We would like introduce you to your Juried Artist Member, starring ... Alison Schwabe www.alisonschwabe.com Australian girls in the 1950s were taught cookery and sewing as 'domestic science'. my grandmothers, mother and aunts all sewed and embroidered, so I learned many fabric and thread skills. I studied at university for a teaching career, but as my geologist husband's career required frequent major re-locations, my teaching career was patchy and brief. While I sewed and decorated and clothes for children, stitchery became a portable passion, linking me with fellow embroiderers, workshop teachers, quilt makers and multimedia artists wherever I've gone. Living in various different landscapes has always inspired my art. Ora Banda (1992) 127cm x 150cm Western Australian Goldfields desert surrounds the historic mining town of this name. Selected for Quilt National 1995. Collection: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, CO USA http:...
 Welcome to the Studio Art Quilt Associates! Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure." Over the past 30 years, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of 3,700+ artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world. Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. Bellow are some important links for you to interact with us : Instagram https://www.instagram.com/saqamexicos.c.americacaribbean/ Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/SAQA-Mexico-S-C-America-Caribbean-104448557983082/ Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/718137742359046/?ref=share Blog https://saqamscac.blogspot.com/2020/06/ao-studio-art-quilt-associates.html Welcome from the President of SAQA, Debo...