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Spotlight: Nicole Dunn, Fiber Artist
Nicole Dunn started quilting in her teens. She had a lightbulb moment when she wandered into a museum and saw an exhibit of Nancy Crow quilts. At that moment, she…
Spotlight: Therese Shanley, Visual Artist
Therese Shanley grew up in a creative home. Her paintings are mostly about people, places and objects from her everyday life. You'll find detailed patterns in her works to help…
Spotlight: Claudia Rodriguez-Biezunski, Fiber Artist
Claudia Rodriguez-Biezunski turned her skills as a seamstress and tailor into creating one-of-a-kind wearable art and textile pieces. Her designs are inspired by her first-generation Mexican-American upbringing and the DIY…
Spotlight: Lisa Flowers Ross, Contemporary Textile Artist
Lisa Flowers Ross hand-dyes fabrics to create her contemporary and abstract textile art. She enjoys working in a series to explore abstraction, the intersections of lines and implied transparency through…
Spotlight: Marie Danger Kare, Maker and Writer
Marie Danger Kare creates mixed-media collage using found papers, photographs, and textiles which she hand-embroiders using yarns she hand-spins on supported spindles. She also makes her own recycled paper and…
Spotlight: Kathryn Baldwin Robinson, Art Quilter
Kathryn Robinson in front of the quilt "Flowers for Iggy Pup" Kathryn Baldwin Robinson has been creative since she was a young child. She enjoys combining a variety of techniques…
Spotlight: Julie S Brandon, Digital Fiber Artist
Julie S Brandon creates detailed fiber art using digital printing techniques and stitching, each piece telling a story. How did you get into what you do creatively? My roots are…
Spotlight: Anna Maria Parry, Artist and Textile Designer
Anna Maria Parry grew up in a creative home. She now designs textiles that inspire embroidery or needlepoint designs, in colorful large patterns. How did you find yourself on an…
Spotlight: Brandon Wulff, Fine Art Quilter
Brandon Wulff grew up in a fiber family. He took up quilting as a hobby to support his sister who started a quilt shop. It didn't take him long to…
Spotlight: Hilde Hoogwaerts, Textile Artist
Hilde Hoogwaerts discovered quilting while living in the US. She has traveled extensively around the world experiencing different cultures and ways to express creativity. Now, she incorporates colorful African wax…
Spotlight: Naomi Ichikawa, Author and Editor
Naomi Ichikawa was intrigued by the stories of American quilts when she was a student. After graduating from college, she joined the editorial staff of a home decorating magazine and…
Spotlight: Janine Judge, Textile Artist
Janine Judge creates intricate textile art inspired by her travels around the world. She begins with a sun dyed background and finishes with thread painting. How did you find yourself…
Spotlight: Teresa Duryea Wong, Quilt Historian and Author
Teresa Duryea Wong is an author, lecturer, historian, and quilter. She researches and shares how cultures and history have influenced quilt makers and their work. You'll find her rescuing antique…
Spotlight: Sheryl St. Germain, Poet, Essayist and Fiber Artist
Sheryl St. Germain discovered fiber art as a way to do something tactile to complement her writing. She works improvisationally, making works in response to her writing, using a variety…
Spotlight: Tania Tanti, Fiber Artist
Tania Tanti has been a maker and creator her entire life. She now paints her colorful and award-winning designs on fabric and then adds stitching (a lot of stitching) adding…
Spotlight: Adeline-Julie Bee, Watercolor and Surface Pattern Artist
Adeline-Julie Bee creates her own watercolor inks for painting. Her paintings are inspired by nature and her daily walks. The patterns and designs in her paintings are translated into fabric…
How to Make a Rag Quilt: Easy Tutorial for Beginners
Rag quilts are easy and fun to make. Caution: they can be messy, too! Here is how to make a flannel rag quilt with our easy tutorial perfect for beginners.…
Spotlight: Julie Sevilla Drake, Artist, Poet, Storyteller
Julie Sevilla Drake has been an artist and a stitcher since a young age. She is mostly known as an art quilter, but also creates painted collages, acrylic paintings, and…