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Susan Brubaker Knapp

@susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social

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Artist, art quilter, author, teacher, photographer, host of “Quilting Arts TV” on PBS. BERNINA Ambassador. Chapel Hill, NC. She/her www.susanbrubakerknapp.com

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 1d

“Asian Persimmon”
15.5 x 11.5"
Copyright 2023 Susan Brubaker Knapp

White fabric, acrylic textile paint, cotton batting, cotton backing. Wholecloth painted, free-motion machine quilted.
#persimmon #artquilt #artquilter

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 9d

Lovely!

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 10d

We are all interconnected and bound to each other by our humanity, and until we can achieve justice and freedom for everyone, none of us are truly free in the “land of the free and home of the brave.”

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 10d

I love this quote by Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977), American voting and women’s rights activist, community organizer, and leader of the civil rights movement.

#fiberart #fiberartist #artquilt

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 10d

“Nobody’s Free” (copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 18” x 11”
White fabric, acrylic paint, cotton batting, interfacing. Wholecloth painted, stenciled, free-motion machine quilted.

I love this quote by Fannie Lou Hamer.

#fiberart #fiberartist #artquilt #quiltsky

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 10d

An Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) came to visit this morning!

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 14d

No… i’m not doing a comprehensive list. Just the one or two most egregious things each day. It’s enough…

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 14d

Thus endeth September. I am using a calendar to record the most egregious and horrifying acts of the Trump Regime.

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 14d

“Indian Corn”
(Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2010)
15" x 20"

Cotton fabric, interfacing, fusible adhesive, cotton thread, cotton batting. Fusible appliqué, threadsketched and free-motion machine quilted.

#artquilt #fiberart #fiberartist

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 15d

"Sugar Junkie" (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 15" x 10.75"
White cotton fabric, acrylic paint, cotton thread, interfacing, cotton batting. Wholecloth painted, stenciled, free-motion machine quilted.

#fiberart #artquilt #fiberartist

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 18d

“Swimming at the Pink Pony Club” Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025. 11.5” x 11.5”

White cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, cotton thread, cotton batting, interfacing. Wholecloth painted, free-motion machine quilted.

#artquilt #fiberart

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · 20d

New work! “I Told You So.” (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 11” x 15.5”

White cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, cotton thread, cotton batting. Wholecloth painted, stenciled, free motion machine quilted.

#fiberart #artquilt #artquilter #itoldyouso

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did you know that you can watch videos of many of the Quilt National ’25 artists on Quilt National's YouTube channel?

They just posted one of me talking about my piece, "What Remains." Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=65tG...

#quiltnational #quiltnational25 #fiberart #artquilts #fiberartist

Quilt National '25 Artist Talk: Susan Brubaker Knapp

YouTube video by The Dairy Barn Arts Center

www.youtube.com

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Aug 2

#BlueSkyArtShow #Gratitude
This is my work, “Harbinger’s Hope.”

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Aug 2

Both of them.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 2

“Both of them.”

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Aug 1

Preliminary sketch for a piece in progress I’m calling “American Gestapo.” #StandUpSpeakOut #MakeProtestArt

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thus endeth July. I am using a calendar to record the most egregious and horrifying acts of the Trump Regime.

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Jul 31

Quilting in progress.

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Jul 29

Horrified that the Trump Regime is revoking the scientific determination that underpins the EPA's authority to combat climate change. It will weaken safeguards, and increase pollution from burning fossil fuels. A huge step backward.

This is my work (in progress).

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Jul 28

Do you know Jane Sanders, the UK fiber artist who makes amazing fiber portraits of musicians? She's on IG as stitchin_in_the_kitchen

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks! Wholecloth painted, then free-motion stitched.

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Jul 24

So thrilled to have you as a guest! ❤️

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Jul 24

Tina Turner. Madonna. Chappell Roan. St. Vincent.

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Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Jul 24

I was there about 17 years ago and loved it!

Susan Brubaker Knapp @susanbrubakerknapp.bsky.social · Jul 23

Let me know what you think!