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Make It University/Chicago Countdown

International Quilt Festival/Chicago commences April 16 in Rosemont, IL, and Yours Truly is counting down the days. If you haven't heard of Make It University!(TM), it's a hands-on area that takes place right on the show floor in the vendor area...

Published 13 Mar 2010 4:58 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Make It University!, Techniques, Make It University, Quilting, Fabric, Quilt, art quilt, Quilts, art quilting, small art quilts

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

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

Welcome to the New Quilting Arts Community! It's Move-in Day!

At long last...we have our own online community just for contemporary quilters! Like moving into a new house, it takes time to familiarize yourself with your surroundings, unpack your stuff, decorate your rooms, and meet the neighbors. To kick off move...

Published 30 Apr 2009 6:18 AM by Pokey

Filed under: How to Get Around the QA Community, Quilting, quiltingarts, art quilting, 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

Upcoming QA TV Series 400 Taping

We tape Quilting Arts TV Series 400 in just a couple of weeks, and I thought it might be fun to tell you who some of the guests will be this next season. (And this isn't the full list, just some I can remember off the top of my head!) Frieda Anderson...

Published 7 Feb 2009 2:21 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Jay McCarroll, Quilting, Jamie Fingal, Alisa Burke, Melanie Testa, art quilting

Your favorite art quilting and collage artists. Survey says…

In last Thursday’s post I posed the following question on the blog: If you could have a craft date with any artist, whom might you choose? The answers ran the gamut—from painters and musicians to creative embroiderers and art quilters. Names that...

Published 9 Dec 2008 1:19 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Quilting, embroidery, quiltingarts, art quilting, art quilters

QA TV Becomes a Reality!

We're mid-way through taping Quilting Arts TV so I thought it would be fun to share my journey with you thus far. Let the pictures do the talking... I had to chuckle when I boarded my flight to the taping and saw this on the back of the seat in front...

Published 12 Sep 2007 10:05 PM by Pokey

Filed under: QA TV, Make It University, Quilting, studio, design, Judy Perez, Quilt, art quilting, Quilters

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

Summer Reads

If you submitted ATCs for the blog swap in May, I’ll be sending mine to you in mid-July. So sorry it’s taken me a couple of months, but we’ve had a rather intense publishing schedule for both May and June. I also might have missed some people for the...

Published 29 Jun 2006 9:43 PM by Pokey

Filed under: Techniques, Cloth Paper Scissors, Quilting, Fabric, embroidery, design, teach, Quilt, quiltingarts, Quilts, patchwork, art quilting, Quilters, Calendar Contest

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