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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 Our 2012 Quilting Arts Getting Pet-ty Calendar Finalists!

Let’s face it: pet owners love our pets. My next door neighbor loves his labs so much, the only décor he has in his house relates to black labs--from every piece of wall art to the toilet paper dispensers! So it was no surprise to me that...

Published 21 Jan 2011 12:28 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Fabric Painting, Quilting Techniques, Quilting, Machine Quilting
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
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
Brief SAQA Conference/ Quilt National Recap

I recently returned from the annual SAQA conference that took place in Athens, Ohio on the Ohio University campus, and what an incredible time! For those who are unfamiliar with SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) , it is the non-profit organization to...

Published 24 May 2009 9:24 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Art Quilts, Quilting Techniques
Rock On! Art Quilt Update and a Holiday Freebie!

For all of us who survived Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, I hereby offer you Totally Free Tuesday! Well, at least a free offer from me in the form of a Christmas tree skirt article. Click on the image below to download a piece I...

Published 1 Dec 2008 10:54 PM by Pokey

Filed under: How to Quilt, Art Quilts, Quilting Techniques
2009 Quilting Arts Calendar Finalists

Okay, dear blog readers, it’s that time of year again to announce our Quilting Arts Calendar finalists. (I know it seems a little early to be thinking about 2009, but welcome to my world!) With this year’s theme, “Celebrating Home,” we received 243 entries...

Published 17 Apr 2008 5:51 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Surface Design, Quilting Techniques
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

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