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Calling all quilters and fiber artists! The deadline for submitting to Quilting Arts Gifts has been extended to Tuesday, April 2nd! Just to recap, we're looking for quilting and fiber art projects that can be made as holiday gifts, both those that are seasonally appropriate and those that can be...
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Who doesn't love a quick and clever patchwork project, especially if the combination of fabrics and design practically guarantee the project will brighten your day? Triangle Patchwork Pouch by Ayumi Takahashi. I'm often drawn to the zakka-style designs of Ayumi Takahashi who frequently creates...
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Are you thinking of turning your art into a business? Do you have an art business but aren't sure how to spread the word? Do you want to use social media to promote you art, but aren't sure how to go about it? Jane Dávila Join us March 27, 2013, when cyber-savvy fiber artist and successful...
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In the February/March 2013 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine , we introduced our latest reader challenge, "Text Me!", encouraging you to make a quilt about how text inspires you. There is still time to submit your creation--the deadline is Friday, March 29. Artist Jane LaFazio often incorporates...
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Where I live in New England, it gets dark at about 4:30 p.m. in the depths of winter. So when Daylight Savings Time kicks in and the snowbanks start to melt, I'm itching to get outside and do some fabric painting and dyeing. Sun printing with stencils. (Photo by Pokey Bolton.) I have always admired...
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QuiltCon, the quilt show and convention presented by The Modern Quilt Guild last month was energetic and fun in so many ways. A real celebration of the art of quilting . Happiness is . . . winning Best in Show. Me congratulating winning quilt artist Victoria Findlay Wolfe. We saw many fans of Cloth Paper...
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Here in Sudbury, Massachusetts, it's beginning to feel as if spring will never come. And though I love drinking hot chocolate and cozying up to my husband, the truth is that I'm so done with winter. I'm sure you ca n relate. With many of us itching to shake the snow off our boots and leave...
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One of the joys and privileges of working on Quilting Arts Magazine is that I get to talk to a wide variety of quilt artists and find out what makes them tick. 'Masked Self-Portrait,' 24½ " x 19", quilt art by Kate Themel. In the April/May issue of Quilting Arts I have an interview...
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I've been playing with screen printing for fiber art a lot lately, in preparation for a surprise the Quilting Arts team has in store for you. (Trust me, you will love it.) Fabric art using silkscreen and soy wax batik techniques, by Ginny Eckley. What I've learned is, the more you do screen printing...
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I have some news I think you're just going to love: Quilting Daily is hosting its first live online seminar Thursday February 28, Enhance your Quilting with Surface Design Techniques: Creating Brushes in Photoshop Elements , with talented mixed-media fiber artist Margaret Applin. You are probably...
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The day has arrived to announce the Havel's/Fingal/Quilting Arts giveaway package winners. It was so hard to pick from all your wonderful comments, so I used a random number generator. And the winners are: Lorayle2 Elaine M Rowe meshouse We will contact you via email to get your street addresses...
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About three years ago my friend Linda got me hooked on Pojagi. Ever since she told me about this beautiful Korean form of patchwork quilting , I've been experimenting with it The headband I made for 101 Patchwork Projects + Quilts with the plan for how the patchwork pieces go together. The real beauty...
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If you like to cut and fuse fabric, this giveaway is for you! Art by Jamie Fingal. Scissors by Havel's. If you're a regular reader of Quilting Arts , and of course I hope you are, you may recall Jamie Fingal's "Out of the Toolbox" article in the October/November 2012 issue . In...
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In addition to live music, great food, a hip downtown, and an energizing Texas vibe, Austin will add one more credential to its impressive resume: home of QuiltCon! A basket of goodies similar to this one--worth over $500!--will be raffled at QuiltCon. Come by Booth #324 to enter for free . QuiltCon...
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If you want to give your art quilts or fiber art a unique design, one of the easiest ways is with fabric painting and surface design techniques. And one of the simplest ways to apply fabric paints or inks in a unique way is with monoprinting. Margarita Korioth made a monoprint on fabric with a collagraph...