I Am GenQ (profiles)

When we think of Kim Kight, we don’t immediately think of her well regarded fabric blog, True Up, or her popular book, A Field Guide to Fabric Design (C & T, 2011). We remember a tired mama in the hotel elevator in Houston last fall, running back and forth from the George R. Brown Convention Center during [...]

If the magenta locks don’t give you a big clue about the off-beat energies of this talented, funny, award-winning quilter, then you’ll get the point the minute she speaks. Lisa Sipes—McLisa Tangerine Starfish Sipes to her Facebook friends, thank you very much—is a fresh longarm talent bringing new fun and inspiration to the q-niverse. She [...]

The design team of Adrienne Smitke, 28, and Cassie Barden, 32, was created through an office romance. True love was found in their shared passion for contemporary design and fabric. Both worked–and Adrienne still works–for Martingale & Company, the home of one of the cornerstone publishers from our little corner of the quilt book world. [...]

Reinvent how you live, and it’s bound to show up in your quilting, sooner or later. That’s the new reality for quilt designer and author (more on that later) Jacquie Gering after her recent move from the rolling hills of northeast Kansas to the urban canyons of downtown Chicago. In late July, Jacquie’s husband, Steve, got [...]