Resources

For enjoyment and inspiration:
Susan Gallo, Art Teacher and coach:
I have had the pleasure of working with Susan Gallo. She provides excellent critiques with very helpful coaching. Visit her at http://www.susangallofineart.com/

Professional and Personal Coaching:
Nahid Casazza, Aspyrre  : http://www.aspyrre.com/
Suzanne Lieurance, Write By The Sea: https://www.writebythesea.com/

Art Quilt Community Tutorials
Deborah Boschert:  check out her on line Fabric Collage workshop and video casts  http://deborahsjournal.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth Barton: Art Quilting Design Instruction http://elizabethbarton.blogspot.com/  Books: Inspired to Design & Working in a Series

Alisa Burke: Redefine Creativity -   Online classes  http://www.shopalisaburke.com/collections/online-classes
Jane LaFazio:  http://janeville.blogspot.com/p/tiny-tutorials.html
Lyric M. Kinard:  http://lyrickinard.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html
Jane Davies:  http://janedavies-collagejourneys.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html
Diane Trout:  http://dianatrout.blogspot.com/p/tutorials-on-my-blog.html
Drawing, Journaling & Sketching:  http://sketchbookchallenge.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html
Cathy Johnson: Art Journal Workshop http://artistsjournalworkshop.blogspot.com/
     and Sketching in Nature   http://naturesketchers.blogspot.com/
Check out Free Online workshops by Strathmore 

Free Motion Quilting
Leah Day:  http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/

Watercolor Portrait Painting
Jan Kunz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKoMkYj73Eo     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq9oK4LW0m0
Jane Paul Anglehart:  http://angelhart-portraits.com/watercolors/index.htm
Janet Rogers: http://www.watercolorsbyrogers.com/pages-janet/janet-rogers-aws.html
Jean Pederson:  http://www.jeanpederson.com/

Calligraphy - Making Letters
http://www.societyforcalligraphy.com/index.asp
http://www.scribblers.co.uk/

Needle Arts
Knitting:  http://www.knitpicks.com/Tutorials/Knitting_Tutorials.html
Embroidery: Beginning Hardanger - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYazqajqqJI
      Blackwork -  http://laren.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-handout-non-counted-blackwork.html
      http://www.blackworkarchives.com/bw_stitch.html

Book List
Art & Fear, By David Bayles and Ted Orland
Inspired to Design, By Elizabeth Barton
Keys to Drawing, By Bert Dodson
Brush Lettering, By Marilyn Reaves & Eliza Schulte
Drawn to Stitch, By Gwen Hedley
Machine Embroidery, (freehand) The Art of Alison Holt
Landscape in Contemporary Quilts – Design & Technique,  Ineke Berlyn
The Quilters Book of Design, By Ann Johnston
Adventures in Design,  By Joen Wolfrom
Design Exploration for the Creative Quilter, By Katie Pasquini Masopust
Color Play, By Joen Wolfrom
Modern Mark Making, By Lisa Engelbrecht
Art & Quilt Design Principles, By Lyric Kinard
Make Your Own Rubbing Plates With String, By Linda Friedman
Art Cloth, By Jane Dunnewold
The Painted Quilt, By Linda & Laura Kemshall
New Creative Collage Techniques, By Nita Leland
The Found Object in Textile Art, By Cas Holmes