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Pressing Seams in Quilting, Best Tips from Quilters
We asked some of our favorite quilters: "When it comes to pressing seams in quilting, people can be set in their ways. (See what we did there??) Which camp are…
Spotlight: Mandy Pattullo, Textile Artist
Trained as a surface designer, but dedicated to hand stitch, textile artist Mandy Pattullo is inspired by old, worn fabrics. Old quilts, bits of used clothing, discarded fabric scraps and…
Spotlight: Maggie Meister, Bead Artist
Inspired by architecture, ancient mosaics and historical jewelry, Maggie Meister's museum quality beadwork includes structural components and gemstone accents that look impossible to recreate. But Maggie's unique approach to building…
Spotlight: Rose Parr, Healthy Quilter
Show of hands, please - do you ever get so involved in a project that you lose track of time and sit or stand in one position for too long?…
Spotlight: Leni Wiener, Fabric Collage Artist
People--and how they communicate without saying a word--fascinate artist Leni Wiener. Through fabric collage she captures gestures and attitudes that express the human condition without a word being spoken. Leni…
Spotlight: Joyce Pruysers-Emmink & Peter Emmink, Fusion Arts
Joyce Pruysers-Emmink and Peter Emmink of Ivy Cottage Fusion Arts are two glass artists working in different styles while sharing studio space (and life) - and they make it work!…
Spotlight: Amy Frazer, Embroidery Artist
With stitch as a metaphor for building community, embroidery artist Amy Frazer hopes that her work encourages other women to take that first stitch, as well as take the steps…
Spotlight: Ann Shaw, Art Quilter
With her unexpected use of printed fabrics as her palette, Ann Shaw begins with photographs, then abstracts design lines for the pictorial quilts she creates. Careful planning of stitching lines…
Spotlight: Francesca Stone, DIY Blogger
Always looking for new things to make and new ways to make them, blogger Francesca Stone shares her love for on-trend crafting with an ever-growing audience. She is as likely…
Best Bead Embroidery Tools
Bead embroidery adds spark to your fiber art’s surface design as well as taking center stage in bead embroidered jewelry. No matter the end game for your bead embroidery, you…
Spotlight: Michelle Jackson, Fiber Artist
When you see fiber artist Michelle Jackson's work, it will come as no surprise that she has much to say and that she speaks fluent color and value. Her experience…
Spotlight: Sonya Philip, Garment Designer
Born in the Philippines to creative parents, Sonya Philip has explored the world of art with a multicultural perspective. In addition to the Philippines, her family has lived in San…
Spotlight: Emily Bellinger, Contemporary Quilter
As a fine art student, Emily Bellinger encountered the perceived wall between art and craft, but believed that the disciplines have too much in common for any conflict to exist.…
Spotlight: Shelley Rhodes, Mixed Media Artist
Shelley Rhodes has always found joy in making art. Inspired by her world at hand, Shelley's contemporary mixed media art includes fragments, scraps and objects observed in her environment that…
Spotlight: Barbara James, Textile Artist
As a professor with the Ohio State University Extension, Barbara James enjoyed a career of teaching family and consumer sciences and community development, focused on local community issues. So she…
Spotlight: Dianne Koppisch Hricko, Fiber Artist
Delighted by surprises, lifelong artist Dianne Koppisch Hricko finds the fluidity and endless possibilities of applying dyes to silk opens more than enough creative doors to inspire her next fiber…
Picot Stitch Edge Bead Embroidery
When you learn picot edge stitch bead embroidery to your bead embroidery projects, your decorative finish hides most of the thread. Your beads shine just a little brighter, and the…
Bead Embroidery: How to Make a Brick Stitch Edge
Create a professional-looking finish to your bead embroidery when you know how to make a brick stitch edge. The beads stand at attention while joining the layers and hiding the…