Innholdsfortegnelse for Winter 2026 i Quilting Arts Magazine

THIS ISSUE kicks off our year-long celebration of 25 years of QUILTING ARTS MAGAZINE! We’re rolling out special features throughout the year, beginning with our gallery, “Artists Who Shaped Us: Looking Back on 25 Years.” We invited some of the artists most often featured in our pages to participate—and were thrilled by their enthusiastic response! Quilting arts and modern quilting may have distinct histories and definitions, yet they often weave together in fascinating ways. The quilts featured in “Art Meets Modern” highlight this interplay, inviting us to see how these two traditions seamlessly merge through the work of several remarkable makers. Our “In the Works” feature comes directly from the inventive minds of our own team members who dreamed up a project that reimagines clothing through the lens of quilting. You’ll…

quilting arts and modern quilting each have distinct histories and definitions, yet they often intertwine in intriguing ways. The quilts shown here invite us to pause and appreciate how elements of both movements merge seamlessly in a single artist’s work. Bold, futuristic color mapping and high contrast meet dense quilting—pebbling, echo, and graphic lines—as design elements. Asymmetry, negative space, and floral collage ground the portrait in modern quilting, while the palette and narrative push it into art practice and personal voice.—Earamichia She’s All Abloom EARAMICHIA BROWN • 24" × 24" • 2024 Hand-dyed and commercial cottons; layered, fused raw-edge appliqué; dense free-motion and straight-line quilting with pebbling and echo lines; strategic color mapping/value shifts to push the palette beyond realism into a futuristic, blended spectrum. A graphic portrait rendered in…

OVER THE PAST QUARTER CENTURY, QUILTING ARTS has been shaped, inspired, and elevated by extraordinary artists whose vision, skill, and passion have defined what we stand for. In honor of our 25th anniversary, we invite you to step into this gallery of quilts created by some of the makers who have left an indelible mark on our pages. Alongside their work, these treasured contributors share their wisdom—reflections on the creative life, the evolution of the quilting world, and the role QUILTING ARTS has played in their journey. This is both a celebration and a heartfelt thank you. May their quilts inspire you and their legacy remind us all why we make. Warmly, The QUILTING ARTS Team “QUILTING ARTS sparks my creativity with artist stories, how-tos, gorgeous quilts, and trends. Every issue…

to mark our 25th anniversary, we invited our readers to join in the celebration through a special Reader Challenge. The task was to incorporate silver metallic elements into their work—a fitting tribute to a silver milestone! Our readers rose to the occasion with imagination and flair. The entries showcased an astonishing range of techniques and materials: fabric, thread, paint, foil, embellishments, beads, and more. Each piece reflected a unique interpretation of the challenge, together creating a sparkling tribute to 25 years of creativity. 25 Things JENNIFER GOTTLIEB • TROY, MICHIGAN In honor of the 25th anniversary, I decided to try out twenty-five techniques from past issues–from the 2001 premier issue dedicated to crazy quilting to Anne Bellas’ article in the Spring 2025 issue on gel printing in layers. Each tiny…

“An ingenious mind is never too old to learn.”—Mary Granville Delany i love reading about artists and their lives. I recently spent a few wonderful hours discovering the artist, Mary Granville Delany. Her story made me think about how art can bring meaning to our lives at any age. She lived from 1700 to 1788 and is considered by some to be the first mixed-media collage artist. At 72 years old, Delany began her life as an artist by replicating the flowers in her garden. She used torn pieces of paper that she collected, or created papers using watercolors, turning them into what she called paper mosaics. In the years before she died, she created more than 1,000 collages. I was inspired by her attention to detail, her diligence to…

the latest season of QUILTING ARTS TV was an exciting one to film! This year’s guests represent a wide variety of skills, techniques, and creative perspectives, each bringing their own unique approach to the art of quilting. Many of them also teach workshops, lead retreats, exhibit, and sell their work throughout the year. We encourage you to explore their offerings—you’re sure to find inspiration and maybe even your next teacher, mentor, or favorite artist! MEL BEACH is a quilt artist, teacher, lecturer, and quilt judge based out of San Jose, CA who loves to create through play each and every day! @melbeachquilts | melbeachquilts.com PAT BISHOP is an artist who leans toward abstraction and takes inspiration from nature in her work. She enjoys teaching and lectures about her quilts. Art has…

What haven’t I learned! My mode of operation is to quickly fly through the pages of a new issue for sensory overload and as much eye candy as I can absorb. Then, I methodically read each article, dog-earing pages and making notes about techniques, designs, embellishments, and product suggestions. The tiniest things can catch my attention for future inclusion in my art. My personal journey has exploded through thread work, painting, a myriad of embellishing ideas, portrait and landscape techniques, and hand stitching. Every issue ignites my creativity. My Art is Me, 20" × 20" epitomizes how my art has evolved, using paint, appliqué, and specialty threads. When I first subscribed, I looked through the magazine and thought, “I could never do this.” Then I tried a few things ……

