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International Quilt Festival/ Houston Recap!

Brace yourselves! I think I'm about to set a world record in the Blogosphere for the number of photos in a single blog entry. I took nearly 250 shots at International Quilt Festival/Houston, but I cut the lot down to 49. (The ones I don’t post...

Published 20 Oct 2009 7:00 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, SAQA, Cloth Paper Scissors, Make It University, Quilting Arts, Quilt Scene, Quilting, Jamie Fingal, Fabric, Kathy York, Bernina, Leslie Jenison, Inspired to Quilt, Melanie Testa, design, Judy Perez, 35th Anniversary, International Quilt Festival, Quilt, art quilt, Quilts, Quilter
It's a Wrap! QA TV Series 500 just completed taping...

I've just returned home from Cleveland where we taped our next series of QA TV (airing end of December). This new season promises to be a strong one! Not only did we tape some fabulous segments at International Quilt Festival/Chicago this past April...

Published 7 Sep 2009 7:44 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, QA TV, SAQA, Quilt National, Cloth Paper Scissors, Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, Quilting Arts TV, Quilting, Fabric, Kathy York, Bernina, embroidery, studio, Quilt, Quilts, American Quilts, art quilts
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, Quilt, Quilts, Quilter
Quilting Arts Uncensored and Make It University! at International Quilt Festival/Long Beach

OK, Everybody! It's time to take the “Quilting Arts Uncensored: The Stuff You're Not Supposed to Know” Quiz! Are you ready? Which of the following statements is true? A. For the very first Quilting Arts calendar we published in 2001...

Published 18 Jun 2009 2:13 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, Cloth Paper Scissors, Quilting Arts Uncensored, Long Beach, Make It University, Quilting, Jamie Fingal, Fabric, embroidery, Leslie Jenison, Alisa Burke, Melanie Testa, draw, beads, Quilt, Quilts, art 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: Techniques, SAQA, Quilt National, Quilting, Kathy York, studio, art quilter, Surface Design, Quilt, art quilt, Quilts, Quilter, art quilters, Quilters
Quilting Arts TV Series 400 Taping Pt. II

Quilting Arts TV taping for Series 400 has officially completed, and over the course of this week I will be posting photos and short videos to give you a flavor of what transpired on and off camera. I have more than 200 pictures and I'll also be loading...

Published 2 Mar 2009 8:18 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, QA TV, Quilting, studio, art quilting
Quilting Arts Sneak Peek

Want to see a sneak peek of the cover for the February/March issue of Quilting Arts (on sale February 3rd)? This art quilt is by Kathy York (who some may remember from this particular Saturday night event ). Doesn't it make you wish for spring? Kathy...

Published 7 Jan 2009 6:05 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Quilting Arts News, Musings, Techniques, Cloth Paper Scissors, Quilting, Kathy York, design, Quilt, art quilt, quiltingarts
100th Blog Post & Happy New Year!

Not only are we celebrating a new year, but also coincidentally this is our 100th post here on the Quilting Arts blog! I never thought I’d have the perseverance to make it to 100 blog entries. Case in point: the fact that I have one diary I got...

Published 1 Jan 2009 7:58 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, Quilting, ephemera, Quilt
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, Quilt, quiltingarts
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, Quilt, quiltingarts, Quilts
Collage & Quilt Opportunities Abound (and Meet the Joneses)

Virginia Spiegel’s e-newsletter popped into my in-box earlier this week, letting me know that another Collage Mania auction to raise funds for the American Cancer Society will be taking place. Virginia’s efforts to raise funds and rally artists for ACS...

Published 4 Sep 2008 3:21 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, Quilting, Fabric, Quilt, art quilt, quiltingarts, Quilts, free-motion quilting
Thermofax Screen Printing

A sample of my hand-dyed and screen-printed fabrics. What would you do if you had a month off and could do any one activity? If I could take this kind of time, I'd scamper off to some secret destination (preferably a small creekside cottage in Sedona...

Published 11 Jun 2008 10:28 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, Fabric, dyed, Quilt, Quilts
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: Techniques, Quilting Arts 2009 Calendar Contest, Quilting, Surface Design, design, Quilt, Quilts, Calendar Contest
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Go Green Quilt by Frances Holliday Alford Opportunities Knock Wanted! We have some very exciting publicity and publishing opportunities that I wanted you, dear blog reader, to find out about first. (Many of these aren’t even on the submissions pages yet...

Published 27 Mar 2008 4:16 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, Upcoming Events, Cloth Paper Scissors, Make It University, Quilting, Fabric, studio, art quilter, Surface Design, mixed-media quilting, Quilt, quiltingarts, Quilts, art quilts
QA TV Series 200 Taping Complete

The winner of the award of Guests Traveling the Farthest for the Series 200 QA TV Taping goes to... The Kemshalls! For those unfamiliar with this dynamic mother-daughter team, Linda (beautiful mother) and Laura (adorable daughter who's only 29!) hail...

Published 5 Feb 2008 6:09 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, Cloth Paper Scissors, Make It University, Quilting, Jamie Fingal, Fabric, design, Quilt, quiltingarts, Quilts

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