Coming in my Saturday post, I’ll be opening up registration for all my 2025 fabric collage classes. To get ready for class you may be thinking about organizing your fabrics. … Read More
Ready to take your first (or next) fabric collage class? My entire schedule for 2025 is now set. This should give my prospective students plenty of time to plan ahead … Read More
I have a phrase for the time in a collage—or any project for that matter—when you’re far enough into it to make a mess, but not far enough to see … Read More
By the time you read this post, Hurricane Milton will have hit the coast of Florida. Two weeks ago, during my class in Bar Harbor, Maine, it was another hurricane … Read More
I live in Maine, and the distinct pleasure of being able to drive to a location I’m teaching at such as Bar Harbor, was enhanced when I could also stop … Read More
Recently I updated my blog post “Eye for an Eye,” which now has videos demonstrating a couple ways to create eyes—human and otherwise—in fabric collage. If you’ve chewed on that … Read More
These fabric collage quilts look like they’re ready to let out a roar or a howl or a snarl (as in the case of Ardis Bucy’s cheetah “Geraldine”, above). And … Read More
In this Throwback Thursday let’s go back to a collection of fabric collage zoo animals, like Jean McCreary’s “Mountain Gorilla and Baby” (above). The following zebras and snakes and tigers … Read More
“How do you make an eye?” It’s not uncommon for me to get asked that simple yet perplexing question. After more than three decades of making fabric collage quilts, and … Read More
If you sign up now, you can still join me in a weekly studio visit as I work on my newest fabric collage portrait, an African leopard. The second of … Read More