Spotlight: Pat Sloan, Quilt and Fabric Designer
Pat Sloan's focus on quilting has been nonstop for the 30 years she has been creating with fabric, the last 20 as a busy full-time business. With a prior career...
Quilting
Quilting
Quilting can take many forms – from traditional quilts, to art quilts to modern quilts made by hand or machine or both!
Quilts can be made as bed covers, or throws, but also as pieces of art to enjoy. A quilt is defined as three layers of textiles held together with thread. Traditionally, a quilt was made with a top layer of fabric that was pieced into a design, with a middle layer of batting or other warm material and a backing of fabric that could either be a single piece of fabric, or pieced.
In today’s world, there are so many options to making quilts. Browse through our interviews with quilters of all types, learn some of their tips and techniques, and see the beautiful quilts they design and create. We also have some great quilt projects that you can try for yourself.
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Spotlight: Luana Rubin, Designer, Artist, and Creative Entrepreneur
How do you spot Luana Rubin? She's the one with a gazillion balls in the air! Painter, photographer, art quilter, color forecaster, philanthropist, world traveler and fabric industry entrepreneur, Luana's...
Spotlight: Philippa Naylor, Textile Artist
Always up for the next challenge, Philippa Naylor takes on anything she needs to do to challenge her skills, grow as an artist and help others to grow, as well....
Spotlight: Ingrid Alteneder, Quilt Designer
If you think that foundation paper piecing patterns are predictable, you have not met Ingrid Alteneder. From her third-floor studio in Frankfurt, Germany, Ingrid breaks images down into basic geometric...
Spotlight: Mary Vaneecke, Fiber Artist
Mary Vaneecke is a fiber artist with a passion for social issues and making a difference with her work. From small art quilts to curating a huge installation of 23,000...
Spotlight Barbara O’Steen: Fiber Artist
Barbara O'Steen's art career has spanned many years and many obstacles that would have kept a lesser woman down. Through gender barriers, supporting a young family as a widow and...
Spotlight: Pam Holland, Textile Artist
Pam Holland travels the world teaching quilting and textile art, encouraging students to try the myriad styles and techniques she had developed over the years. Her work ranges from whimsical...
Spotlight: Heidi Parkes, Fiber Artist
Working entirely by hand, Heidi Parkes can complete a limited number of quilts in a year, so she makes each one of them count. There is much planning behind her...
Letters Home: Magic Carpet and More
As I worked on this quilt I thought about how our parents settled into a new life with many joys and a few challenges. I thought about how our mother...
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...
