Podcast appearances and mentions of bonnie mccaffery

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Canadian quilter Elaine Quehl who really looks at plants closely... and then transforms her photos into amazing quilts. You'll be amazed at how it's done.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Susan Pickering Rothamel, owner of USArtQuest. She is an amazing artist. She shares so many neat products for creative artist. She uses printed napkins, fibers, paint and so many other items. I think you're going to love all she has to offer.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Susan Pickering Rothamel, owner of USArtQuest. I saw Susan's work when she was an amazing collage artist and she continues to amaze me with what she does. You'll see how she uses a rock called Mica several different ways along with some other creative things.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews a group of 4 that has put together a neat exhibit just centered around the theme of Heavy Metal. Who would think that the theme could evoke so many different quilts? There are even several figurative pieces including Molten Slag.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, catches up with Karin Hellaby. I first met Karin on my very first teaching trip to the UK when I taught at her shop. We've have been friends ever since. She has a creative way of doing traditional blocks with a twist. While at the Birmingham Festival of Quilts Show I had a chance to see just what Karin was up to.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, sits down with Jamie Malden who demonstrates stamping with beautiful wooden block prints.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, starts the New Year off with a bang...that is fiber art inspired by the Hadron Collider (an atom splitter). Kate Findlay shares the inspiration and her designer sketchbook. I'm sure you'll go away inspired by her scientific approach.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, covers IQF 2012. The quilt show in Houston has got to be one of my favorites...lots of great quilts and some chats with a few of their makers. There's even a Yurt made out of quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interview the fun-loving group of creative quilters who came back to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK. Last year they did the Mear Cats Quilt. This year they did Dumb Bells in celebration of the Olympics being in the UK. Watch this video and have your funny bone tickled.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, takes you on a tour of the international Festival of Quilts in Birmingham England. We will take a tour of the quilts, chat with a couple of the quilt artists, and see some of the beautiful and funny fashions.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Dominique Ehrmann who shares how she creates her quilts that you can practically walk into. It's an amazingly new technique I think you'll really enjoy.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Vikki Pignatelli, one of those creative spirits you get lucky to meet. She shares her quilts, her new book and demonstrates how she creates the realistic look of bark on a tree WITHOUT THREAD (well, pretty much without thread).

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Juanita Yeager. Juanita Yeager creates the most amazing floral quilts...and they are whole cloth. She will share her secrets of painting these beautiful quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with members of the Journeys Thru Art Group. After a synchronistic turn of events I discovered a group of quilters in Florida who did a neat challenge about doors. I had been teaching and loved the students. I heard about their smaller group that would be meeting the very next day - and it was my travel day. So paid them a visit and heard all about their quilts. I think you'll enjoy a look into their doors and techniques. Enjoy!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Leslie Tucker Jenison - a very creative fiber artist who sees possibilities everywhere. We'll look at a couple of her quilts and fabrics. Then Leslie will do a monoprint demo.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Gail Lawther. On a trip to New Zealand, Gail and her husband saw many things...so many things that Gail decided to do a exhibit to capture them. Her exhibit (and book) is called "Glimpses of New Zealand". The book is available at www.eQuilter.com. Every quilt in the exhibit is in the book along with some great instructions. I think you'll be intrigued by her quilts as well as her demo.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Yvonne Brown. Old tiles are the inspiration for UK artist Yvonne Brown. She does some really cool stuff with a hot soldering iron and some felt.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Australian quilter Lisa Walton who takes us on a tour of her Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston 2011. Then she does a little demo on a beading technique. I bet you laugh at least once....

