TAGS: Fabric Art

Take an art quilting journey with our travel-themed issue full of must-try art techniques. Jamie Fingal shares how an Airstream trailer inspired her to get sketching and quilting. Enjoy working outdoors with Mickey Lawler's painting techniques using sun and sand for unique results, or set up a dyeing work space and try Kathy York's tips for making hand-dyed motifs using wax batik and bleach. Jane LaFazio shows several techniques for incorporating stencils with stitch and paint. Enjoy the undersea creations of Eileen Williams and hand-stitch inspiration from Rita Summers. Martha Sielman shares a gallery of quilts from her book about people and portraits, and she offers insight on creating realistic portraits. Check out our readers' interpretations of the theme "Map It Out" in our Reader Challenge Gallery.

Explore the cutting-edge art of 3-D quilts in Quilting Arts Magazine. This issue is packed with information and ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Spotlight artist Diane Núñez shares the techniques she uses for moving her quilts away from the wall with an innovative system of metal framework. After reading an interview with artist Jill Rumoshosky Werner, learn about how she meets the challenges of working as a conceptual artist. And don’t miss the profile of 3-D and abstract artist Barbara Schulman. In the Minding Your Business column, Jane Dávila explores ways to win commissions for public artwork. Surface-design enthusiasts will love the step-by-step instructions for creating stitched then dyed fabric from Susan Purney Mark and the method for making hot-cut appliqués from Stella Belikiewicz. And don’t miss the tips for creating your own group quilt from the makers of the cover quilt, “Exquisite Journey.” All this, plus a gallery of 10 inspiring 3-D art quilts from the 8 that Create Artists, and an array of charming Artist Trading Cards from our “What’s in Your Heart?” reader challenge.

Join the do-it-yourself movement with ideas and techniques from the contributing artists of Quilting Arts Magazine. Learn a versatile surface design technique from Carolyn T. Abbott to personalized your own fabrics, ways to improve your quilt photography with Maria Elkins, how to dye your own cloth with guidance from Marcia Derse, and even start your own art quilt group with a profile by Lynn Krawczyk of several groups. Plus, enjoy an inspiring gallery of art quilts from the Dinner At Eight Artists and the results of our "What's Your Signature Color?" Reader Challenge plus much more!

Our “Staycation” issue is full of fresh and innovative techniques, including creating hand-dyed fabric, surface design, and machine quilting. Enjoy inspiring work from our talented readers, an exhibit from the QUILTART group, and much more!

Celebrate art quilt collaboration in the newest issue of Quilting Arts. Learn about the award-winning Coastal Quilt Artists, a husband and wife quilting team, and the Twelve by Twelve challenge group. Create stitched fiber photographs, make a monoprinted art quilt, and construct an artful and embellished fabric house. Plus all the latest art quilting techniques including how to create surfaces for stitch and remove color from fabric. Enjoy a gallery of inspiring art quilts and the results from the Quilting Arts Fabric Swap.  

Check out our surface design issue, full of fresh techniques to create your own fabrics. Stamp and stencil with unusual objects, learn to dye with ice, explore finger painting on cloth, and much more; plus art quilts meet mixed media, color theory for art quilters, tips on working in a series, and our first ever Extreme Quilt Makeover. Cover art by Benedicte Caneill

In the April/May 2010 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine, treat yourself to: more thread sketching with Susan Brubaker Knapp, focusing on line; silk-screen printing onto disposable facial washcloths with Leslie Tucker Jenison; Pokey’s journal quilt-sized and fabric collaged pet portraits; Susan Carlson’s methods for freeform fabric collage; Cindi Huss's ideas for working with felt and and stitch; Connie Rose’s quilt collages made from her exquisite surface-designed fabrics; "Let Our Your Inner Animal!" Reader Challenge results; Terry Grant's step-by-step reworking of an older quilt; an Artist Profile of Diane Marie Chaudiere; Jane Dávila's ideas for how to brand yourself as an artist; and Goddess Robbi Joy Eklow's discussion of UFOs! Cover art by Susan Brubaker Knapp

A gelatin monoprint process; Asian-inspired, richly embroidered accessories; creating with silk: painted and beaded trees; printing with incised rubbing plates and non-toxic materials; the effective artist statement; The Lowell Fiber Studio; Artist Profile; The Whisper Challenge, and more. Cover quilt by Frances Holliday Alford.