Category Archives: MISC

Cancer Quilter’s Horoscope

Cancer, June 22, July 22 Cancer, you are the most perplexing of all the signs. Your symbol, the crab, with its claws represents the dual nature of your personality – loyal, caring and energetic on the one hand versus overly … Continue reading

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AIDS Memorial Quilt 25th Anniversary

in the CQA Quilting News, from an article by Abbie Amadio, June 7, 2010, Third Coast Digest AIDS Project Originated in Milwaukee, WI in 1987 Panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt that are unique to Milwaukee and to noted fashion … Continue reading

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David Taylor Quilt Exhibit

David Taylor’s detailed stitching on display in Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, Colorado until Oct 14, 2010 in the CQA Quilting News, June 7, 2010 by Mike Lawrence, Steamboat Pilot, May 28, 2010 A new exhibit at Steamboat Art Museum … Continue reading

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Women Link Math and Science in their Fiber Arts – always have

Math Inspired Quilts Gerda de Vries, a quilter and mathematician at U. Alberta, Canada, recently said in a seminar at the Redpath Museum in Montreal, “The connection between textiles and mathematics is intimate but not often explored, possibly because textiles … Continue reading

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Slice Quilts

Fractured Images – Different Viewpoints excerpts from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette article by Patricia Lowry, April 14, 2010, permission granted to reprint First there was Cubism, then photographic collages and now – Slice Quilts, quilted fractured images that appear to … Continue reading

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Encouraging Art Purchasers

Virtual Auditions of Your Artwork Follow up article to Encouraging Corporate Clients, April 27, 2010 Sometimes, when people are looking in art galleries to select art for their home, the opportunity for a sale is lost because the potential buyer … Continue reading

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Batik Bounty

What’s in Your Batik Stash? Most quilters have a sizable supply of beautiful batiks, those luscious fabrics and designs we cannot resist buying. Usually I don’t getaroundtoit. I mean making up the idea I had in mind when I made … Continue reading

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Nancy Crow, an artist who makes quilts

in the CQA Quilting News, May 7, 2010, by Pamela Marean, Cape Cod Times, February 28, 2010 “Nancy Crow makes a statement, whether you like it or not”, Joan Goldfarb Any quilt is a feat of human dedication and creativity. … Continue reading

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Modern Quilting

Blog Review of The Modern Quilt Guild The Modern Quilt Guild blog is barely 5 months old and so has few features to review. Yet I believe it will become an important blog for quilters of all kinds and I … Continue reading

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Encouraging Corporate Clients

Novel tip for encouraging art sales to corporate buyers, part 1 When a potential business client is sitting in a waiting room or corridor, the art already in place will be enhanced by displaying art work created by younger clients … Continue reading

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