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Let's Get This Party Started! Make It University! & QUILT SCENE

Above: My copy of QUILT SCENE sits proudly on my hotel pillow. As I'm writing this blog entry, I am in my hotel room getting myself all dolled up for tonight's IQA Award Ceremony in Houston, where...drum roll... International Quilt Festival: QUILT...

Published 13 Oct 2009 1:24 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Houston, Make It University, Quilt Scene, International Quilt festival Quilt Scene, Quilting, Jamie Fingal
I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours... (ATCs for Houston!)

Who's joining me in making 35 ATCs (artist trading cards) to celebrate the 35th anniversary of International Quilt Festival/ Houston next week ? Last night I packed all of my Open Studios supplies and discovered I had gotten just a tad carried away...

Published 5 Oct 2009 3:07 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Make It University, Quilt Scene, ATCs, Fabric ATCs, Quilting, Fabric
Make It University! at IQF/Houston and "Surviving the Runway" News

The Make It University!(TM) workshop schedule and list of events have now been posted. Click the link below to get the dish on what we've got planned. (And I hope you'll join me in making 35 ATCs to celebrate 35 years of Festival!) Make It University...

Published 12 Sep 2009 11:32 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Quilting Arts News, Make It University!, Houston, Make It University, Quilt Scene, Quilting, Kathy York
Recap of International Quilt Festival/ Long Beach

Oh, I am so sad. Someone slip me a happy pill, please . It's actually over. 2009 International Quilt Festival/ Long Beach is now past, but what an indelible memory it left! International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, second year in the running, is, well...

Published 28 Jul 2009 12:34 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Techniques, SAQA, Make It University, Quilting, Jamie Fingal, Leslie Jenison, Inspired to Quilt, cotton, Jane LaFazio, Alisa Burke
Back and an update on MIU/Chicago

Above: Cheryl Sleboda sporting her '80s tiara We're back from Chicago and recovering from all of the beautiful art quilts we saw and the hilarity and fun we had in MIU. What a great time! I am in the process of uploading videos and images onto...

Published 21 Apr 2009 6:11 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!
Breaking news! Sneak peek for Saturday night at Make It University!(TM) next week...

I don't mean to bury the latest QA blog giveaway post with the announcement of the 2010 Quilting Arts Calendar Finalists , but much of our editorial team is rather focused on getting ready for Chicago next week for the International Quilt Festival...

Published 10 Apr 2009 12:49 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Make It University, Quilting
International Quilt Festival/Chicago is next week!

I love this time of year. When April comes around, it means one kind of sock season is officially over (bye bye boots, hellooooo sandals), and another type of sock season officially begins! It also means it's time for the International Quilt Festival...

Published 6 Apr 2009 10:35 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, 2010 Cloth Paper Scissors Calendar, Make It University, Fabric
Houston: What A long, strange (and wonderful) trip it's been!

What an amazing, beautiful, surreal, funny, busy time we had in Houston! Thanks so much to everyone who participated in Make It University!(TM) I had every intention of blogging every day from the show floor. Ha ha, that's a good one. The laugh is...

Published 4 Nov 2008 11:31 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, SAQA, Make It University, Jamie Fingal, Kathy York, Leslie Jenison, Surface Design, Judy Perez
Houston: International Quilt Festival Scrapbook Pt. 1

Festival is proving to be incredible...and incredibly boisterous. A blog entry sans words; I will add commentary to this post and previous posts as soon as I down a Zeus Juice and get more than four hours of sleep at night! (Check back soon if...

Published 30 Oct 2008 11:59 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Fabric
Houston Day 2 - 3

The fun continues... Caroline Devoy & Co. who have some scrumptious fabrics out with Michael Miller... See what I mean? I want to thank all of the companies in our industry for making yummy products that will attract the next generation of quilters...

Published 29 Oct 2008 9:27 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Houston
Houston. And so it begins...

Blog woes: I apologize for not posting over the weekend. If anyone has a Typepad account, you may know they're having lots of technical problems this month as they switch to a new server. I'm praying to the blog gods that they get this fixed soon...

Published 27 Oct 2008 7:05 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Houston, Fabric
Talkin' Turkey (From Photo to Mini Quilt)

The other morning while putting on a pot of jo', I spotted this surprising sight out of my kitchen window: Twelve hours later, same skyline: And the following morning when I tried to go to work: A gaggle of wild turkeys on my street stopped me in...

Published 20 Oct 2008 2:42 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Techniques, Make It University, Fabric
Tricks and Treats

What's that saying: When the cat's away the mice will play? My husband's been out of town for the past week, and while he was gone, play I did… A few things have been on my mind lately: my beautiful hometown of San Francisco, the Grateful...

Published 7 Oct 2008 1:22 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Techniques, Upcoming Events, Make It University, Quilting, Fabric, Melanie Testa, draw, dye

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