art quilts - Pokey - Quilting Arts

Editor's QA picks for January!

We're introducing a new feature to the Quilting Arts Community... Every month I will be cruising the site, noting what people are posting in the galleries and forums, and essentially looking to see how you--our cherished members--are utilizing our...

Published 28 Jan 2010 5:13 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Quilting, Fabric, Bernina, embroidery, beads, Surface Design, design, teach, Quilt, art quilts, art quilting, Editor's Community Pick

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, art quilts

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!, quiltingarts, art quilts

Life's a Beach Challenge Results

Apparently I am not the only one counting down the minutes until summer because we received more than 280 submissions for our "Life's a Beach!" Cloth Paper Scissors reader challenge. Submissions ranged from altered surf boards and flip-flops...

Published 27 Mar 2009 10:36 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Cloth Paper Scissors, Make It University, Quilt, art quilts

Bernina and Quilting Arts TV!

I have kept mum about this for months but I can finally rip the duct tape off of my mouth and spill the news: Bernina is now the sewing machine sponsor of Quilting Arts TV! I have been a fan of Bernina and their sewing machines since Day One of Quilting...

Published 26 Feb 2009 10:23 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Quilting, Bernina, Quilt, art quilts, art quilters, Quilters

Our Patchwork Heritage

This just in... "Treasure Map" by Susan Shie PRESIDENT OBAMA: A CELEBRATION IN ART QUILTS February 9-March 5, 2009 Opening Reception: Friday, February 13, 6-9 pm. Cafritz Foundation Arts Center Montgomery College 930 King Street Silver Spring...

Published 20 Jan 2009 12:55 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Current Affairs, Quilt, Quilts, art quilts, patchwork, Quilters

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: Quilting, Fabric, Quilt, art quilt, quiltingarts, art quilts

Rock On! Art Quilt Update

OK, my boogie-loving, head-thrashing, air-guitar-playing quilters, how are those Rock On! art quilts comin ''? T minus 10 weeks until the due date, so I hope you're jammin' and quiltin' the night away. We've gotten a handful of...

Published 14 Nov 2008 5:02 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Quilting Arts News, Music, Fabric, art quilt, quiltingarts, art quilts, Quilters

<Blank>

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

Quilting Arts TV

For me ringing in the New Year often means a cozy night curled on the couch, TV clicker in hand, watching a frost-bitten *** Clark countdown to midnight. However, this New Year’s is a little more thrilling… because that stroke of midnight means Quilting...

Published 31 Dec 2007 7:53 AM by Pokey

Filed under: Quilting, Judy Perez, Quilt, Quilts, art quilts

Oh the weather outside is delightful

The calendar says the summer solstice will blessedly be upon us in a few days, but in Editorial Land, this can only mean one thing: How are those holiday issues shapin' up? Admittedly I'm still thawing out from last winter, but while I'm deadheading...

Published 17 Jun 2007 8:32 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, SAQA, Cloth Paper Scissors, Make It University, Quilting, Fabric, studio, Quilt, quiltingarts, Quilts, art quilts, art quilting

Odds and Ends

Almost here! 1000 Artist Trading Cards is not available until next month, but I got my advanced copy a short while ago. What I love most about this gallery-style book is that these ATCs bridge both the art quilt and collage worlds. Lots of styles, themes...

Published 20 Mar 2007 6:49 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, Cloth Paper Scissors, Make It University, Quilting, Kathy York, Quilt, art quilt, quiltingarts, Quilts, art quilts

Welcome!

I’ve always been slow to catch onto anything hip (proven by the fact that I’ve yet to watch a single episode of “Project Runway”). Yet I’d get email after email from friends and colleagues who’d apprise me that they were journaling on the Net, and for...

Published 10 Feb 2006 1:55 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Quilting Arts News, Upcoming Events, Cloth Paper Scissors, Quilting, Fabric, Quilt, quiltingarts, Quilts, Quilter, art quilts, www.quiltingarts.com

Free EBooks

Topics

Tags

Blog Archive List

Twitter

TAGS: art quilts