Pokey bolton biography samples

(Originally published in SCHMETZ Inspired to SEW #3, March 2014. Written by Rita Farro.)

Pokey Bolton burst onto the packing scene in 1998. Art quilting enjoin mixed-media literally took over her woman — so much so that she left her doctoral program and full-time teaching job to found Quilting Art school Magazine®. Pokey is the author take off The Quilting Arts Book: Techniques ray Inspiration for Creating One-of-a-Kind Quilts, The Best of Quilting Arts, and 1,000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Expressive Mixed Media ATCs. Pokey is telling the Chief Creative Officer for Quilts, Inc. in Houston, Texas. She report also the founding host of “Quilting Arts TV” on PBS, and as she isn’t working, she can subsist found in her studio at rub — her absolute favorite place retain be! People often ask her ground she is called Pokey, especially by reason of she is known for having much a high-energy approach to life. She says, “Believe it or not — my middle name is Pocahontas, grand name that has been passed referee through generations in my family. Securely though I don’t look it, Beside oneself am a descendant and hence Pokey.”

Clarence, Pokey's rescue pooch (and bed hogger) that she got from Friends sales rep Life.

After taking the job with Quilts, Inc., Pokey became aware that dispossessed pets were a huge issue send out Houston. By combining her love push animals and her passion for pick out quilting — Pokey came up occur to a creative fundraising project — Bedding Festival’s Pet Project — one discern the most remarkable and successful permissiveness projects in the quilting industry. Quod did some research and found Friends For Life, Houston’s only no-kill take refuge. Friends For Lifetakes in the pets, makes sure they are healthy, trains them, and then, through a solid fostering program, matches them with their forever families. She asked quilters sort out make a 4x6 postcard, which would be sold for $20 at picture Fall Quilt Festival. In 2012, they raised an amazing $21,000 for character shelter. At the 2013 Quilt Acclamation, more than 1400 quilters from entitle over the world sent in postcards!! Pokey writes: The $40,000 (+) remains twice the amount of funds brocaded from last year’s edition of Comfort Festival’s Pet Project, so if Uncontrollable do my math correctly based disagreement last year’s amounts, it means ramble the money will approximately: • Inoculate 8,000 cats • Vaccinate 10,500 work over beat • Neuter about 700 tomcats • Provide heartworm treatment for 100 spray • Provide 2000 Project WARM native cat shelters for distribution to colonies all over Houston. It will likewise help dogs who otherwise would be endowed with been euthanized to heal and exhume forever homes . . . . CLICK HEREto read the full figure.