Online Course Survey Follow Up
Wow! What a response to last week’s post about my intention to produce an online fabric collage course. I received over 140 comments, by far the most of any of … Read More
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A New Year, A New Challenge: And You Can Help
Help! On the eve of a new year, one does tend to look to the past and future at the same time. I realized that as far as this blog … Read More
The Season of Light: A Maker’s Project
I grew up crafty. When I moved to Maine I was cunning (as in, “ain’t you cunnin’.” Insert forced smile here.) Now I call myself an artist, but also I’m a … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Vol. 3
As the year draws toward its close I, like many of you, will be doing a little reflection. In that vein, I have taken some time to burrow through my email … Read More
Telling the Story: Fabric Collage Backgrounds
At the end of a four or five day class, my students will be exhausted (and so will I!). Most of them will have spent the entire time working on the main … Read More
On the Road: Art Quilt Tahoe
In mid-November, I finished up my 2016 teaching schedule with a trip to Nevada to teach at Art Quilt Tahoe. I flew there directly from Houston where I had been attending the … Read More
Quilt Stories: Surprise Me
There’s a lot I can—and will—say about how I made this quilt, but “Surprise Me” is more than a quilt, more than art. It hangs behind my husband’s office chair, … Read More
On the Road: Maine Quilt Retreats October 2016
Now that the International Quilt Festival show of my “Specimens” quilts (catalog available) is over, it’s time to catch up on a couple of retreats I held last month. Despite the … Read More
Reflections on the Houston International Quilt Festival
So, as the kids say, that happened. Five (okay, four and a half) days at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Five days of meeting and making friends. Five days of … Read More
Specimens at the International Quilt Festival
My exhibit “Specimens” opened this past Wednesday evening at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. It has run for the last two and half days and continues until the end … Read More