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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
What Do Bikinis and Quilting Have in Common?

I thought that headline might grab your attention. I recently took a brief three-day break to a beach before our publishing schedule vamps up this summer, and decided to turn my vacation a Stitch-cation. As summer approaches––and so do vacation...

Published 19 May 2010 8:47 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Surface Design, Fabric Art, Hand Sewing, Sewing Techniques, Art Quilts, Hand Stitches
It's a wrap! Just returned from QA TV Series 6 TV taping

Above: Diane Nunez's dimensional fabric flowers Five days, 39 segments, and 13 episodes later, Season Six of Quilting Arts TV is born. A number of very talented guests joined me this season: Jane Dunnewold was back to dazzle us with two surface design...

Published 7 Mar 2010 6:57 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Surface Design, Hand Sewing, Sewing Techniques, Fabric Painting, Quilting Techniques, Machine Quilting
Editor's QA picks for January!

We're introducing a new feature to the Quilting Arts Community... Every month I will be cruising the site, noting what people are posting in the galleries and forums, and essentially looking to see how you--our cherished members--are utilizing our...

Published 28 Jan 2010 3:13 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Surface Design, Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Machine Quilting
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
Quilting Arts Uncensored and Make It University! at International Quilt Festival/Long Beach

OK, Everybody! It's time to take the “Quilting Arts Uncensored: The Stuff You're Not Supposed to Know” Quiz! Are you ready? Which of the following statements is true? A. For the very first Quilting Arts calendar we published in 2001...

Published 18 Jun 2009 2:13 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Quilting Supplies, Fabric Art, Hand Sewing, Sewing Techniques, Art Quilts, Hand Stitches
Your favorite art quilting and collage artists. Survey says…

In last Thursday’s post I posed the following question on the blog: If you could have a craft date with any artist, whom might you choose? The answers ran the gamut—from painters and musicians to creative embroiderers and art quilters. Names that...

Published 9 Dec 2008 1:19 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Art Quilts
Handmade Show & Tell

My, my...what a busy group of elves you've been this season. I was thrilled to receive so many emails with pictures of handmade gifts you've been making this year! Here's a sampling of ten gifts (randomly selected) that I hope will inspire...

Published 19 Dec 2007 10:11 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Quilting Stitches, Quilting Techniques, Machine Quilting
Fa La La

On Saturday night I found myself with a free evening (yeehaa!) and made a set of fabric coasters to give my mom for Christmas. I was inspired by Julie Hirota's article in Quilting Arts Gifts for fabric coasters and how Julie manipulates her photos...

Published 9 Dec 2007 6:23 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, How to Quilt, Quilting Techniques
Fabric Journal & More Blog Challenge Results

Congratulations to the following five for winning a free one-year subscription: Terri Stegmiller Sandra Spagnuolo Carol Wiebe Sue Bleiweiss Joanna van Ritbergen In thanks to everyone who emailed me their thoughts on inspiring artists and works, I thought...

Published 28 Nov 2006 6:23 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Surface Design, How to Quilt, Quilting Techniques, Dyeing Fabric, Quilting for Beginners
Fabric Collage Postcards and ATCs

I just got the sweetest letter yesterday from a seven-year-old boy named Will. I met him this past spring in Chicago at Make It U! and I remember finding him staring up at the wall of fabric ATCs we had displayed. Eyes wide, mouth agape, and neck craned...

Published 8 Aug 2006 1:49 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Fabric Art, How to Quilt, Embellishment Techniques, Art Quilts, Quilting Stitches, Quilting Techniques
Summer Reads

If you submitted ATCs for the blog swap in May, I’ll be sending mine to you in mid-July. So sorry it’s taken me a couple of months, but we’ve had a rather intense publishing schedule for both May and June. I also might have missed some people for the...

Published 29 Jun 2006 9:43 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Embroidery, Patchwork Quilt, Fabric Art, Art Quilts

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