“UNINTELLIGIBLE" JURIED INTO ART QUILT ELEMENTS 2026
“Untelligible” has been juried into Art Quilt Elements 2026! Of the more than 900 images submitted for juror review, 55 pieces were selected for display from March 23 through April 25, 2026 in Wayne Art Center’s Davenport, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith and Vidinghoff Galleries. The jurors were Toni Kersey, Karl Reichert and Danielle Williams.
Meet the Artists – afternoon of March 29, 2026
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony – 3-5 p.m. March 29, 2026
“Untelligible” has been juried into Art Quilt Elements 2026! Of the more than 900 images submitted for juror review, 55 pieces were selected for display from March 23 through April 25, 2026 in Wayne Art Center’s Davenport, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith and Vidinghoff Galleries. The jurors were Toni Kersey, Karl Reichert and Danielle Williams.
Meet the Artists – afternoon of March 29, 2026
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony – 3-5 p.m. March 29, 2026
“Untelligible” (left)
Copyright 2024
32.5" x 58.5"
Copyright 2024
32.5" x 58.5"
Striped cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, pigment ink, cotton thread, cotton batting, cotton backing. Wholecloth painted, free-motion machine quilted.
Artist's Statement: Maybe it’s just that I’m getting older, but it seems like everyone is speaking in cryptic languages I can’t understand. What is true? What is right? What is real? What is logical? If we can’t understand each other, how can we live together on this planet?
SEE ”WHAT REMAINS“ AT QUILTCON
My piece “What Remains” is featured in a small exhibition of quilts from Quilt National 2025 that will be on display at QuiltCon 2026. QuiltCon is the largest modern quilting event in the world, presented by the Modern Quilt Guild. It’s in Raleigh this year, Feb. 19-22 at the Raleigh Convention Center, and features competition quilts, community outreach quilts, special exhibits, and a vendor hall.
DETAILS: https://www.quiltcon.com
I’M EXHIBITING WITH SOUL STORIES
I recently joined an international group artists called Soul Stories. “Soul Stories artists use textile art as a vehicle for personal expression, social reflection, and collective healing. We weave themes of identity, justice, resilience, myths, archetypes, and spirituality into our work, balancing hope and fear, beauty and struggle.” Its first exhibition, “Threads of Existence,” was shown first at International Quilt Festival in Houston in November 2025. My piece “Midnight in the Garden” will tour with the exhibition in 2026, to these venues:
I recently joined an international group artists called Soul Stories. “Soul Stories artists use textile art as a vehicle for personal expression, social reflection, and collective healing. We weave themes of identity, justice, resilience, myths, archetypes, and spirituality into our work, balancing hope and fear, beauty and struggle.” Its first exhibition, “Threads of Existence,” was shown first at International Quilt Festival in Houston in November 2025. My piece “Midnight in the Garden” will tour with the exhibition in 2026, to these venues:
New England Quilt Museum
Lowell, Massachusetts
April 14 - July 18, 2026
Lowell, Massachusetts
April 14 - July 18, 2026
Festival of Quilts
Birmingham, United Kingdom
July 30 - Aug. 2, 2026
Birmingham, United Kingdom
July 30 - Aug. 2, 2026
Other artists in the group are Susan Avishai, Betty Busby, Hollis Chatelain, Helen Creasey, Phyllis Cullen, Sue de Vanny, Gail Garber, Debra Gluszczak, Katalin Horvath, Pam Jenner, Karen Kuranda, An Marshall, Lena Mesaros, Pamela Mick, Kathy Nida, Candice Phelan, Paula Rafferty, Luana Rubin, Sue Sherman, Dale Stuart, Maggie Vanderweit, Marie Jeanne Welsch, and Libby Williamson.
DETAILS: https://www.soulstoriesart.com/
QUILTING ARTS TV – SERIES 3200 IS HERE
We shot Quilting Arts TV Series 3200 in July, and it is now available for purchase as a digital download (or subscription to all series). It will start airing on PBS in November. QATV is shown on more than 400 PBS stations across the U.S., as well as CREATE TV, and showcases the work of expert art quilters who explain and teach innovative surface design, construction, embellishment, and hand and machine stitching techniques. Novice and professional art quilters alike can learn something new from the wide variety of topics explored on the show.
We shot Quilting Arts TV Series 3200 in July, and it is now available for purchase as a digital download (or subscription to all series). It will start airing on PBS in November. QATV is shown on more than 400 PBS stations across the U.S., as well as CREATE TV, and showcases the work of expert art quilters who explain and teach innovative surface design, construction, embellishment, and hand and machine stitching techniques. Novice and professional art quilters alike can learn something new from the wide variety of topics explored on the show.
Details and lots of photos of guests are on my QATV webpage.
OCAG STUDIO TOUR 2026
My home studio will be open to the public during the 2026 Orange County (NC) Studio Tour, the first two weekends in November. This tour will include more than 100 artists’ studios in Orange County, NC, including Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough. In the fall, the brochure and map will be available at www.OCAGNC.org
My home studio will be open to the public during the 2026 Orange County (NC) Studio Tour, the first two weekends in November. This tour will include more than 100 artists’ studios in Orange County, NC, including Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough. In the fall, the brochure and map will be available at www.OCAGNC.org
Saturday, Nov. 7 – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. AND Sunday, Nov. 8 – noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14 – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. AND Sunday, Nov. 15 – noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14 – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. AND Sunday, Nov. 15 – noon to 5 p.m.