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with award winning quilt artist Mariya Waters who shows us some of her secrets of how she does her award winning quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, gives us a tour of the biggest quilt show in the US. This year it is absolutely spectacular.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, visits with the Tentmakers of Cairo as the demonstrate their techniques for creating the beautifully hand appliqued designs in cloth.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Karen Ruane about her hand embroidery! Karen takes simple stitches and creates absolutely beautiful pieces. After we take a look at her work, she will demo a couple really cool techniques with fabric, paper, and embroidery stitches. I found her quite by accident while looking at blogs. Once you watch her, I'm sure you'll want to follow her blog too.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, visited the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England last month. If the first part of her two part VidCast this month, she shows you around the show, seeing lots of quilts, talking with some of the creators and meeting visitors from all around the globe.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, visited the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England last month. If the second part of her two part VidCast this month, she introduces you to several representatives of the many exquisite exhibits at the Festival.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, chats with Australian Sue Dennis about her beautiful quilts depicting natural items and the Australian National gemstone - opals! Then she shows us how she easily creates textures using oil Paintstiks and common items.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, sits down with Dawn Farrier, a funky, fun-filled shop owner from California, shows us how she uses recycled items to celebrate Christmas in July!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, had an amazing opportunity to attend the Remarkable Symposium in New Zealand this spring, see the many impressive exhibits and meet many talented artists. Watch to see a whole lot of the quilts that I got to see!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, demonstrates a few doodles that she incorporates into her Doodle Zen DotZ workshop! Also see a compilation of answers to the intriguing curve-ball question Bonnie often asks when she interviews artists - What is your Life Philosophy?

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, meets up with Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship winner Wendy Butler Berns who takes some time to show us the exhibit of student quilts she put together for the 2010 IQA Festival and also demonstrate her Texture Magic technique!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, talks with Jamie Fingal who shares some of her "No Rules" quilts that incorporate all sorts of weird items. She also demonstrates how easy Mistyfuse is to apply and work with.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Rose Hughes who has creative quilts all over her house. We'll take a tour and then she'll demo her fast paced applique technique.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Nancy Eha the Beading Queen.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, covers the 2010 International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX. Check out lots of quilts and a few interviews with some of the artists.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Pat Holly. She does the most amazing teeny tiny applique pieces and she'll show us how she does it. She makes it look so easy. You'll get a look at her small masterpieces and you will be amazed.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Melody Crust. If you've seen Melody Crust at a quilt show, you've seen her Bling - she just sparkles. We'll take a look at some of her collection of Bling, some mini Blinged quilts, and she'll do a demo of just one technique she uses to put Bling on her quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Lyric Kinard. Take a peek at Lyric Kinard's Art + Quilt book. Lyric also does a couple of demos of techniques from the book using some cool stencils, Paintstix and ordinary objects.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Alaskan Quilter, Brenda Henning who talks about her new Mariner's Compass DVD and shows us an innovative and easy way to get the stained glass look.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Lesley Riley who shows us some really innovative ways to use Lutradur - the manufacturing product turned art medium!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Stacy Hurt who shows us some of her beautiful pieces, many of which include all things bling and shiny!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Liz Kettle, Ruth Chandler and Heather Thomas. They sit and chat about their book - Fabric Embellishments - and share a few of the gorgeous and innovative techniques including ricing, glass beads and ribbon printing!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, just came back from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she judged and taught at the quilt show. There were some very interesting quilts from Iran there as well as many other places. Check out her video coverage of the event!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Nadine Ruggles. Imagine little one inch square quilts used to create dimension and texture to a larger quilt. These little mini quilts are addictive.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Karen Kay Buckley. You will be amazed at the award winning quilts Karen Kay Buckley has done. Then she shares a tip of how she achieves her "Perfect Circles." You'll come away believing that you can do perfect circles too.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Susan Brubaker Knapp and Janet Lasher, who are both very creative fiber artists. I think you'll enjoy seeing their creativity!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, covers the 2009 International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX. Check out lots of quilts and a few interviews with some of the artists.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Charlotte Warr Andersen as she shows us a fantastic way to quilt without having to mark the quilt. This is the topic of her newest book One Line At A Time.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Maggie Weiss in her studio. Maggie shows us how she creates her unique pop-art quilts using screen printing.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Terry White. Terry demonstrates her easy methods of incorporating beads into her quilts using a sewing machine!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Paula Nadelstern. I have been a fan of Paula almost since the beginning of my quilting. An exhibit of her kaleidoscope quilts is on display at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City until September 12, 2009 and I was lucky enough to be able to see it and talk with Paula about her quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Robbi Joy Eklow. What a �Joy� Robbi is? I had a great time talking with Robbi about her quilts and then she showed me how she squares them up. Robbi is always looking for ways to use things that are out there, so it�s no surprise that she found some great tools at the home improvement store to help her square up her quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Tricia Spitzmueller. Tricia was the Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship winner for 2007. This scholarship is awarded to one quilt teacher each year and pays for hotel, airfare, and any classes at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival. The following year the scholarship recipient has an exhibit of her work and her students work. We'll take a look at Tricia's exhibit at the 2008 International Quilt Festival.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Izabella Baykova. I met Russian Quilt Artist Izabella Baykova at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham England a couple years ago. I love her quilts. Last year her quilt was one of the top 8 finalists at the Festival of Quilts. I was lucky enough to be able to get a translator so we could hear just how much depth there is to her quilts. I think you'll enjoy it.

