Ailsa Craig
March 31, 2020 Catherine McDonald Neighbourhood means many things to me but none more so than a small country town that espouses the values of working together for the good of their town. In my piece I have tried to show the open countryside all around the town. Coming from
Rural Neighborhood
I live in a rural neighborhood surrounded by mostly native flora and fauna. If you know the Sierra Nevada foothills in northern California, you might be wondering why my quilt has so much green, when most of the year it’s so brown (or as we like to say, golden). For
Charlie
“No one has any intention of building a wall“ This sentence was said by the former GDR head of state Walter Ulbricht in a press conference on June 15, 1961. It was a lie. The Berlin Wall was built two months later and the inner German border was closed. The building of the wall had
Lisa Walton
Lisa Walton Australia Lisa Walton lives in Sydney Australia and has been a textile artist & teacher for over 20 years. She dyes and prints her own fabrics and loves to embellish and layer her textile art. She was awarded the Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship for Quilting Teachers by the
Sandra van Velzen
Sandra van Velzen Tiel, the Netherlands I am a textile and mixed media artist from the Netherlands. I create both abstract and pictorial quilts. The design of my work is sometimes driven by the theme of an (international) contest, sometimes by the theme of the art groups I am part
Maria Shell
Maria Shell Anchorage, Alaska, USA How do I get color to vibrate? How do I get a self made print to read against another self made print? How can I stitch these elements together so that the viewer sees not only hundreds of scraps of fabric but also the SUM–the
Martha Ressler
Martha Ressler Hamburg, Pennsylvania, USA A painter first, Ressler specialized in industrial subjects and working-class neighborhoods. But the allure of Fiberart won her away. She has been sewing since she was 13, and loves the textures of fabric. >She walks a lot, and takes photos or does sketches of her
Mikiko Takase
Mikiko “Micky” Takase Tamamura, Sawa-Gun, Gunma, Japan “Before Jim Hay began teaching me about Art Quilts, I had studied traditional quilt-making for a long time here in Japan. I first became impressed with quilts from watching an old American TV program “Little House on the Prairie”. Now I enjoy making
Catherine McDonald
Catherine McDonald Christchurch, New Zealand Catherine comes from Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand and has been a textile artist for 30+years. She is heavily into surface design and creating original fabrics for her works and for sale. Catherine has taught both surface design and specific projects both
Karol Kusmaul
Karol Kusmaul Inverness, Florida, USA I am fascinated by human faces and figures. Many of my quilts tell personal stories of my family and experiences. A great day for me is one in which I can play with my collection of thrift store shirts, skirts, pants and dresses, cutting the