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| ArtsLinksList.com - An Arts Directory. Sewing section has quilt & fabric stores and instructors. | Alliance for American Quilts - Interesting site for information on quilting past and present. |
| Animas Quilts Publishing - Patterns and books by Jackie Robinson. | |
| Art Works Gallery - A wonderful gallery in Newark, Ohio. | Artistic Artifacts - Your source for craft supplies. |
| Barbara Kraus Jenkins - A wonderful colored pencil and mixed media artist. | Aveli's Quilts & General Store - Precut fabric for quilting, crafting or sewing. Precut quilting kits; baby quilts, wall hangings and more. Also batting, freezer paper sheets, new items monthly. |
| Boca Raton Museum of Art - Art classes and museum in Boca Raton, Florida. | Awesome Artisan Quilts -Longarm Quilting Services and Artisan Quilts. |
| Canton Museum of Art - I had work in a show here in Spring/2008 with the Contemporary Fiber Artists. | Bear Paw Quilt Co. - A discount fabric center with over 10,000 bolts of fabric |
| C & T Publishing - Wonderful publisher of quilting and other creative books. | |
| Carnegie Art Center - across the river from Louisville in Indiana. This center has fiber shows several times a year. | C & T Media Services - quilt photography. |
| Contemporary Cloth - A source for fresh, modern 100% cotton fabrics. | |
| Cincinnati Art Museum - A wonderful place to visit. | Country Register Online - Resource for quilters to find quilt shops around the country. |
| Crooked Brook - Custom embroidered designs, quilt blocks or panels and more. No minimum. | |
| Coral Springs Museum of Art - located in Coral Springs, Florida this is a small museum, but very active. | Cynthia's Fine Fabrics - Sewing machine sales & service, embroidery supplies & software classes, fine fabrics, trims and buttons. |
| Denise Clason Studios - Author of New Country Quilting & Quilted Bags and Totes. Designer of "Stitchin' Up the Pieces" buttons. | Decoratorsbest.com -Designer fabrics and designer wallpaper at trade prices with a variety of patterns. Visit our online DecoratorsBest designer drapery fabrics, designer upholstery fabric and designer wallpaper store. |
| Jane Sassaman - A terrific quilting instructor, fiber artist, and fabric designer. | Denver Fabrics - Fabric for fashion, dancewear, costumes, rug hooking, crafts and home decor. Many silk, wool, and linen designer fabrics. Prices often at or below wholesale fabric pricing. Also sewing notions, trims, books and patterns at discount. |
| Judy Rush - Art Quilts by a friend of mine. | England Design Studio - Cynthia England's site. Source for her Picture Piecing book which has a photo of one of my quilts. |
| Kentucky Haus - Gift shop in Northern Kentucky that carries my patterns. | EQuilter - a terrific source for conversation prints, baby & children's prints & quilt fabric of all kinds. |
| Lynn Ticotsky - Cincinnati, Ohio quilt artist inspired by nature. | Fabric Trends Magazine - New magazine for quilters. |
| Photo Studio Lighting - Photo Studio Supplies is an online store providing you with better photo studio equipment like Photo Studio Kits, Professional Photography Kits, Photography Lighting, Videos Solutions and Chomakey Blue and Green Screens for professional as well as amateur photographers at very low price. | Fabric Square Shop - Brand new online quilting site. "Too hip to be square!" |
| Fat Quarter Factory - Fat quarters, jelly rolls, charm squares, quilt kits and fabrics for the creative sewer and quilter. | |
| Fat Quarter Quilters - New online quilt shop. | |
| Remarkable Quilts - website of Mark Sherman, another quilt artist friend, located in Florida. | Fat Quarter Shop - Online quilt shop. Fabric! |
| Sandra Palmer Ciolino - website of a terrific quilt artist from Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
| Xylem Design Easel Store - Source for all kinds of easels for home or office. They have a terrific links page for artists and collectors with galleries, art supply stores and other artist's services. | Find a Quilt Pattern - Here's the place to go if you want to find a quilt pattern. Search by designer, descriptive words or pattern name. New site in 2010. |
| Art & Quilt Organizations | Fun with Silk - Source for printing on silk supplies and other silk techniques. |
| American Quilter's Society - Home of the famous Paducah, KY quilt show and also a publishing company of quilt books. | Hickory Hill QuiltBus - the quilt store that comes to your door! |
| Berea Arts Council - Gallery in downtown Berea, Kentucky. | Homespun Hearth - Homespun Hearth is a premier online Quilting Fabric & Quilt Shop offering a huge selection of the finest quality designer fabrics & quilting products, an interactive design board on our website along with live chat to answer customer questions, podcasts & so much more! |
| Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society - Statewide quilting guild of Kentucky. | |
| International Quilt Association - Site for Quilt Market, IQA Quilt Shows. | Martha's Quilting Corner - A full service quilt shop with name brand discounted quilt fabric, books, quilt kits and more! |
| National Quilting Association - Website of the National Quilting Association. | Martingale and Company - The publishers of my new book! |
| Northeastern Ohio Regional Quilt Council - NEORQC quilting organization that works with quilt guilds in the Northeastern Ohio Region. Sponsors a weekend getaway in February each year. | Professional Quilter - a business journal containing articles written for professional quilters by professional quilters. Full of tips, events and information for quilting instructors or others who make their living through quilting. |