UK Fiber Artist Maggie Grey, author of 10 books, demonstrates just one of her techniques for transferring photos to fabric.

Creative calligrapher Lisa Engelbrecht shows us how she adds beautiful lettering to fabrics.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Pam Holland about her Drappliqu� technique. I bet you're wonder what Drappliqu� is. You'll have to watch this great interview with Pam Holland to find out.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Larkin Van Horn who shows us her beautiful fractured beaded and circle quilts. Then she demonstrates one of her beading techniques.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, visits a the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX. This has got to be the best quilt show. There�s a fun interview with Jay McCarroll � the very first winner of Project Runway. Chats with several winners. And as always, lots of great quilts. Enjoy!

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, visits a PAQA (Professional Art Quilt Alliance) meeting where they share there show and tell and answer some questions about their group.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, takes a tour around Festival of Quilts Exhibit in Birmingham, England.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Denise Tallon Havlan, one of her favorite portrait quilt artists. Denise demonstrates how she creates her exquisite faces.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Denise Tallon Havlan, one of her favorite portrait quilt artists. Denise demonstrates how she creates her exquisite faces.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Trish Williams. What an inspiring woman! She talks about how she uses her computer to make her ethnic quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Sue Nickels. She talks about some of her quilts and then shows us one of the best techniques I have ever learned for machine quilting.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, showcases an Indiana fiber artist�s quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Floridian Ellen Lindner who shares some really cool collage techniques.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews three sisters in quilting. They are not actually sisters, but they have the common bond of quilting. And WOW! What a quilt they have created together. Come see what these 3 international quilters - USA, Canadian and Australian - are up to.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Linda Schmidt who shares her quilts and how she gets the look of water in her pieces.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, tells a life lesson - Watch Where You Walk - Or Not

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, goes to the International Quilt Festival 2007 in Houston, TX and takes you along as she sees quilts and interviews artists.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, does a fun interview with Esterita (Teri) Austin. Teri also demonstrates her technique for realistic dimension in her quilts.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, chats with Ricky Tims about his quilting, his music and The Quilt Show.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero. Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero tells us all about her great computer program for making beautiful kaleidoscope designs that can be printed on fabric.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Mickey Depre. Mickey demonstrates her way to applique.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Renae Haddadin. Renae demostrates using her tool for marking quilt lines.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Ferret and Maggie Farmer.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews creative fiber artist Melinda Schwakhofer.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Australian quilter Jenny Bowker.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, takes you on a tour of the 2007 New Zealand Quilt Symposium Manawatu.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Alex Anderson, demos bindings by machine and binding embellishments

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, tells a short story - The Gold Bowl

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, interviews Caryl Bryer Fallert, this years Silver Star Award winner

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, tells a short story - A Hop Across the Ocean

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, takes you on a fantastic tour of the 2006 International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, demonstrates doing the DigiBobbE, digitized bobbin embroidery, both free motion and on the embroidery machine

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, Bonnie interviews 2 people involved in City and Guilds, Linda Kemshall and Maggie Davies.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, tells a short story - Sandpipers and Seagulls

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, Bonnie gives you a peek at the Festival of Quilts Show in Birmingham, England. The European quilters are truly creative.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, tells a short story - Brewing a Cup of Tea

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, demonstrates making these beautiful pins that any fiber artist would love.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, tells a short story - The Determined Ones

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, demonstrates fun ways to use sparkly Tintzl in quilts and fiber art.

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, tells a short story - Babble of the Brook

Bonnie McCaffery, author of Portrait Quilts Painted Faces You Can Do, tells a short story - The Railroad Tracks