Vikki Pignatelli

My Crazy About Curves Workshop on DVD is now available. Enjoy this excerpt:

Have you ever wished for an easy method of machine piecing intricate curves, or wanted to incorporate curved designs into a quilt but had no inkling where to begin? Hi, I'm Vikki Pignatelli. When I first began quilting, I visualized beautiful curved designs, but the traditional method of piecing curves left me frustrated. I knew there must be an easier way. After much trial and effort I did find a way. . . and now I’m crazy about curves!

What’s newz…..

A shot taken from the plane. The volcano is surrounded by clouds, glaciers, snow and sea. You can see the ash drifting from the volcano on the left.

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When Eyjafjallajokull erupted a week before we were supposed to leave Denmark, we joked with our host they might still have us at Christmas. A week later we were concerned that joke could become reality. Rumors were rampant about possible eruptions not only more from this volcano, but other touchy volcanos in Iceland as well. However we were lucky that the Thursday, April 22 flight day we originally had planned to fly home was indeed the first day flights were able to depart from Copenhagen. Although the airport was only open on an hour to hour basis and our flight delayed two hours (past the time the airport was to have closed), conditions stayed good and we were able to begin our journey home.

Although not fond of flying I've learned to relax now during flights after all the travel I do. However this time the doubt was back...I worried about the ash in the air and with every bit of turbulence I wondered if the ash was affecting the plane's engines. As we were getting ready to land in Iceland for a plane change we flew to the north of Eyjafjallajokul (on my side of the plane and I had a window seat...YES!!! ) and I was able to get some great shots of the erupting volcano. To see such a intense, powerful, awesome act of nature is a once in a lifetime opportunity for most of us. The image is seared in my memory forever. When you see something like this It becomes clear how helpless and dependent we humans truly are in the face of nature's creation/destruction pattern and life in general. It was worth every moment of the anxious moments we had.
Happy to be home safe, Vikki

I am pleased to offer my DVD with free shipping within the United States for a limited time.

$39.95 - 2 Disk Set DVD (NTSC Format for US)

The price for the 2-disk, 3 hour 50 minute set is $39.95. My new DVD is available in two formats…NTSC for USA viewers and the PAL version for my overseas audience. Read More on my DVD & Book Sales page.

For Canadian DVD Customers: I can substantially reduce your shipping fees to Canada (using USPS first class mail). Please email me at vikki@vikkipignatelli.com to place your order. I will send you an invoice (with lower shipping) through Paypal, payable by credit card.

I am honored and thrilled to announce that I was interviewed by Karen Musgrave for The Alliance of American Quilts. The interview will be archived with the Library of Congress and is the Alliance's project #903. Please view my interview by clicking here.

I had the opportunity to blog about my international travels to the UK and Down Under. You can read about my adventures on the Subversive Stitchers: Armed with Needles blog. Thank you to Dawn Goldsmith for allowing me to share my story.

I have a new Student Gallery page. If you’ve used my techniques to make a quilt, please submit them to me for consideration with a short artist’s statement. We need jpegs with at least 800 pixels on the longest side. Also, I need your permission to post your quilt. The length of time that quilts are exhibited online will vary depending on response of artists and the space available.

I am the founder of the Sacred Threads Quilt Exhibition. The national exhibit, held biennially, displays work from all over the United States and Canada and features themes of spirituality, inspiration, healing and grief. Our last exhibit was held in June 2009. The entire show of photos and artist statements is available on a CD. All proceeds go to benefit the Sacred Threads exhibit.

Sacred Threads Show CD

$10.00 plus shipping and handling.

Please contact me for more information about my books, classes, lectures and workshops at vikki@vikkipignatelli.com

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Quilting By Improvisation: Exploring Curves, Openwork, and Dimension

Retail price $29.95

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Quilting Curves: An Innovative Technique for Machine-Piecing Curves with Incredible Ease

Retail price $27.95

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