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 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.

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, 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.