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Spotlight

Category: <span>Spotlight</span>

Join us for conversations that shine a spotlight on artists and makers who inspire us to live creatively every day. Their insights and experiences offer new ways to think and new ways to work.

Browse through our Spotlight interviews to learn about our featured artists: what inspires them, the work they make and how they create it. Linger on these pages, then visit their websites for inspiration!

Fiber Artists

Reemergence fiber art bird

Spotlight: Linda Fjeldsted Blust, Fiber Artist

Linda Fjeldsted Blust has loved creating with fabric since her grandmother taught her to sew. But like many creative people, especially women making art with textiles, Linda was urged to...

Detail 3 of Luna Moth

Spotlight, Michele Pollock, Paper and Stitch Artist

Keeping her mind and heart open to the creative possibilities during life's challenges keeps artist Michele Pollock on the hunt for new ways to express herself. When a neurological disorder...

After the 6th Extinction

Spotlight: Deborah Weir, Fiber Artist

Without formal art training - but with an innate need to create, Deborah Weir started her fiber art career when she saw textiles displayed as fine art in the 1970s....

Art Quilters

Three houses and flowers by Laura Wasilowski

Spotlight: Laura Wasilowski, Textile Artist

When you see a Laura Wasilowski quilt, you can't help but smile. Her whimsical pictorial art quilts use wool, as well as her own hand-dyed fabrics and threads, to depict...

Flow by Geraldine Warner

Spotlight: Geraldine Warner, Fiber Artist

Fiber artist Geraldine Warner had never quilted, but knew she wanted to somehow paint with fabric. Working mostly with silk, she immerses herself in every part of the creative process,...

Weaving Life by Sue Beevers

Spotlight: Sue Beevers, Fabric and Quilt Designer

While most people are content with just one or two creative pursuits, a few people seem to create nonstop. Sue Beevers doesn't think it's unusual that she quilts, spins, weaves,...

Modern Quilters

Repelling Radial by Audrey Esarey

Spotlight: Audrey Esarey, Modern Quilter

Like many creatives, Audrey Esarey dabbled in many artful activities while growing up. But it wasn't until she went to a quilting class with a woman who would later become...

Homage by Jacquie Gering

Spotlight: Jacquie Gering, Modern Art Quilter

Jacquie Gering begins each quilt with an idea, but lets inspiration lead throughout her process, sometimes taking the work on unexpected, but welcome, turns. Known for her use of clean,...

Meeting of the Geese

Spotlight: Sylvia Schaefer, Modern Quilter

Can art and science get along? Of course they can! With a Ph.D. in marine science, Sylvia Schaefer approaches quilting from a scientist's point of view, always asking, "What if?"...

Embroidery Artists

Close up of an embroidery project by Sharon Boggon

Spotlight: Sharon Boggon, Crazy Quilt Artist

Sharon Boggon may have been born stitching - she doesn't remember being taught, she has just always created with needle and thread. And we reap the benefits of her years...

Embroidered flower face

Spotlight: Sarah Godfrey, Embroidery Artist

Taking her cues from nature, Sarah Godfrey renders the world around her using needle and thread. As an embroidery artist, Sarah stitches on sheer fabrics, adding a level of challenge...

Brian Haggard Close Up

Spotlight: Brian Haggard, Embroidery Artist

Brian Haggard has a gift for seeing vintage items and reimagining them combined into a cohesive work of fiber art. He artfully blends old with new to create an entirely...

Crazy Quilters

Freeform Embroidery 2 by Jennifer Clouston

Spotlight: Jenny Clouston, Crazy Quilter

Jenny Clouston is happiest and most content when she is stitching by hand: crazy quilting, flower embroidery or English Paper Piecing. In embracing the process, she feeds her creativity and...

Joyful by Valerie Bothell

Spotlight: Valerie Bothell, Crazy Quilter

Valerie Bothell found crazy quilting over 20 years ago and has never looked back. Intrigued by the infinite combinations of fabrics, colors and stitches, every new project is a fresh...

Kathy Seaman Shaw Crazy Quilting

Spotlight: Kathy Seaman Shaw, Crazy Quilter

Give Kathy Seaman Shaw a plain seam, and she will transform it with fancy stitches and beads. Kathy is a prolific crazy quilter, constantly designing new embroidery combinations and sharing...

Machine Quilters

Homage by Jacquie Gering

Spotlight: Jacquie Gering, Modern Art Quilter

Jacquie Gering begins each quilt with an idea, but lets inspiration lead throughout her process, sometimes taking the work on unexpected, but welcome, turns. Known for her use of clean,...

