four new winners: jojo pinkgypsy Quilnan Lynne Weinberger Congratulations! Please email me your name and address at peccles@interweave.com to receive your...

    Posted to Pippa's Blog by pippapatchwork on 12 Nov 2009
  • The Bargains Go On And On

    After a wonderful Thanksgiving spent with family and friends, I'm now giving thanks for being able to find great deals without having to stand in line! Black Friday sale (on top of a sale) prices continue throughout the weekend in the Quilting Daily...

    Posted to Quilting Daily by Danielle on 24 Nov 2012
  • Quilting Arts TV

    For me ringing in the New Year often means a cozy night curled on the couch, TV clicker in hand, watching a frost-bitten *** Clark countdown to midnight. However, this New Year’s is a little more thrilling… because that stroke of midnight means Quilting...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 31 Dec 2007
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  • Are quilters also closet Bubba fans?

    If you have received your February/March edition of Quilting Arts Magazine, you might have caught my interview with Jay McCarroll, Season #1 winner of "Project Runway." Well, I received the following email from Amazon this morning: Dear Amazon...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 28 Jan 2009
  • Four bits of news from Quilting Arts Headquarters

    1. Make It University! with Cloth Paper Scissors at International Quilt Festival is taking place in less than two weeks! If you can't come to the show (and we'll certainly miss you) you can still be a part of the fun if you send in some Fat Inchies...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 18 Oct 2007
  • Happy Times

    Happy times I just returned from a Caribbean quilting cruise we sponsored where fellow friends and artists including Lesley Riley and Laura Cater-Woods taught. Although as a sponsor I didn’t take classes, the trip afforded me the chance to simply sit...

    Posted to Pokey by Pokey on 6 Mar 2006
  • Stitch, Spring 2009

    ON THE COVER: Tuesday Pillow features Print Me Susan Beal Customize your sewing with DIY screen-printed fabrics The Whir and the Power of Making Linzee Kull McCray Sewing with Diana Rupp, Founder of Make Workshop projects Stitch it Up Get creative with...

    Posted to Issues by stitch magazine on 20 Apr 2009