Interesting Links:

Beading

• Northwest Bead Society, Seattle, WA
• The Creative Room
  Fusion Bead's blog - a fun source of inspiration and insight into new tools and materials
• Bead Unique Magazine
  I love their eclectic blend of articles on beading, lampworking, polymer clay and more.

Artists' whose work I admire:

• David Chatt - took an amazing 8-week concentration from David at Penland School of Crafts in 2008.
• Larkin Van Horn
• Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn
• Ellen Anne Eddy
• Robin Atkins
• Jeanette Cook

Quilting & Free-Motion Embroidery

• Pacific Northwest Needle Arts Guild
• Machine Embroiderers of Oregon & Washington
  a nonprofit, educational group comprised of persons interested in the field of free form machine embroidery and machine artistry.
• Quilting Arts Magazine
  a magazine devoted to art quilts, surface design and embellishment.
• Gail Harker Creative Studies Center
  the only fully-accredited City & Guilds of London center for creative studies in North America, with courses in embroidery, machine embroidery, design, surface design and more.
• Contemporary QuiltArt Association
  an arts organization which sponsors and promotes the professional endeavors of artists working in the quilt medium.
• Quiltart List
  an internet mail list for contemporary quilters.