QUILTER ON FIRE PODCAST
I'm featured in Episode 230 of the Quilter on Fire Podcast with Brandy Maslowski!
Brandy is contributing editor at Quilting Arts magazine, has acted as QATV co-host on the series when I had Covid and couldn't make the filming, and has interviewed hundreds of quilters and crafters on her podcast. Episode 230 aired first on Oct. 21, 2025.
Take a listen at QuilterOnFire.com
I'm featured in Episode 230 of the Quilter on Fire Podcast with Brandy Maslowski!
Brandy is contributing editor at Quilting Arts magazine, has acted as QATV co-host on the series when I had Covid and couldn't make the filming, and has interviewed hundreds of quilters and crafters on her podcast. Episode 230 aired first on Oct. 21, 2025.
Take a listen at QuilterOnFire.com
RAFFLE RAISES MORE THAN $4,600!
Many thanks to everyone who helped me raise money for Asheville and western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene. We raised more than $4,600 for BeLoved Asheville and the NC Arts Disaster Relief Fund. The winner, drawn at random Nov. 15, received my piece, "Beloved Blue Ridge."
Many thanks to everyone who helped me raise money for Asheville and western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene. We raised more than $4,600 for BeLoved Asheville and the NC Arts Disaster Relief Fund. The winner, drawn at random Nov. 15, received my piece, "Beloved Blue Ridge."
“WHAT REMAINS” IS IN QUILT NATIONAL ‘25
My work, “What Remains,” (2024) is in Quilt National ’25. It is a digitally-altered photo printed on fabric, then painted, inked, threadsketched, and free-motion machine quilted. The quilts exhibited at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, through Sept. 1, 2025, and will tour through October 2027.
From www.dairybarn.org: "Quilt National aims to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the world of quilting. Its purpose is to carry the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what it always has been — an art form."
My work, “What Remains,” (2024) is in Quilt National ’25. It is a digitally-altered photo printed on fabric, then painted, inked, threadsketched, and free-motion machine quilted. The quilts exhibited at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, through Sept. 1, 2025, and will tour through October 2027.
From www.dairybarn.org: "Quilt National aims to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the world of quilting. Its purpose is to carry the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what it always has been — an art form."
DETAILS: dairybarn.org/quiltnational/
Watch a video of me talking about my piece on Quilt National's YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65tGxbdpC4Y
Watch a video of me talking about my piece on Quilt National's YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65tGxbdpC4Y
“SPROING” IN BOOK "PATCHWORKEN & QUILTEN"
Uta Hanson included my art quilt “Sproing” in her new book, “Patchworken & Quilten: Das Grundlagenbuch” (“Patchwork and Quilting: The Basics Book”). Published in German by Haupt, 2024. From the back of the book: “Uta Hanson presents a variety of techniques in her manual and teaches beginners and advanced quilters everything they need to know – from equipment to modern patchwork, and quilting by hand and machine, to an insight into textile art. This results in quilts that impress with bright colors, minimalist design and free compositions.”
“NOTHING GOLD” JURIED INTO SAQA JOURNAL GALLERY
“Nothing Gold,” a recent commissioned work, was one of 40 pieces juried into the first-ever SAQA Journal Gallery by jurors Nancy Bavor, Alice Beasley, and Linda Colsh. This exhibition in print will be included in the SAQA Journal 2024 Issue #4. DETAILS: https://www.saqa.com/about/news/congratulations-artists-selected-saqa-journal-gallery-exhibition-print
“Nothing Gold,” a recent commissioned work, was one of 40 pieces juried into the first-ever SAQA Journal Gallery by jurors Nancy Bavor, Alice Beasley, and Linda Colsh. This exhibition in print will be included in the SAQA Journal 2024 Issue #4. DETAILS: https://www.saqa.com/about/news/congratulations-artists-selected-saqa-journal-gallery-exhibition-print
“MARBLED SALAMANDERS” IN SAQA "CAMOUFLAGE"
“Marbled Salamanders” is featured in Studio Art Quilt Associates' Global Exhibition "Camouflage.” The juror was Lorraine Roy. The exhibition premiered at the 2024 International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX; showed at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ, July 19th - Sept. 28, 2025; and will travel to the Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, MI, Nov. 2025-2026. Additional venues may be added to the schedule (the exhibition will travel through December 2027). DETAILS: https://www.saqa.com/art/exhibitions/camouflage-saqa-global-exhibition
YOU HELPED ME RAISE $7K FOR WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! My friends and followers have contributed nearly $7,800 so far to World Central Kitchen. I offered a free pattern for this sunflower pin, and asked folks to contribute what they could to this organization, which is feeding refugees from Ukraine and those who remain in Ukraine. WCK has an excellent charity rating, and helps hungry people in crisis due to war and environmental disasters around the globe. You can still download the pattern here: https://susanbrubakerknapp.com/tutorials
… and donate here:
… and donate here: