Cindy grisdela

Cindy Grisdela is an award-winning artist, an author, & a teacher. In this Business Interview, we discuss how to independently sell your art quilts

I’m excited to be teaching my popular “Artful Improv” class at Artistic Artifacts in Alexandria, VA on Saturday, May 12 this year. In this playful class we learn how to design qui…

It's the 25th year for the American Craft Council Show which is at the Cobb Galleria Center this weekend [Friday through Saturday]. The ACC show in Atlanta draws thousands of fine craft collectors around the Southeast [which include 240 of the country's top craft makers under one roof] showing jewelry, clothing, furniture and home decor. One of the shows components is featuring some of Atlanta's top designers in an exhibition called Make Room, Modern Design Meets Craft-Let's Entertain. Think…

Right before the Baltimore Craft Show last weekend, I had a brainstorm for a new quilt. This frequently happens when I’m in deadline mode before a show for some reason–maybe that’…

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As a teacher, one of the questions I get most often from students in my Improv classes is “how do you know what to do?” followed closely by “how do you know when it’s finish…

It felt really strange to wake up at home this past Saturday and not have to jump up and get ready by 7 AM to start sewing for the day! I’m just back from two intense, exhausting, exhilaratin…

I’m just back from three days at QuiltCon in Nashville, TN. What a whirlwind! It was a soggy, rainy weekend in the Music City, but as my mom says–it wasn’t raining inside! There w…

Northern Lights is a large free hanging art quilt with an improvisational center block surrounded by angled stripes. The stripes create quadrants in blues and purples that offer space for intricate…