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International Quilt Festival/Long Beach & MIU Plans

Your trusty Quilting Arts team is getting ready for one of our very favorite shows that we look forward to all year long: International Quilt Festival/Long Beach . This year is no different and in fact we have a lot of fun activities planned at Make It...

Published 11 Jul 2011 3:25 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Small Quilting Projects
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
My Latest Quilting Arts @ 10 Giveaway--Free Fabric!

In celebration of 10 years of Quilting Arts, I offer my 2nd (of 10) giveaways this month. This time I am giving away a stash of my own hand-dyed, screen-printed fabrics, some of which look something like this: My question to you: What is on your art quilting...

Published 9 Jan 2011 4:00 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Art Quilts
5 Things to Do to Get Ready for International Quilt Festival/Houston:

If my math is correct, I’ve spent more than 100 nights in Houston over the past 10 years, yet I’ve never claimed residency there. That’s more than a season! I’ve stayed all over the city: At the Holiday Inn in the Medical Center...

Published 22 Oct 2010 4:35 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Small Quilting Projects
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
Making fabric books at my family reunion

I haven't written much on my own personal blog lately. Why is that, you ask? On top of an industrious work schedule, I have been camping out of a suitcase this summer. (I have it figured out that the only clothes one really needs in the sweltering...

Published 8 Jul 2010 6:42 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Fabric Painting
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
IQF/Chicago recap & quilt show hangover

I'm suffering from a quilt show hangover, and no, it has nothing to do with alcohol, but rather everything to do with waking up in your own bed at home after being at a show for a few days. Attending quilt shows is a natural high: you gaze at amazing...

Published 21 Apr 2010 8:44 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Small Quilting Projects
Road Trip + Gelatin Monoprinting = Fun Times Ahead in Chicago

As you can tell from Pippa's latest entry , we've been doing a little road tripping lately... I'm thrilled to say the next stop is the International Quilt Festival/ Chicago ! Are you making your art to trade with others at the new Trading...

Published 9 Apr 2010 2:43 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Fabric Painting
Want to win a brand new BERNINA aurora sewing machine? Take our challenge!

Here's a fun way to kick off the work week... Are you interested in winning a brand new BERNINA® aurora sewing machine? Have we got an opportunity for you! Quilting Arts & BERNINA present “ Stitch This! ” Here’s how to participate...

Published 29 Mar 2010 4:56 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Fabric Art, Art Quilts
Make It University/Chicago Countdown

International Quilt Festival/Chicago commences April 16 in Rosemont, IL, and Yours Truly is counting down the days. If you haven't heard of Make It University!(TM), it's a hands-on area that takes place right on the show floor in the vendor area...

Published 13 Mar 2010 2:58 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Fabric Art, Art Quilts, Fabric Painting, Small Quilting Projects
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
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

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