Bojagi (Korean Wrapping Cloths) are pieced together from small scraps of cloth. It is the most unique form of Korean textile art. Bojagi occupied a prominent place in the daily lives of Koreans of all classes. They were used to wrap or carry everything from precious ritual objects to everyday clothes and common household goods and also to cover food. It is also strikingly contemporary: the designs and colors of bojagi remind one of the works of modern abstract artists.…

Using both a slideshow and trunk show of her colorful quilts, Jane Haworth describes her journey into the quilting world following a move from the UK. She has experimented with many art quilting techniques to find her creative voice. Visit Jane’s web site.

Improvisational quilting is an intuitive way of creating quilts. Fern often starts her quilts by playing with scraps or an idea, drawing a rough sketch, or wondering: What if? In this lecture, Fern describes her quilting process and how each decision informs the next, keeping her engaged, focused and often unsure of what happens next. You can find out more about Fern here.

Starting with her grandma’s quilt and her first blue-ribbon quilt, Linda charts her development as an art quilter through some 40 of her patchwork, story, portrait, landscape, abstract and liturgical quilts  All her quilts have a story, each completely different from the next. Mixing a little poetry, a bit of philosophy and some history, Linda examines how our quilts tie us to our mothers, our grandmothers, our great-grandmothers and the great beyond. Learn more about Linda here.

Learn about the innovative and inter-generational work of the Social Justice Sewing Academy from founder Sara Trail.  She’ll share the history of activist quiltmaking and the inspiration that led to the development of the organization. The SJSA is on the web here.