Innholdsfortegnelse for Spring 2023 i Quilting Arts Magazine

SPRING MAY BE THE SEASON of new beginnings, fresh starts, and the awakening of the natural world, but—if you are a New Englander like me—it is also the season of mud. Lots and lots of mud. Ugh. As much as I look forward to traipsing through the woods behind my house and hiking on our local trails, I do not get excited about the inevitable layer of brown goo that clings to my boots. Mud ruins the finish on my hardwood floors, stains my socks, and covers the carpet of my car despite all my best efforts to scrape the muck from my boots. No matter how much I sweep, rinse, or scrape, it is still my springtime constant companion. But recently, I’ve learned to embrace mud in my studio—and here’s…

Joanne Adams Roth has been a quilter and fiber artist for over 60 years. Most of her quilts are original designs and many are in private collections in Canada and the United States. She has been juried into several national quilt shows and has been published in QUILTER’S NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE. Barbara Delaney is a wordsmith, avid sewer, and quilter, and the former managing editor at CLOTH PAPER SCISSORS. She makes her home in Massachusetts, where she enjoys writing and editing for a number of craft publications. Lin Elmo taught art in the Milford, Connecticut, public schools for 36 years. Her academic background includes BS, MS, and 6th-year degrees from Southern Connecticut University. As a quilter, she has enjoyed and been enriched by learning opportunities such as Quilting By The Lake and workshops…

BEIT SHEMESH, ISREAL “My name is Cindy Richard and I am a fiber artist. My art quilts are based on glimpses of my life, which I capture in photographs that I take of my surroundings and family in Israel. I create realistic textile art that emphasizes depth and dimension by using color, value, shadows, and light through my choices in fabric and thread.” To learn more about Cindy and her work, visit CindyRQuilts.com. Quilt artist Cindy Richard’s dimensional quilts celebrate the people, places, and everyday events that enrich her life in Israel. Cindy endeavors to tell a story with each quilt she makes. The quilt “Sous Chef” shows her granddaughter ‘helping’ while baking with her mom. “During Covid lockdowns, I had a very narrow window of options for subject matter,”…

in the Fall 2022 issue of QUILTING ARTS, we introduced something we haven’t done in a long time—a swap: an opportunity for readers to send their artwork to us, for us to swap their work for that of another reader, and to send them this ‘heartwork’ from another quilter—all in a good faith sharing of how special the art quilt community really is! The challenge was inspired by the artwork of Mel Beach, who has made countless hearts and offered them out to the world. We received dozens and dozens of beautiful hearts from all around the United States which were sent out to the participating artists in February. We hope they felt a little ray of sunshine when they opened up their packages—and we hope you feel that, too,…

a blank canvas such as white cotton fabric can be daunting for a fiber artist when there are thousands of commercial fabrics on the market that are beautifully designed and ready to stitch. But the idea of making one’s own fabric from scratch, trying new surface design techniques, and bringing ideas you’ve seen in the world to life in textile art can keep you inspired to return to your studio again and again. Investing daily time that includes free creative play can get you to the point where a blank canvas ignites your mind. When I carve out studio time to create new fabric, the first and quickest choice for me is to mix my own fabric paint. Mixing readily available acrylics with fabric medium gives me a nice variety…

Our Readers Respond! In the last issue, we asked our readers “What about Spring inspires your work?” and asked them to share their thoughts—and their work, if possible—about their influences. Thank you to the many readers who answered our call and shared their art with us. You hope you enjoy some inspired thoughts from your fellow readers—and we hope to hear from you, too, when a future prompt inspires you! The design for this wall hanging came from an English paper napkin. In England, spring is heralded by daffodils and crocuses, followed by tulips so they represent spring for me, even though I live in a far different climate. This quilt was made with raw-edge appliqué and machine quilting. As one of a series of seasonal quilts, I get to…

the International Quilt Festival—held yearly in Houston, Texas—is a highlight of the quilt show circuit. Quilters from around the world not only enter the juried exhibit, but also wait in anticipation for the announcement of the winning quilts. Competition in the 2022 show was fierce: the show always inspires with its depth and breadth of amazing quilts. We are pleased to share a collection of award-winning quilts from the 2022 Judged Show. Featuring a total of $52,750 in non-purchase prizes provided by generous sponsors, quilters from all over the world competed. Awards include The Handi Quilter Best of Show; five named Master Awards; and First, Second, and Third places in seven different categories. Picking up where the International Quilt Association’s annual “Quilts: A World of Beauty” show left off, this…

