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Spotlight: Diane Deery, Landscape Artist
Diane Deery creates her hand-dyed silk fiber art in nature. You'll find her traveling the world to find unique rock formations that she uses to create texture with dyes on…
Spotlight: Carol Quarini, Textile Artist and Lace Practitioner
Carol Quarini discovered lace bobbins on visits to antique shops with her Dad. She took some lessons and now creates intricate pieces telling stories about family history and the place…
Spotlight: Paola Machetta, Improv Quilter
For Paola Machetta, engineering and art go hand-in-hand. The connection is activating the creative part of our brain in problem solving. She is a full-time engineer. In her free time…
Spotlight: Mary Tabar, Fiber Artist
Mary Tabar draws, paints, is a dressmaker and quilter. She finds inspiration from art she sees and makes it her own. You'll find her experimenting with discharge to create her…
Spotlight: Mirjam Pet-Jacobs, Mixed Media Artist
Mirjam Pet-Jacobs creates mixed-media art, including fiber, inspired by things she notices in society or things happening around her. Working in a series, you'll find Mirjam creating wall hangings, but…
Spotlight: Ree Nancarrow, Quilt Artist
Ree Nancarrow has been interested in art from a young age. She was introduced to quilting, and fiber arts became her medium of choice. A summer job in Alaska changed…
Spotlight: Cathy Fussell, Fiber Artist
Cathy Fussell has been sewing since she was a young child. After retirement, she pursued quilting as a full-time occupation. Her daughter, an art student, came home from college and…
Spotlight: Samantha Boot, Textile Artist
Samantha Boot is a textile artist and quilter, specializing in the slow arts of hand stitch and natural color. She has always been a stitcher. During the pandemic, her desire to…
How to Make the Cathedral Window Quilt (2 Beginner Friendly Methods)
Cathedral Window quilts look intricate, elegant, and just a little bit magical — but they're built entirely from folding, pressing, and straight-line stitching. No curved piecing, no templates, no set-in…
Spotlight: Joan Sowada, Fiber Artist
Joan Sowada creates fiber art in a variety of styles, inspired by the people and world around her. She selects fabric combinations for her pieces that help her present an…
How to Make a Cathedral Window Tree Ornament
Adorn your tree this year with a hand-sewn Cathedral Window tree ornament. Make them as gifts or use them to decorate packages this season. It's a perfect take-with-you hand sewing…
Spotlight: Zoe Castro, Home Goods and Apparel Designer
Zoe Castro studied fashion design in college. Inspired by bedding at an upscale boutique, she and her mom took a quilting class. She now creates custom home goods as well…
Spotlight: Heidi Drahota, Fiber Artist
Heidi Drahota began to lose interest in her passion for watercolor painting. She rediscovered textiles and now creates detailed fiber art using a variety of fiber-based materials. Her work is…
Spotlight: Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Fiber Artist
Lorraine Woodruff-Long saw the Quilts of Gees Bend and knew that is what she wanted to make. She lost her full-time career during the pandemic and decided to use her…
Spotlight: Roberta Lagomarsini, Fiber Artist
Roberta Lagomarsini saw work by Ruth McDowell at a quilt show. When she retired later that year, she decided to make art quilts! Now, she creates her own fabrics and…
Spotlight: Deborah Kuster, Fiber Artist
Deborah Kuster sat behind a floor loom and has never looked back. She wove textiles for clothing and home dec for the sheer joy of the process. Now she creates…
Spotlight: Chiaki Dosho, Fiber Artist
Chiaki Dosho has loved making things since she was a young child. She discovered quilting and knew she wanted to learn more about art and design so she studied at…
French Braid Quilt Tutorial for Beginners (Step-by-Step Guide)
The French braid quilt looks intricate, but it’s built from simple strips and clever angles. If you’ve been wanting a project that feels impressive without complicated piecing, this is it.…