MATERIALS • Home sewing machine with walking foot• Iron and ironing board• Small scissors to clip threads• Seam ripper• Rotary cutter• Cutting mat• Quilting ruler• Hera marker (or large paperclip, which can be used as a hera marker)• Straight pins• Embroidery needle and milliner’s needle approach machine quilting in an improv style, with a little planning! With a simple supply list and a little pre-prep of 3–6 small quilt sandwiches, you will explore new ways to approach walking foot machine quilting. TAKE INSPIRATION from the piecing to stitch an initial quilting motif. OVERLAY a new machine quilting motif, using a different thread color with new positioning, and allowing the motifs to overlap. LAYER additional modern motifs using a third and fourth thread color to add more texture and depth. RAMP…

THE ACT OF GIVING not only uplifts the receiver but also fills the giver with warmth and gratitude. Every act of generosity is the thread that ties us closer together. One small gift can spark a smile in a friend or loved one that lasts their entire day. We invite you to create a tiny artful mug rug 6" × 9" that embodies the culture of giving that is so prevalent among quilters. A mug rug is the perfect small canvas to let your art quilting shine. It’s just big enough to showcase your creativity in art while keeping the joy of making simple and approachable. If you’ve never entered a Reader Challenge, now’s the time! Rules 1. Create a 6" × 9" art quilt mug rug based on the theme…

MATERIALS • Scissors• Felt. Note: Amounts below are for one pin.• Background felt, one 2¼" square (Select a soft, dark-colored felt for the background.)• Supporting felt pieces, two 2½" squares. Note: Supporting pieces can be any color, or any combination of colors.• Circles: 2 dime-sized, 1 quartersized in white; 3 colorful small circles cut to fit inside the larger circles. Note: My favorite felt is a combination of rayon and wool. Craft felt squares are also a good choice. 100% wool felt can sometimes be too firm, so I avoid using it.• Embroidery floss, 6-strand, various colors, including fluorescent colors• Glue stick• Pellon® Peltex® stabilizer (or similar), 2" × 2", for each pin• Pin back Optional • Sewing machine and threadi in the “Up North” forests of Wisconsin, far away…

Colleen Ansbaugh, who holds an MS in Business, Textile and Clothing from the University of Minnesota, is a Wisconsin-based artist. A lifelong textile enthusiast, she hand dyes fiber and cloth to create art inspired by nature, often enhancing her pieces with paint, silk screening, felting, and distinctive stitching that defines each work. colleenansbaugh.com David Owen Hastings is a modern quilter, graphic designer, and textile artist. He creates richly layered contemporary artwork and modern minimal quilt designs. Sharing knowledge, encouraging creativity, and teaching new skills are personal passions of his. David gives lectures and workshops on branding, art, textile, and modern quilting techniques. @davidowenhastings davidowenhastings.com Betty Busby earned a ceramics degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and founded and ran a custom ceramic tile company in Los Angeles for nearly 20…

We are passionate about both sewing and quilting, and when the two come together, it’s pure magic. Blending the fabrics, aesthetics, and warmth of quilts into wearable pieces is not only inspiring, but also fun and sustainable. While we’ve been making quilted garments for some time, patchwork fashion is now hitting the mainstream and showing up everywhere quilters gather. At QuiltCon 2025, Sadie was blown away by the stunning quilted looks attendees created and wore, sparking the idea for an educational series on building a quilted capsule wardrobe. That idea became The Quilted Runway, a collection of how-to videos, sewing patterns, and quilt blocks designed to help you stitch something uniquely quiltified and wearable. Take a behind-the-scenes peek before the series launches in January 2026! In Meg’s Studio For The…

Create fabric manipulations with an innovative “smashed” foiling technique along with felted and couched elements and stitches. This is a great way to add shimmer to your art piece, which can create a nice contrast to textural couched or felted wool. Creating some black-on-black elements can draw the viewer in for a closer look at the details. MATERIALS • Black quilting cotton• Foiling glue (transfer adhesive)• Foil• Felt/wool/yarn and other embellishments• 50 wt, 30 wt, 12 wt black and gold threads• Plain white paper• Paper towels• Paint brush (6" round)• Damp cloth• Black batting and backing• Sponge and felting needle DIRECTIONS TIP: When working with black cotton, use a lint roller often throughout your project to prevent lint from getting under your foil, fibers, and stitch. You’ll have to do this…

One of the most often asked questions I hear from students is how best to make the leap from design work in a sketchbook to making a quilt. It can feel like a challenge to translate what you’ve done on the page into fabric and thread, can’t it? My response to students is always to encourage narrowing that gap between page and quilt by closely linking techniques. Often the methods and media that you use on paper can work just as well on fabric. But why not take things one step further and use techniques from your textile work in your sketchbook? This direct crossover from page to stitch not only eases the transition from design to quilt, but also offers some fantastic opportunities for mark making, adding color and…

Humans often mark important dates with gifts. Is it a birth, a wedding, a graduation, a new home, a big birthday, or a retirement? For quilters, that usually means one thing: It’s time to make a quilt! Over the years, I’ve made traditional quilts and art quilts for many milestones. I made my first quilt with my mother in 1973, when I was 9 years old. My mom decided that this would be a good project for us because it was almost the country’s bicentennial. I still have this quilt—made mostly with cotton and polyester fabric scraps from clothing she made me, embroidered with both of our initials, and held together with tied acrylic yarn and it just might be my favorite quilt ever. A nap under this quilt feels…