CARPE DIEM, SEIZE THE DAY You’ve read the latest Reader Challenge and you feel inspired. Now it’s time to brainstorm. Make a list of as many different ideas as you can. Inspiration is everywhere. Some may be tame and others outrageous, all are invited to the party. Review your list and begin to select the most viable ones for you. TIP: I suggest narrowing your ideas to three or four for further consideration. Make some sketches, look over potential materials, and then select one idea to focus on. You may decide to create a second entry also, but one at a time is usually best. WORK TO YOUR STRENGTHS If you are an expert embroiderer, great! Think about that when you plan your design. If appliqué is not your thing,…

REPRESENT! EMBROIDERY: STITCH 10 COLORFUL PROJECTS & 100+ DESIGNS FEATURING A FULL RANGE OF SHAPES, SKIN TONES & HAIR TEXTURES BIANCA SPRINGER Following the advice of Toni Morrison—who said, “if there is a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it”—Bianca Springer has done just that! After noticing that many embroidery books are written for, feature, or are written by white people, Bianca decided to expand the medium and invite a more diverse group of stitchers to create projects she designed to include them. The projects are fresh and fun, representing a more modern style for this artform. Her tips and instructions for three-dimensional designs and textures, such as natural hairstyles, are beautiful and new to the genre of embroidery how-to.…

Now that you’ve experienced our latest issue, isn’t it time for you to become part of QUILTING ARTS? What do you want to read—how about writing it yourself! Share your inspiring work, unique techniques, and new ideas with us and our readers. If you are teaching, blogging about, or exhibiting your art quilts, we want to hear from you! To submit, send us a short summary of your idea along with three images and we’ll get back to you within 12 weeks. Visit QuiltingDaily.com/submission-guidelines-quilting-daily for our submissions guidelines. Questions? Email QAsubmissions@goldenpeakmedia.com.…

WHAT DOES SUSTAINABILITY MEAN in this time of climate crisis? What is to be sustained and for whom? How might quilts guide an exploration of these questions? Historically, quilts are objects of comfort which are constructed by bringing together disparate elements to make a whole. This practice of accumulation, improvisation, reimagining, recycling, repairing, and remixing is a perfect metaphor for the theme of this exhibition. Artists use quilting to approach environmental concerns from a variety of vantage points. Many draw on quilting as a practice of reuse: making something from scraps that have their own material histories. Others reference quilting as reuse while stepping beyond messages of individual responsibility. Still others explore relationships with the more-than-human world. Referencing the use of quilts as memorials, artists attend to the vulnerable places they…

as a former publisher of the 2013 edition of the Quilt National show catalog, I had the privilege of sitting in for the on-site final judging of the accepted quilts. It was such an interesting experience and thrilling to see the judges’ process. I asked the three judges for the 2023 Quilt National show a few questions about their experiences jurying the quilts that will be on display, and about their expectations for the judging. In the Weeds 72" × 74" PAT PAULY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Growing up, it was noted that a weed is just a plant out of place. Cotton, wool, various fiber, artist printed fabric; pieced; quilted. Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi is a well-established artist, author, curator, lecturer, historian, and noted collector of African American quilts. She has…

natural earth pigments are among the earliest recorded materials used by our ancestors to make paint. Ancient people from all over the world harvested them from their surroundings to make their paints. On almost every continent you can find natural clays and minerals. Through the process of grinding, these geological materials can become a pigment powder. They are not dyes, however. Dyes penetrate fiber and are soluble in water. Pigments stay on the surface. It is necessary to mix them with a medium so they can bond to fabric. There are numerous variations for mixing pigments into a paint-like consistency. In earlier times, people used binders as varied as urine, honey, blood, sap, or oil. In my studio, the medium I use is soy milk. The protein in this milk…

images, images, images everywhere! If you are anything like me, you take photos of different things—because you liked the colors, the texture, they caught your attention. Landscapes, details, trees, interesting color combinations, grasses, water, rocks … I have photos everywhere of everything. With the convenience of cell phones, we don’t even have to take a camera with us. I work with images a lot in my quilts, and what interests me is finding different ways to add photos to a piece. I want to share with you one of those techniques I love. It’s easy to do and the results—although sometimes a bit serendipitous—are always wonderful. The technique offers lots of creative possibilities for simple or complex images. Paper Lamination is the process of using a permanent adhesive to attach…

I’ve been quilting nearly all my life. What a statement! And still, what a goal! Both of my grandmothers, my mother, and most of my aunts all sewed and saved their scraps to make quilts. As a very young child, I helped to cut squares and thread needles with yarn so that the women in my life could make tied utility quilts for our beds. We didn’t have electric blankets, store-bought clothes, or store-bought fancy bedspreads. And we used our quilts; none of them were heirlooms. I loved getting tucked into bed at night with my cozy quilts and homemade flannel pajamas. When I was in high school, I made my own scrap bag. I got leftover scraps from my grandmothers and my mother from dresses, shirts, blouses, house dresses,…