Pokey Bolton was introduced to art quilting and the related fiber arts in 1998, and ever since she took her first stitch (a fly) and embroidered her first motif (a spider), she has been entangled in this art form and doesn't envision herself free. Art quilting and mixed-media have, quite literally, taken over her life--so much so that she left her doctoral program and full-time teaching job to found Quilting Arts Magazine®, and later with her husband John, Cloth Paper Scissors® magazine. Both magazines were acquired by Interweave Press in 2007 and Pokey is now the editorial director of their Quilt and Paper Division. She is also the author of “The Quilting Arts Book: Techniques and Inspiration for Creating One-of-a-Kind Quilts” and “1,000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Inspired Mixed Media ATCs.”Pokey and John (now Vice-President at Interweave) have a menagerie of animals, some of whom make an appearance now and then at Quilting Arts headquarters. Pokey is also the host of Quilting Arts TV on PBS, and when she isn't at the office or a taping, she can be found in her studio at home--her absolute favorite place to be!

Pippa Eccles is a lifelong lover of all things related to fabric and fiber art. She began sewing before she can remember, and made her first traditional quilt when she was nineteen. Before long, she became interested in less conventional quilting techniques and has never turned back. She recently graduated from Harvard where she studied art history and wrote her senior thesis on art quilting. When she isn’t sewing, she enjoys cooking, swimming, reading, and traveling. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with her boyfriend and bunny.

Helen Gregory is the managing editor for Quilting Arts Magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors, and helps to produce the Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors Workshop DVDs. Having worked for years in the quilting industry, both as an editor and in marketing/product development, Helen was a fan of Quilting Arts since the early days, and she was thrilled to join the QA/CPS team in 2007. A friend introduced Helen to quilting shortly after they graduated from college, and she was perfectly content with handwork until her parents gave her a student model sewing machine. When she received the machine, she couldn’t imagine that she’d ever use it. Now she can’t imagine life without it. When not working or creating, Helen loves spending time outdoors – hiking, biking, kayaking, x-c skiing, and relaxing at the beach. She moved home to her native Massachusetts after living in Colorado for many years.

A lifelong writer and editor, Cate Coulacos Prato has been with Cloth Paper Scissors since its debut in 2004. In 2008 she took over as editor of Cloth Paper Scissors Studios and in 2009 also became Online Editor for Quilting Daily. She published her first book, Mixed-Media Self-Portraits, Inspiration & Techniques (Interweave) in 2008 and dabbles in a wide variety of art media, primarily fabric collage and embroidery.