https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/leeann 2020-11-02T20:49:06-08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/LeeAnn1.jpg?v=1604378870 at home with leeann of nifty quilts LeeAnn Decker of Nifty Quilts https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/healing-quilt 2026-08-18T08:56:01-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Cindy1_c7d706b3-9030-4096-92e8-5774c7ce73c7.jpg?v=1787068561 when a quilt is more than a quilt https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/gail-harker 2024-08-10T07:52:20-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Gail1.jpg?v=1604378985 gail harker :: a creative powerhouse Gail Harker of Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/its-huge 2024-08-10T07:34:39-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Sachiko.jpg?v=1604379157 2014 tokyo quilt festival :: it’s huge Sachiko Yoshida at 2014 Tokyo Quilt Festival https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/bryans-world 2020-11-02T21:10:00-08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Bryan1.jpg?v=1604380103 welcome to bryan’s wonderful world Bryan Whitehead of Fujino, Japan—indigo grower, dyer, weaver, silk farmer https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/kathy-mcneil 2024-08-10T07:52:33-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Kathy1.jpg?v=1604380246 kathy mcneil :: winning quilt maker Kathy McNeil, award-winning pictorial quilter https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/jane-belyea 2024-08-10T07:52:04-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Mom1.jpg?v=1604380450 jane belyea :: beloved quilter Patricia Belyea and Jane Belyea, mother/daughter quilters https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/cathy-erickson 2024-08-10T07:51:47-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Cathy1.jpg?v=1604380791 cathy erickson :: micro + macro Cathy Erickson, art quilter https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/rod-kiracofe 2023-05-29T00:33:22-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Rod1_ff48927f-7519-4b22-939a-ada1a1fec3d5.jpg?v=1604380894 roderick kiracofe and his urban quilt barn Quilt collector Roderick Kirakofe in his quilt barn https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/euro-art-quilts 2020-11-02T21:25:59-08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/EUArtQuilts1.jpg?v=1604380998 let the show begin Opening of 2014 European Art Quilt Foundation Show https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/festival-fashion 2020-11-02T21:26:27-08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Fashion1.jpg?v=1604381187 fashion at the festival 2014 Festival of Quilts Fashion Show https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/festival-quilts 2020-11-02T21:30:34-08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/SeeHeader.jpg?v=1604381281 lots to see at the festival Winning quilts at 2014 Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/virtual-studio 2020-11-02T21:34:11-08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/MessyHeader.jpg?v=1604381584 getting messy at the festival The VIrtual Studio at 2014 Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/more-art-quilts 2020-11-02T21:36:17-08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/SAQAHeader.jpg?v=1604381759 more art quilts at the festival! 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Belyea https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/scrappy-quilt 2023-04-12T03:56:44-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/header_5275b894-020d-4183-a619-c9ba04309cb7.jpg?v=1626324147 scrappy hatchi quilt Scrappy Hatchi Quilt by Patricia Belyea https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/hatakeyama 2021-10-01T07:27:36-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/Header2REV.jpg?v=1633098456 hatakeyama collection in kyoto Trees and Flowers of the Four Seasons screen from the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/fresh-leaf-indigo-dyeing 2023-04-12T03:57:26-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/DSC2864.jpg?v=1627866134 fresh-leaf indigo dyeing Fresh-leaf indigo dyeing at Okan Arts https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/indiglow 2026-08-18T09:13:34-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1109/2126/articles/DSC2485_13083d00-6f1b-4da5-be9c-5a021a586a6d.jpg?v=1787069614 indiglow quilt 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