Edges Artists work in 500 Art Quilts book

These "Edges" artists: Jamie Fingal, Desiree Habicht, Stacy Hurt, Jeannie Palmer Moore, Julie Schlueter, Terry Waldron, and Kathy York have work 500 Art Quilts, published by Lark Books. An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work; a beautiful new addition to the successful series; A vibrant and growing community of crafters has embraced quilting, and this outstanding international collection will inspire and captivate them. Juried by Karey Bresenhan, one of the most prominent figures in quilting, it presents 500 magnificent contemporary art quilts, made in fabric and other media, and showcasing diverse designs, materials, and techniques. From their very inception, these quilts were destined for display rather than practical use, with an extraordinary quality of image, form, line, and composition. Artists include: Pamela Allen - Alice Beasley - Eszter Bornemisza - Jane Burch Cochran - Judith Content - Chiaki Dosho - Noriko Endo - Caryl Bryer Fallert - Jamie Fingal - Linda Gass - Jenny Hearn - Judy Coates Perez - Yvonne Porcella - Susan Shie - Jen Swearington - and many more!

Edges Slide Show

More views of Edges in Houston

Kathy York posing by her piece

Int'l Quilt Festival in Houston

Quilt Market book

This is the Quilt Market book - cover - that most of us don't get to see, because we attend Festival

And these pages talk about some of the special exhibits, including "Edges." Desiree Habicht's art quilt "Glass Beach" is featured. Desiree attended Market and brought the catalog to show me.

Quilting Arts magazine

Quilting Arts magazine, Oct/Nov 2009 issue, pages 54-59 feature an short article about EDGES and full-page pictures of some of the quilts in the exhibit. Artists whose work is featured are: Jeannie Palmer Moore (Escondido, CA), Frances Holliday Alford (Austin, TX), Leslie Tucker Jenison (San Antonio, TX), Joanell Connolly (Huntington Beach, CA), Jane LaFazio (San Diego, CA) and Karen Rips (Thousand Oaks, CA).

Quilts, Inc. Vid Cast of Edges

Rhianna White, media assistant for Quilts, Inc., did a vidcast of Edges at Festival in Long Beach. Click on this link below, and then click on "vid casts" from the left menu http://www.quilts.com/lbqf09/enVivo/ and then click on "Edges." Rhianna did a fabulous job! If you go back to the left menu and click on "special exhibits" you can view some of the amazing quilts from this exhibit, including the one above by Cindy Cooksey of Irvine, CA "Fifteen Selvages."