| Ohio Designer Craftsmen - a statewide organization of artists of all media in Ohio. Runs several fine art and craft shows a year. | PM Quilting Co. - Hand dyed cottons and flannels 108" wide! |
| Quilter's Guild of Indianapolis - Indianapolis quilt guild. | Quilt Art - Internet mail list for contemporary quilters. Check out the artist links! |
| Studio Art Quilt Association - SAQA, professional and non-professional art quilters. Gallery of art quilts. | Quilt History - A terrific website to visit if you are interested in the history of quilting and antique quilts. A great resource. |
| Sunshine State Quilters Association, Inc. - Florida Statewide Guild. | AQS Quilt Museum - Located in Paducah, Kentucky. |
| Surface Design Association - SDA, organization of quilters, fabric designers, wearable artists, students, and embroiderers. | Quilt Professionals - Listing of quilting professionals from across the U.S. |
| 2 + 3 Artists Organization - A group of 30 or so professional artists located in Southeast Florida. | Quilt Shops.com - an internet locale for quilt shops. |
| Quilt Shows | Quilter's Fancy - Home of Cindy Oravecz's website. |
| A Quilter's Gathering - Quilt Show in Nashua, New Hampshire every November. | Quilter's Newsletter - Online site for Quilter's Newsletter Magazine and 3 other magazines. |
| Dairy Barn - The exhibition space for Quilt National every two years in Athens, Ohio. | Quilter's Warehouse - Great source for patterns. |
| Indiana Heritage Quilt Show - Bloomington, Indiana. | Sew Essential - the online dressmaking, haberdashery, embroidery and needlecraft store dedicated to the sewing enthusiast. |
| Original Sewing & Quilt Expo - Sewing, quilting, machine embroidery, supplies, classes, shopping! | Soft Expressions - Supporting the Expressive Quilter in Tradition, Innovation, Mixed Media & Zentangle®, Sharla R. Hicks Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) offering Zentangle Classes. 10-20% off books, paints, pens, dyes, quilt software, fabric printing, paper piecing & reviews & how-to's. |
| Quilt Fest - This is the website for the Mancuso shows. | The Thread Studio - Online source for art quilt fibers, books and online classes from Australia. A fun place for ideas! |
| Quilt Odyssey - Wonderful quilt show in Pennsylvania. | The Quilter Magazine - Quilting magazine. |
| Festival of Quilts - Annual quilt show in Birmingham, England. | |
| Vermont Quilt Festival - Annual quilt show with lots of classes. I'll be teaching there June 25-27, 2010. | Upholstery Fabric - Upholstery Fabric at extraordinary discounts from Fabric Maven. |
| Places to Visit | Craft & Folk Schools & Instruction |
| Aullwood Audubon Center - located in Dayton, Ohio the Aullwood Center has an annual quilt show each summer. | Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - Craft school located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. |
| Cincinnati Nature Center - Terrific trails through the woods, next to streams and around ponds. The gift shop carries my dye painted scarves. | Cedar Lakes Craft Center - Quilting and other craft workshops, special quilting retreats located in Ripley, West Virginia. |
| Gumbo Limbo Nature Center - located in Boca Raton, Florida this is a terrific place to see sea turtles, & ocean wildlife in their three outside salt water tanks. They also do sea turtle research. | John C. Campbell Folk School - Great place to spend a week taking all kinds of classes. I taught there July, 2004. |
| Lake Farmpark - Quilts 2008 Show coming in February/March. | Madeline Island School of the Arts - New school located in LaPointe, WI. |
| Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital - Located in my new community of Coral Springs, Florida and on the edge of the everglades is this small wildlife hospital and education center. | Peters Valley Craft Center - Fiber studios, teaching all kinds of fiber related workshops, also other types of crafts taught. |
| Wilderness Center - The Wilderness Center is located in Wilmot, Ohio and is dedicated to nature education, wildlife conservation, natural history research and community service. | Quilt Escape - Weekend quilt getaway to Shawnee State Park in Portsmouth, Ohio. |
| Bead, Thread, & Ribbon Links | Quilt Surface Design Symposium - 2 weeks each summer full of classes for art quilters and surface designers in Columbus, Ohio. |
| Artfabr!k - Laura Wasilowski's wonderful hand dyed pearl cotton threads. | Quilting with Machines - Northeast Ohio's premier quilting event for learning, reaching & growing in your quilting skills. |
| Bead Paradise II - Terrific source of unusual beads. | |
| Fire Mountain Gems & Beads - Beads & beading supplies, catalog. | |
| Meinke Toy - Source of fabulous books and unusual supplies to apply to surfaces of fabric. | |
| Nordic Needle - Silk ribbon supplies, books, catalog. | |
| RibbonSmyth - Website full of all kinds of ribbons, samplers, fibers & beads. Also silk supplies to dye, sequins. | |
| River Silk Ribbons - Source for hand dyed silk ribbons. | |
| Shipwreck Beads - Terrific source for beads of all kinds. Catalog. | |
| Stef-Francis Company - This is a website from Great Britain. Terrific fibers to use with art quilts. | |
| Sun Country Gems - Beads and Jewelry making supplies. | |
| Superior Threads - a wide variety of machine quilting and embroidery threads. | |
| Treenway Silks - a terrific resource for silk fibers, yarns and ribbons. Also have a great education page on silk. | |
Site last updated January, 2012.
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Leigh
E. McDonald, P.O. Box 772746, Coral Springs, FL 33077
ph: 954-933-3129
email me at: leighemcdonald at adventuresinquilting.com