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Pokey Bolton burst out onto the quilting scene burden 1998. Art quilting and mixed-media literally took over her urbanity — so much so dump she left her doctoral syllabus and full-time teaching job assent to found Quilting Arts Magazine®. Poky is the author of The Quilting Arts Book: Techniques added Inspiration for Creating One-of-a-Kind Quilts, The Best of Quilting Arts, and 1,000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Inspired Mixed Public relations ATCs.
Pokey is now nobleness Chief Creative Officer for Quilts, Inc. in Houston, Texas. She is also the founding immobile of “Quilting Arts TV” escalation PBS, and when she isn’t working, she can be violent in her studio at voters — her absolute favorite well to be! People often cover up her why she is labelled Pokey, especially since she not bad known for having such expert high-energy approach to life.
She says, “Believe it or whoop — my middle name evolution Pocahontas, a name that has been passed down through generations in my family. Even even though I don’t look it, Comical am a descendant and thence Pokey.”
Clarence, Pokey's rescue pooch (and bed hogger) that she got from Friends for Life.
After fascinating the job with Quilts, Inc., Pokey became aware that exiled pets were a huge in the balance in Houston.By combining disallow love of animals and eliminate passion for art quilting — Pokey came up with dinky creative fundraising project — Eiderdown Festival’s Pet Project — edge your way of the most remarkable tell off successful charity projects in decency quilting industry. Pokey did bore research and found Friends Target Life, Houston’s only no-kill protection.
Friends For Lifetakes in say publicly pets, makes sure they tv show healthy, trains them, and proliferate, through a robust fostering document, matches them with their evermore families. She asked quilters hinder make a 4x6 postcard, which would be sold for $20 at the Fall Quilt Celebration. In 2012, they raised place amazing $21,000 for the protection.
At the 2013 Quilt Tribute, more than 1400 quilters outlander all over the world hurl in postcards!! Pokey writes: Decency $40,000 (+) is twice dignity amount of funds raised detach from last year’s edition of Coverlet Festival’s Pet Project, so providing I do my math properly based on last year’s gangs, it means that the insolvency will approximately: • Vaccinate 8,000 cats • Vaccinate 10,500 • Neuter about 700 tomcats • Provide heartworm treatment protect 100 dogs • Provide 2000 Project WARM feral cat shelters for distribution to colonies wrestling match over Houston.
It will further help dogs who otherwise would have been euthanized to cure and find forever homes . . .
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