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    One thing our editorial team loves to do is devise reader challenges, and usually during the brainstorming sessions, there is a lot of laughter around the conference table. This next reader challenge is no exception. I confess this one is of a personal
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    Mixed-media fiber artist R. Paulette Lancaster chose Frida as the centerpiece of a collage of page-sized quilts made for a El Dia de los Muertos art exhibit. We thought this would be the perfect time to share the story of how she created this piece.
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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
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  • International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene
    This special issue from Quilting Arts and International Quilt Festival captures the energy, beauty, and community of today's quilt scene. Packed with feature articles, projects, and beautiful photography, this 148-page issue debuted at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this fall.
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  • Bloggers and Interweave Authors Open their Studios this Saturday October 3!
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  • Words of Wisdom from Lyric Kinard
    I always feel like the fall is such a busy but inspiring time of year. There’s so much to be done, and something about the cool air and crisp autumn colors gets the creative juices flowing. Lucky for me, Lyric Kinard was able to take some time out
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  • Quilting Arts October November 2009
    Designing Fabric; Sketches on fabric; Mixed-Media approach to quilting; dyeing technique; Sub Urban Art - selective Rusting; Edges; Monoprinting with texture plates; Journal quilts; Spontaneous explorations in color; Re-create your sketchbook images on
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  • The August/September issue of Quilting Arts is ready for you!
    The August/September issue is on the newsstands! Another beautiful cover! It's so colorful...so summery. Check out the cover quilt, made by Frances Holliday Alford, on page 15 and see how she created it. It makes me smile just looking at it. And have
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  • QA/CPS Calendar Girls
    We were thrilled to receive our office copies of the 2010 calendars! Not only is the gorgeous Quilting Arts 2010 Calendar now available, but you will also want to check out the first-ever Cloth Paper Scissors calendar ! Both calendars look beautiful,
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  • Quilting Arts August September 2009
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  • Brief SAQA Conference/ Quilt National Recap
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  • Quilting Arts June/July 2009
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    Out of all of the reader challenges we have hosted over the years, our "Fresh Picked" 2010 Quilting Arts Calendar contest produced the most fantastic results we have seen to date. They were outstanding. It bears repeating: They were oustanding
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  • SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) Update!
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  • Quilting Arts Sneak Peek
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  • Author Interview & a Blog Raffle!
       Above: Debbi Crane, Pokey Bolton, and Cheryl Prater at Make It University! at International Quilt Festival/ Chicago in 2007.   We have a very special guest with us today: Debbi Crane , co-author of MIXED MANIA: RECIPES FOR DELICIOUS
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  • Rock On! Art Quilt Update and a Holiday Freebie!
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  • Humor in Hard Times
    Since the economy is on all of our minds lately, I interrupt our regularly scheduled art quilt blogcast to share some humor with you: The fact that I woke up this morning and it was 18 degrees outside.   18 degrees…in November!  The mail that
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  • A Solid Gold Weekend & Free Quilted Jacket Pattern For Your Pooch
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  • Rock On! Art Quilt Update
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  • Announcing the Winners of the Quilting Arts Book and Stash of Fabrics!
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  • Today's the day! SAQA Reverse Auction and Close of Giveaway
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    I want to send a heartfelt thanks to everyone who stepped up and answered my burning question. I am blown away by the sheer number of responses and in awe of all the diverse gadgetry you have in your stashes! And now what I really want to know is… when
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    Fabric design with discharge dyeing, crayon rubbing, and painting; using your stash; digital design; machine needle felting; stamped fabrics with Adinkra symbols; designing with thread scraps; image transfers on fabric and paper; surface design in fabric
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  • Why The Sopranos Quilt Didn't Get Made
    As my friends know all too well, I am slightly obsessed with HBO's The Sopranos , and inspired by a recent call for entries for an upcoming show in Long Beach , I came darn close to formally entering an art quilt dedicated to my Jersey boys. But there
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  • 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
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  • Quilting Arts Magazine February/March 2008
    Collaged fabric panels with found objects; wholecloth facing technique; monoprinting fabrics, including sheers; free-motion machine quilting; mounting and framing art quilts; flour paste resist with Jane Dunnewold; painterly quilt collage; eco-friendly
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  • QA TV Series 200 Sneak Peek
    We’ve started taping for Series 200 of QA TV and I thought to give you a special, behind-the-scenes sneak-peek at how we put this together. It all begins months in advance when Kathie Stull (owner/producer) and I discuss the themes for each episode. At
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    Apologies for the two-week absence, but I have been bowled over by a few important deadlines this month and I’ve also managed to catch the flu (no fun). While I sip chicken broth, huddled under my great grandmother’s quilt, I thought to share some happenings
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  • Quilting Arts Magazine August/September 2007
    Machine needle felting with yarns, specialty fabrics, and digital image inspiration; the Kemshalls on quilting; binding techniques; autumn-themed art quilts; digital prints in fabric collage; discharging fabrics; India ink resist with Jane Dunnewold;
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  • Back from Chicago and 2008 Calendar Finalists
    Above: Debbi Crane, Patricia (Pokey) Bolton, Cheryl Prater Thanks to everyone who came by MIU in Chicago last week! Between a flooded basement (came home to two feet of water) and a head cold, I'm just a tad beat, but I'm still laughing as I think
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  • 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
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  • Quilting Arts Magazine February/March 2007
    Theme-based work; Tim Gunn makes Wearables Work for You; designer labels; machine needle felting; Clear Vision: Part II; pricing your art; textural surfaces; The role of tradition in quiltmaking; MetroTextural; More results from our Abstract Art Quilt
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  • Quilting Arts Winter 2006
    Art Design Primer: Color and Value; Xpandaprint; Artist Profile: Deidre Adams;create transparent quilt art; Frayed Edges group; water-soluble stabilizers; creating translucency; The making of an art quilt; creative coffee cuffs; magical card case; results
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    I'm home in body but not in brain, so let the pictures of International Quilt Festival in Houston do the talking! See those relaxed, confident smiles on Virginia and Nancy's faces? Just the night before, they counted the loot from the FFAC postcards
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  • Quilting Arts Fall 2006
    Art Design Primer: Unity and Focal Point; Embellishing with Attitude; MajorMinors II South African Fibreworks Exhibition; Artist Profile: Karen Stiehl Osborn; Embellished Stitches & Exotic Threads; Interview with South African Artist: Rosalie Dace;
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  • 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
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  • 2007 Calendar Contest Finalists
    Today's the day we posted the finalists on the Quilting Arts website , and we do it with mixed emotions. With more than 130 submissions, we were simply blown away this year, and the decision to narrow them down to the following was extremely difficult
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    We returned from Chicago late Sunday night/ Monday morning, and three days later we’ve finally chiseled our tired, groggy selves off the floor. Thanks so much to everybody who joined us in Chicago last week. We were stunned by the sheer number of people
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  • Setting a Shipping Record
    More than 2000 pounds and 80 boxes later, we’re on our way to Chicago for the International Quilt Festival/Spring. I don't know who's more shocked by this record-setting shipment––the dog or the UPS guy. I will try (key word being "try"
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