Quilting Arts Magazine

Quilting Arts Magazine is published six times a year. Whether you consider yourself a contemporary quilter, fiber artist, art quilter, embellished quilter, or wearable art artist, Quilting Arts strives to meet your creative needs. Get Quilting Arts Magazine digital magazine subscription today for exceptional how-to articles, profiles artists, features guest teachers, and explores contemporary textile works, surface design, embellishments, and motifs.

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Julie Garcia • WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA

Paint the Sky • Create your own fabric for inspiring landscapes

Don’t Overthink It!

Color Story

Julie’s Top Tips for Painting Success

START WITH A SQUARE • A playful technique to explore free-motion quilting and expand your skills

Choose a Starter Square

Tips on Thread Selection

Tips for Success

Choosing Free-Motion Background Quilting Designs

Home sweet Home • Make tiny houses to display or gift

studio style • Focus on your studio: add these finds to your quilter’s tool kit and library

Sharon Emerson • SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA

QuiltCon 2024 • A gallery of winning quilts

MINIMALISM • The Cutting Edge of Modern

WANTED: You and Your Work • Submit today and become part of the Quilting Arts family

Making a MESSAGE • Foundation paper piecing and improv meet with thrilling results

Corita Kent (1918–1986)

Lisa’s Process in Creating “Seeds”

Fabric Choice Tips

How to Adapt the Size of a Printed Object

Bounty All Around • RESULTS FROM THE ‘FARM TO TABLE’ READER CHALLENGE

A Dive into Dextrin! • Custom design and paint fabric using resists

Corn or Potato?

The Skinny on QUILT DÉCOR • Make a statement with this playful design idea

Felt Facts

Adding Greens to the Carrot Top

Kestrel’s Top Photo Tips

Highlight, Midtone, Shadow • Value makes all the difference in successful quilts

Breaking the Rule

Color Me! • Three fun techniques for making artful cloth

Artful Zippered Pouch • ANNOUNCING OUR LATEST READER CHALLENGE

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READER CHALLENGE INVITATIONAL Part 2

DECONSTRUCTION Using Tea Bags for Fiber Art

Rita’s Top Tips for Working with Tea Bags

3-D Anyone?

Tips on Dyeing Tea Bag Paper

Thoughts on Fabric

Tree Ring Inspiration

Variation on a Theme

Pro Tips from Diana

Imagining ITHAKA • Viewpoints artists bring poem to life

the last word.