Bisa Butler's beautiful exhibit Bisa Butler: Portraits has been extended through September 2021 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Find out why this is a collection that is not to be missed.
On June 18, 2021 the Sacred Threads Exhibition is gathering virtually for a very special event. They have partnered with the Quilt Alliance to bring you some very special stories of joy, inspiration, spirituality, healing, grief and peace/brotherhood through quiltmaking in their Sacred Threads Quilt StoryShare.
Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks with to Lisa Flowers Ross about her quilt, Flathead Lake, which came about as the result of an artist residency that she did. Take it all in on the next exciting Quilt Stories.
Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks with to Cindy Grisdela about her quilt Neapolitan, and how she shows how improvisation still requires interesting thought processes. It's all happening here on another fascinating episode of Quilt Stories.
Lilo Bowman, our resident TQS Wizard, was recently featured on Roxane Cerda's, of C&T Publishing, podcast. Come and listen as Lilo talks with Roxane about TQS, what tapings are like, how we've adapted over the past year, her new box, how to organize your creative space, and so much more!
Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, speaks to Judy Coates Perez about her quilt Polychromatic Predilection, and how her painted masterpieces form the basis of magnificent quilts. The great quilting keeps coming on this episode of Quilt Stories.
Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, speaks to Katie Pasquini Masopust about her quilt Consertino, her latest in a series at the time, and a scary makeover. It's all happening on another episode of Quilt Stories.
The Create and Sustain organization has been created to help reduce and recycle the numerous amounts of textiles that are thrown away each year by "Helping Earch One Stitch at a Time". Learn about what they do.
"The European Quilt Association represents 19 countries and over 60,000 members from national guilds. Last autumn, 2020, the EQA launched an international exchange challenge to encourage and promote quilting across borders, cultures and language barriers."
Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks with Susan Lenz about her Stained Glass Quilts and why burning holes in your quilts is not always a bad thing on a sizzling installment of Quilt Stories.
"Vivian Tumelson is an 87-year-old quilt maker who lives in Blanchard, Oklahoma. She’s been making quilts her whole life, but since retiring in 1989, making quilts has become something of a full-time job."
Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, chats with Heather Pregger about her quilt Tiger's Eye and her striking abstract quilts that are sure to inspire you on a rousing installment of Quilt Stories.
Representative Katie Porter talks to her Mom, Quilt Hall of Famer, Liz Porter (of Fons & Porter) about two of the quilts Katie uses as a background in her videos. You'll also get to see Liz Porter's very first quilt!
"Quilters have a lot of fabric. That is a natural consequence of the hobby, but why? There are many cheeky comments online about “hoarding disorders”, but that is not the real reason. The real reasons we have so much fabric are varied."
What's going on at the National Quilt Museum in this year? Don't worry, the museum's got you covered with their brand new Exhibition Flipbook for 2021.
Quilters Take a Moment 2021 event tickets are now on sale to members and open to non members on March 22, 2021.
Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, chats with fellow Australian Gloria Loughman about her quilt Bungle Bungles and many other things on another installment of Quilt Stories.
National Quilting Day is this Saturday, March 20, 2021, and the Quilt Alliance and the National Quilt Museum are proud to be the coordinators of this special day!
What can you make with ten 5" squares and a little batting? Laura from SewVeryEasy is here to answer those questions for you.