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Spotlight: Larysa Bernhart, Textile Artist
Step inside the richly layered world of Larysa Bernhardt, where vintage textiles, memory, and intuition intertwine into deeply personal storytelling. From Ukrainian summers at her grandmother’s house to a porch…
Spotlight: Salma Arastu, Multidisciplinary Visual Artist
In this soulful conversation, Salma Arastu shares how growing up in Rajasthan planted the seeds of oneness that now flow through her paintings, poetry, and material choices. She reflects on…
Spotlight: Margaret Grottenthaler, Textile Artist
Margaret Grottenthaler creates quilts that are playful, thoughtful, and refreshingly free-spirited. In this interview, she talks about her path from corporate law to full-time textile artist, her love of colour…
Spotlight: Debra Weiss, Fiber Artist
Debra Weiss has followed a lifelong pull to make with her hands. In this interview, she shares how confidence, curiosity, and a deep love of process have shaped her quiet,…
Spotlight: Nancy Dobson, Textile Artist
Textile artist Nancy Dobson shares how a lifelong love of fabric, nature, and playful experimentation shaped her creative path. From desert hikes and surface design to spontaneous problem-solving in the…
Spotlight: Sue O’Very, Serger Coach
From hand-stitched Barbie clothes to building a serger-loving community, Sue O’Very, known in the sewing world as Sookie Sews, has always believed there’s no such thing as doing it “wrong.”…
Spotlight: Carla Stehr, Fiber Artist
Carla Stehr’s creative path winds from tide pools and microscopes to fabric and thread. In this interview, she shares how a career in marine biology shaped her eye for detail…
Spotlight: Helen Geglio, Fiber Artist
Helen Geglio stitches together from memory, meaning, and a deep respect for the hands that came before her. In this interview, she shares how teaching, research, slow stitching, and repurposed…
Spotlight: Angee Turner, Modern Quilter
Angee Turner grew up with fabric under her fingertips and a sewing machine always nearby. Quilting found her when she was chasing connection, color, and creativity. In this interview, she…
Spotlight: Fenella Davies, Textile Artist
Fenella Davies is a hand-stitching storyteller, drawing on history, memory, and the quiet traces people leave behind. Working entirely by hand with aged and altered cloth, her process is intuitive,…
Spotlight: Michelle Freedman, Quilt Designer and Fiber Artist
Michelle Freedman began her creative path with early sewing, which led her to fashion and theater, including years as an outerwear designer for major brands. Today, she’s a quilt designer,…
Spotlight: Nikki May, Artist and Designer
Nikki May has always followed her curiosity, whether that meant diving into ceramics as a kid, building a decade-long corporate design career, or trading cubicles for life on the road…
Spotlight: Birgit Koopsen, Printmaker and Mixed Media Artist
Birgit Koopsen would draw for hours with her grandmother, turning rainy Dutch days into explosions of color. Her creative life has always been hands-on and joy-driven. In this Artist Spotlight,…
Spotlight: Katia Herrera, Photo Embroidery
Katia Herrera’s work lives at the intersection of photography, embroidery, and quiet emotion. In this interview, she shares how curiosity, intuition, and her Mexican heritage guide a deeply meditative practice…
Spotlight: Lena Pugachova, Textile Artist
Lena Pugachova’s quilts are where precision meets playful storytelling, stitched together with curves, color, and clever visual surprises. From her roots in Ukraine to her creative life in Ireland, Lena…
Spotlight: Miesje Chafer, Bead and Fiber Artist
Miesje Chafer’s creative story begins on her grandmother’s sofa with a knitting Nancy and unfolds into a life rich with color, pattern, and hand stitching. In this interview, she talks…
Spotlight: Qristy Kurtz, Fashion Facilitator
From thrifted fabrics to runway dreams, Qristy Kurtz has always used fashion as a way to belong, speak up, and build confidence. In this interview, she shares how sewing became…
Spotlight: Colleen McCubbin Stepanic, Contemporary Artist
Colleen McCubbin Stepanic has known she was an artist since childhood, and her work carries that lifelong curiosity straight into the studio. In this interview, she talks about cutting up…