10/15/16 10/15/16

Make Do Quilt - Curating Materials

The fun of making quilts with scavenged materials, is that you never know what will show up! - Giveaway winners announced!

8/11/16 8/11/16

make do quilt challenge & giveaway

If 1 million active quilt makers in the US made one quilt from discarded materials this year, how many pounds would be spared from the landfill?

4/22/15 4/22/15

Improv Handbook Available April 28!

FYI - The release date has been moved up to April 28! The wait is almost over.

4/5/15 4/5/15

Mastering & Innovating Patchwork Techniques

Innovation is something that happens when there is no instruction manual readily available. Improv Handbook giveaway on OkanArts.com.

3/16/15 3/16/15

Improv Handbook March & April Events ~ May 5 Release

Want to get your hands on a copy before May 5? Check out these book signing events and workshops in Oakland, Kansas City and Portland, ME.

2/11/15 2/11/15

Improv Handbook PRE-ORDER GIVEAWAY!

Pre-order or purchase the Improv Handbook by March 16, 2015 and enter to win an original mini-quilt, and Aurifil thread inspired by the book.

12/21/14 12/21/14

Cultural Fusion Quilts Winner ~ Ruler Roundup

Many quilters have a love for precision piecing and improv patchwork, and are able to move between working with rulers or going ruler-free.

12/8/14 12/8/14

Cultural Fusion Quilts by Sujata Shah

Sujata Shah gently opens up an exciting path for first-time and beginning level improvisors to explore the expressive qualities of the freely cut line.

3/3/14 3/3/14

Open Call For Mod Mood (Get Your Curve On) Quilts

Submit your strip-pieced wedge curve quilt based on the Mod Mood quilt for possible publication in the Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters.

11/12/12 11/12/12

FYI - Spoonflower Quiltcon Sweepstakes

Whoever wins this prize will be attending my Modern Block Improv workshop with a friend at QuiltCon.

9/13/12 9/13/12

braided thread giveaway winners!

Thanks to everyone who joined the giveaway. I loved finding out where all of you live...

8/12/12 8/12/12

a band of woven community ~ giveaway

Passing along the bounty of community. To enter the giveaway all you need to do is comment with the city, state, country in which you live.

4/16/12 4/16/12

Year Of Stash Socks Giveaway Prize

Here are the pair of hand knit socks made especially for Anna at FreePlayCraft, the YOSS giveaway winner.

4/1/12 4/1/12

Mend It Better Winners All

Thanks to all who entered the Mend It Better Giveaway with your AWESOME advise on How To Mend A Broken Heart.

3/18/12 3/18/12

Mend It Better ~ Review & Giveaway

Mend It Better is a very approachable and a comprehensive reference for taking care of your clothes. It is a book about love and empowerment.

1/25/12 1/25/12

Year Of Stash Socks ~ Giveaway winner announced!

1/13/12 1/13/12

Love Bomb ~ Four Hundred Entries

12/27/11 12/27/11

Year Of Stash Socks 2011 ~ DEC 21&22/24

11/21/11 11/21/11

Year Of Stash Socks 2011 ~ Thanksgiving 19&20/24

10/11/11 10/11/11

Hoopla, the Art of Unexpected Embroidery ~ Giveaway

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