Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Canadian quilter Elaine Quehl who really looks at plants closely... and then transforms her photos into amazing quilts. You'll be amazed at how it's done.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Susan Pickering Rothamel, owner of USArtQuest. She is an amazing artist. She shares so many neat products for creative artist. She uses printed napkins, fibers, paint and so many other items. I think you're going to love all she has to offer.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Susan Pickering Rothamel, owner of USArtQuest. I saw Susan's work when she was an amazing collage artist and she continues to amaze me with what she does. You'll see how she uses a rock called Mica several different ways along with some other creative things.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews a group of 4 that has put together a neat exhibit just centered around the theme of Heavy Metal. Who would think that the theme could evoke so many different quilts? There are even several figurative pieces including Molten Slag.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, catches up with Karin Hellaby. I first met Karin on my very first teaching trip to the UK when I taught at her shop. We've have been friends ever since. She has a creative way of doing traditional blocks with a twist. While at the Birmingham Festival of Quilts Show I had a chance to see just what Karin was up to.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, sits down with Jamie Malden who demonstrates stamping with beautiful wooden block prints.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, starts the New Year off with a bang...that is fiber art inspired by the Hadron Collider (an atom splitter). Kate Findlay shares the inspiration and her designer sketchbook. I'm sure you'll go away inspired by her scientific approach.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, covers IQF 2012. The quilt show in Houston has got to be one of my favorites...lots of great quilts and some chats with a few of their makers. There's even a Yurt made out of quilts.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interview the fun-loving group of creative quilters who came back to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK. Last year they did the Mear Cats Quilt. This year they did Dumb Bells in celebration of the Olympics being in the UK. Watch this video and have your funny bone tickled.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, takes you on a tour of the international Festival of Quilts in Birmingham England. We will take a tour of the quilts, chat with a couple of the quilt artists, and see some of the beautiful and funny fashions.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Dominique Ehrmann who shares how she creates her quilts that you can practically walk into. It's an amazingly new technique I think you'll really enjoy.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Vikki Pignatelli, one of those creative spirits you get lucky to meet. She shares her quilts, her new book and demonstrates how she creates the realistic look of bark on a tree WITHOUT THREAD (well, pretty much without thread).
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Juanita Yeager. Juanita Yeager creates the most amazing floral quilts...and they are whole cloth. She will share her secrets of painting these beautiful quilts.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with members of the Journeys Thru Art Group. After a synchronistic turn of events I discovered a group of quilters in Florida who did a neat challenge about doors. I had been teaching and loved the students. I heard about their smaller group that would be meeting the very next day - and it was my travel day. So paid them a visit and heard all about their quilts. I think you'll enjoy a look into their doors and techniques...
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Leslie Tucker Jenison - a very creative fiber artist who sees possibilities everywhere. We'll look at a couple of her quilts and fabrics. Then Leslie will do a monoprint demo.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Gail Lawther. On a trip to New Zealand, Gail and her husband saw many things...so many things that Gail decided to do a exhibit to capture them. Her exhibit (and book) is called "Glimpses of New Zealand". The book is available at www.eQuilter.com. Every quilt in the exhibit is in the book along with some great instructions. I think you'll be intrigued by her quilts as well as her demo.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Yvonne Brown. Old tiles are the inspiration for UK artist Yvonne Brown. She does some really cool stuff with a hot soldering iron and some felt.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Australian quilter Lisa Walton who takes us on a tour of her Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston 2011. Then she does a little demo on a beading technique. I bet you laugh at least once....
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with award winning quilt artist Mariya Waters who shows us some of her secrets of how she does her award winning quilts.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, gives us a tour of the biggest quilt show in the US. This year it is absolutely spectacular.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, visits with the Tentmakers of Cairo as the demonstrate their techniques for creating the beautifully hand appliqued designs in cloth.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Karen Ruane about her hand embroidery! Karen takes simple stitches and creates absolutely beautiful pieces. After we take a look at her work, she will demo a couple really cool techniques with fabric, paper, and embroidery stitches. I found her quite by accident while looking at blogs. Once you watch her, I'm sure you'll want to follow her blog too.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, visited the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England last month. If the second part of her two part VidCast this month, she introduces you to several representatives of the many exquisite exhibits at the Festival.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, visited the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England last month. If the first part of her two part VidCast this month, she shows you around the show, seeing lots of quilts, talking with some of the creators and meeting visitors from all around the globe.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, chats with Australian Sue Dennis about her beautiful quilts depicting natural items and the Australian National gemstone - opals! Then she shows us how she easily creates textures using oil Paintstiks and common items.
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, sits down with Dawn Farrier, a funky, fun-filled shop owner from California, shows us how she uses recycled items to celebrate Christmas in July!
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, had an amazing opportunity to attend the Remarkable Symposium in New Zealand this spring, see the many impressive exhibits and meet many talented artists. Watch to see a whole lot of the quilts that I got to see!
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, demonstrates a few doodles that she incorporates into her Doodle Zen DotZ workshop! Also see a compilation of answers to the intriguing curve-ball question Bonnie often asks when she interviews artists - What is your Life Philosophy?
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, meets up with Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship winner Wendy Butler Berns who takes some time to show us the exhibit of student quilts she put together for the 2010 IQA Festival and also demonstrate her Texture Magic technique!
Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Jamie Fingal who shares some of her "No Rules" quilts that incorporate all sorts of weird items. She also demonstrates how easy Mistyfuse is to apply and work with.
