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Announcing the New Editor for Quilting Arts!

A couple of months ago I announced a few sizable changes at Quilting Arts (you can read more about those changes in this post ). Now I’d like to share the fantastic news that we have a new editor for Quilting Arts! Meet Vivika Hansen DeNegre, a...

Published 16 Dec 2011 8:00 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Surface Design, Hand Sewing, Sewing Techniques, Art Quilts, Dyeing Fabric, Quilting, Hand Stitches
Quilting Arts TV Series 900 Recap (and other newsy bits)

I think I've amassed about 10,000 miles in my frequent flyer program within the last month. Or at least it feels like 10,000 miles. I have been away more than I've been home the past four weeks, and have hightailed it all over the continent. My...

Published 22 Sep 2011 11:17 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Painting, Dyeing Fabric
My Fabric Painting & Printapalooza Weekend

I confess, if I didn't love Quilting Arts so much, I'd throw in the towel and spend all of my time painting and dyeing fabric . You see, some day when I finally grow up, I want to be Jane Dunnewold (or Kerr Grabowski). I save any kind of surface...

Published 31 May 2011 10:00 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Fabric Painting, Quilting Techniques, Dyeing Fabric
Announcing the Latest Fabric Winner & Lost Footage: International Quilt Festival!

I have to say, a number of your responses to my last blog post about PPQSDS (Post-Partum Quilt Show Disorder) cracked me up, and I love many of your creative strategies for coping with winter! Many mentioned they bake cookies, some talked about snow dyeing...

Published 16 Nov 2010 8:10 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Dyeing Fabric
A Perfect 10: Quilt Studio Bliss

Judith Trager's Maine Coon, Pumpkin, sleeping on the job on top of Judith's art quilts. I had a sublime 10/10/10 weekend. Just perfect, and much of it had to do with Boulder's city-wide Open Studios program that take place four weekends a...

Published 10 Oct 2010 7:15 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Art Quilts, Fabric Painting, Dyeing Fabric
Where in the world is Pokey?

My head is spinning. This summer has been a traveling whirlwind for me since I've been traipsing about the country for Quilting Arts and adjusting to a Massachusetts/Colorado living situation. There have been a few mornings over the past several weeks...

Published 10 Aug 2010 5:48 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Quilting Techniques, Dyeing Fabric, Small Quilting Projects, Printmaking
Help! Quilt Design for my "Inner Animal" Quilt

The deadline for Our Inner Animal Reader Challenge is coming up fast (January 22), and I thought it would be fun for me to play along, too, perhaps put my entry on my letter from the editor page and in our community. My inner animal is the cutest amphibian...

Published 16 Jan 2010 5:18 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Quilting Designs, Fabric Art, Quilt Patterns, Dyeing Fabric
Meet Virginia Spiegel, the Extraordinary Artist Behind ToteTuesday and FFAC!

What's not to love about Virginia Spiegel? She's an exceptional fiber artist, has raised nearly $200,000 for the American Cancer Society with Fiber Arts for a Cause (FFAC), and heck...we share the same birthday (October 2nd in case you wanted...

Published 14 Jan 2010 3:11 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Dyeing Fabric
Giveaway: Ringing in 2010 with Some Color & Texture

I hope everyone was able to enjoy some time to themselves over the holidays! Since I was at our Interweave headquarters just before the break, I went skiing in Colorado for a couple of days. (This was to make The Husband happy.) Then when we came home...

Published 5 Jan 2010 12:23 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Quilting Supplies, Fabric Art, Dyeing Fabric
Stitched Holiday Fabric Cards

Over the Thanksgiving Day holiday, I knew I needed to do something with my bin of fabric runts. You know what I'm referring to: those fabrics you made that didn't dye or screen successfully, but you just can't bear to throw them out. I decided...

Published 30 Nov 2009 7:22 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Quilting Supplies, Fabric Art, How to Quilt, Dyeing Fabric
It's a Wrap! QA TV Series 500 just completed taping...

I've just returned home from Cleveland where we taped our next series of QA TV (airing end of December). This new season promises to be a strong one! Not only did we tape some fabulous segments at International Quilt Festival/Chicago this past April...

Published 7 Sep 2009 7:44 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Surface Design, Art Quilts, Dyeing Fabric
Recap of International Quilt Festival/ Long Beach

Oh, I am so sad. Someone slip me a happy pill, please . It's actually over. 2009 International Quilt Festival/ Long Beach is now past, but what an indelible memory it left! International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, second year in the running, is, well...

Published 28 Jul 2009 12:34 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Dyeing Fabric
QA TV Taping Pt III

More images from our QA TV taping last week... Luana Rubin of eQuilter.com joined us this season! Here she is with our very own Helen Gregory and the Bernina 830. Pokey with Jay McCarroll just before his first segment taped. (I know this will come as...

Published 4 Mar 2009 1:13 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Dyeing Fabric
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...

Published 13 Feb 2009 2:57 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Art Quilts, Dyeing Fabric
Tricks and Treats

What's that saying: When the cat's away the mice will play? My husband's been out of town for the past week, and while he was gone, play I did… A few things have been on my mind lately: my beautiful hometown of San Francisco, the Grateful...

Published 7 Oct 2008 1:22 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Fabric Painting, Dyeing Fabric

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