Almost every quilter I know is wild about something. Whether it is creating mixed media quilts with cast-off tea bags, making ice-dyed fabrics in the dead of winter like artist Lynda Heines, or creating intricately stitched masterpieces like Ana Buzzalino. But what about those of us – and yes, I include myself in this group – who love our pets so much we want to immortalize them in cloth? Let me introduce you to pet portrait quilts artist Jane Haworth who share that passion. “Pets are the loves of our lives. I have seen this firsthand while teaching raw-edge portrait… The post Pet Portrait Qui ..read more

Almost every quilter I know is wild about something. Whether it is creating mixed media quilts with cast-off tea bags, making ice-dyed fabrics in the dead of winter like artist Lynda Heines, or creating intricately stitched masterpieces like Ana Buzzalino. But what about those of us – and yes, I include myself in this group – who love our pets so much we want to immortalize them in cloth? Let me introduce you to pet portrait quilts artist Jane Haworth who share that passion. “Pets are the loves of our lives. I have seen this firsthand while teaching raw-edge portrait… The post Pet Portrait Qui ..read more

Have you heard of Round Robin quilt exchanges? They’ve been in and out of popularity for years—and they’re back in vogue now! This is the ultimate in sharing and making something special for a quilt friend—with benefits to you too. I’ve heard of dozens of quilt guilds refreshing this charming group project to the delight of participants. Here’s how they work: A Round Robin is a group project that moves hand to hand over the course of time (usually several months or a year) between several participants. A participant creates a starter block for the first round. That block is… The post Going Rou ..read more

Have you heard of Round Robin quilt exchanges? They’ve been in and out of popularity for years—and they’re back in vogue now! This is the ultimate in sharing and making something special for a quilt friend—with benefits to you too. I’ve heard of dozens of quilt guilds refreshing this charming group project to the delight of participants. Here’s how they work: A Round Robin is a group project that moves hand to hand over the course of time (usually several months or a year) between several participants. A participant creates a starter block for the first round. That block is handed off to anoth ..read more

Do you often wonder and marvel at other cultures and their quilting history? While in the U.S. we often claim quilting as an American heritage, many other societies have a rich quilting history as well—different from ours—but just as significant. At Quilting Arts Magazine we rejoice in all quilting traditions, contemporary quilting as well as ancient art! Join Patrick J. Finn as he explores the India Quilt Festival (held January 2019) and the gorgeous artwork displayed there. Please enjoy this excerpt, for the full article grab a copy of Quilting Arts August/September 2019. A grand quilted pea ..read more

Do you often wonder and marvel at other cultures and their quilting history? While in the U.S. we often claim quilting as an American heritage, many other societies have a rich quilting history as well—different from ours—but just as significant. At Quilting Arts Magazine we rejoice in all quilting traditions, contemporary quilting as well as ancient art! Join Patrick J. Finn as he explores the India Quilt Festival (held January 2019) and the gorgeous artwork displayed there. Please enjoy this excerpt, for the full article grab a copy of Quilting Arts August/September 2019. A grand quilted pea ..read more

The theme of the Summer issue of Quilting Arts Magazine is ‘The Bounty of Nature’ and it is full of opportunities to think about how nature informs our craft—from creating homegrown quilts that celebrate the bounty of food in our communities, to making your own resists from common ingredients for dye painting, to hunting and gathering scraps for tiny house quilts—options abound. A detail of Susan Price’s quilt “Red Bird and Berries” from the gallery of Reader Challenge Invitational quilts graces the cover of the Summer issue. This is not the first time we’ve featured the work of Susan Price in ..read more

The theme of the Summer issue of Quilting Arts Magazine is ‘The Bounty of Nature’ and it is full of opportunities to think about how nature informs our craft—from creating homegrown quilts that celebrate the bounty of food in our communities, to making your own resists from common ingredients for dye painting, to hunting and gathering scraps for tiny house quilts—options abound. A detail of Susan Price’s quilt “Red Bird and Berries” from the gallery of Reader Challenge Invitational quilts graces the cover of the Summer issue. This is not the first time we’ve featured the work of Susan Price in ..read more

by Kristine Lundblad and Brandy Maslowski So you want to write for Quilting Arts Magazine? We look forward to hearing from you! Before you begin, we have 12 tips to help you craft a good pitch. Getting Started Let’s start with vocabulary: ‘pitch,’ ‘proposal,’ ‘submission’—these words are synonymous for the brief description/outline of your idea you must send to us for consideration. Be aware, you will be the writer if your submission is accepted. We’re not just looking for great ideas for articles but for that special artist/writer to explore, explain, and examine that idea for us and our read ..read more

by Kristine Lundblad and Brandy Maslowski So you want to write for Quilting Arts Magazine? We look forward to hearing from you! Before you begin, we have 12 tips to help you craft a good pitch. Getting Started Let’s start with vocabulary: ‘pitch,’ ‘proposal,’ ‘submission’—these words are synonymous for the brief description/outline of your idea you must send to us for consideration. Be aware, you will be the writer if your submission is accepted. We’re not just looking for great ideas for articles but for that special artist/writer to explore, explain, and examine that idea for us and our read ..read more