Poppies

Spotlight: Jenny Lyon, Quilter and Garment Maker

With good instruction and practice that brings you joy, successful free motion quilting is at your fingertips. Ask Jenny Lyon how she knows - she wrote the book, after all!...

Two of Us made by Pat Holly and Sue Nickels

Spotlight: Sue Nickels, Quilter, Author and Teacher

Meticulous attention to detail is a hallmark of Sue Nickels' quilts. Inspired by traditional quilts, Sue, often collaborating with her sister, Pat Holly, freshens the designs with nods to current...

Fused Applique Artists

Sue Bleiweiss

Spotlight: Sue Bleiweiss, Textile Artist

Sue Bleiweiss started quilting after an injury put a stop to her weaving passion. But with traditional quilting, there is this "following directions" thing, and that just didn't work for...

Cartographic Collage

Spotlight: Valerie Goodwin, Mixed Media Fiber Artist

As an architect, Valerie Goodwin is well-versed in key design principles. Bringing this formal training to her work as a fiber artist, Valerie creates art quilts inspired by maps. Her...

Unfurling

Spotlight: Frieda Anderson, Fiber Artist

Frieda Andersen is a self proclaimed "Investigator of Ideas".  With a formal education in Art History, she has always been interested in making things - using her hands and mind...

Hand Applique Artists

All You Need is Love by Kathy McNeil

Spotlight: Kathy McNeil, Appliqué Quilt Artist

Meet award-winning appliqué quilt artist Kathy McNeil! She began her creative journey as a young child, then later discovered the possibilities of making pictures from fabric. Her most challenging piece...

Hawaiian Breadfruit by Nancy Chong

Spotlight: Nancy Lee Chong, Appliqué Artist

Nancy Lee Chong, Appliqué Artist and Instructor from Snohomish, WA, found her singular passion for stitching and teaching the art of needleturn appliqué, and has never looked back! The only...

Butterfly sample

Spotlight: Catherine Redford, Fiber Artist

With a love for stitching happy things, fiber art by Catherine Redford is sure to keep you smiling. She does a bit of everything: embroidery, appliqué, crazy quilting, modern quilting,...

More Spotlight

Blue cable knit pullover vest designed by Emily Chen

Spotlight: Emily Chen, Knitter and Pattern Designer

Emily Chen has been creative since a young child, dabbling across many techniques. It was when she couldn't find the perfect polo pattern, that she began designing knitwear patterns. How…
Passion hat fiber art by Saar Snoek

Spotlight: Saar Snoek, Wearable Artist

Saar Snoek discovered felting and never looked back. She creates intricate contemporary wearable art pieces with wet felting techniques. Studio photo from the book Hat Couture, credit Elly Stemerdink How…
Cheetah fiber art by Rhonda Denney

Spotlight: Rhonda Denney, Fiber Artist

Rhonda Denney creates fiber art inspired by her life experiences and travels. She uses hand-held pigments to color on fabric and stitching to add dimension and refers to these creations…
Waiting Outside fiber art by Lynn van Wyk

Spotlight: Lynn van Wyk, Fiber Artist

Lynn van Wyk has always found creating to be her happy place. During Covid, she explored using fabric to make art. Now she creates detailed fiber art pieces inspired by…
Pink and White flower quilt by Lina Owen

Spotlight: Lina Owen, Sewing Teacher and Quilt Designer

Lina Owen was hooked on sewing with her first stitch. She teaches children to sew while helping them build confidence, patience, and problem-solving skills. How long have you been sewing…
Soft Coral Reef #1, detail, fiber art by Irene Koroluk

Spotlight: Irene Koroluk, Textile Artist

Irene Koroluk creates intricate fiber and textile art inspired by the sights and experiences around her in Australia. She enjoys experimenting with new techniques to translate her visions into 2D…
Multitudes modern quilt by Heather Akerberg

Spotlight: Heather Akerberg, Modern Quilter

Heather Akerberg loves puzzles, and designing quilts is very much about solving puzzles! Many of her projects start with a concept or question that she is grappling with and how…
Cool as a Cactus - Tropical Edition fiber art by Karen Bolan

Spotlight: Karen Bolan, Quilt Designer and Teacher

Karen Bolan took an improv quilting class that changed her career from engineering to quilt designer and teacher. She finds inspiration for her designs in her everyday life - everywhere!…
Red resist and flower fabric by Kirsten Miller

Spotlight: Kirsten Miller, Natural Dyer and Sewist

Kirsten Miller has been a maker and crafter since she was a young child. She grows or forages for plant material to use for natural dyes, then transforms the fabrics…

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