Check out these picture quilt patterns and projects from the Bluprint community to inspire you to plan your first picture quilt.

Every year, thousands of quilters and quilt lovers descend on Houston, Texas for the International Quilt Festival and Quilt Market. This year, Quilt Festival is from November 2-5, 2023. Many attendees’ favorite part of their annual trip is seeing the Festival Judged Show presented by Quilts, Inc.

I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted. This is not good. Plus I have so many exciting things to share with you. But tod...

Earlier this summer, the Happy Zombie posted a quilt-along called the Ron Swanson Along. I don’t watch much TV and haven’t seen Parks & Recreation, but I still thought her quilt was…

Love textiles, fibre art and contemporary portraiture? Here is our list of 10 Textile Portrait Artists You HAVE to follow.

(c) In Quito's Market (Detail) I enjoy getting questions where I have at least some partial answer that might help someone in their journey. Following is a recent question from a fellow portrait quilter having just seen a photo of one of my portrait quilts... From a frustrated quilter: I just saw a photo of your quilt "In Quito's Market". I do figural quilts and I have a question that nobody has been able to answer for me. My problem is that I take a wonderful top, that I have spent hundreds…

Hope everyone had a great weekend ! Saturday morning I went to my local Grass Valley Quilt and took lots of pictures to share with you ! ENJOY THE SHOW !

If I haven’t made it clear before, fabric collage is not a particularly fast process. For example, students are not going to finish a collage quilt in a week-long class—unless maybe it’…

We shot Quilting Arts TV Series 2200 at KS Productions’ studio in Solon, Ohio, last month. The 13 episodes in this series will be released to participating Public TV stations in late July, and will also be available on DVD and digital download through The Quilting Company then. Series 2200 guests are: Lesley Riley Sandra Bruce Luana Rubin Susan Brubaker Knapp Vivika Hansen DeNegre Susan Shie Jill Jensen Maria Shell Laurie Ceesay Mary McCauley Heidi Proffety * Maggie Vanderweit* Cindy…

My friend Faith Cleary’s new DVD/digital download with Quilting Arts is now out! It’s called “Pet Picture Quilts Made Easy,” and on it, Faith teaches how to take a photo of your pet and recreate it as a piece of art. She shows how to add texture, dimension, and fun backgrounds using fabric, batting and thread. Faith spends time talking about how to choose the right photo, as well as the fabrics and threads that will make your piece look the most realistic. Then she shows how to add the eyes…