Last week, we introduced this new blog format—the Dispatch—with a visit to Bar Harbor, Maine, where I was teaching a two-week Fabric Collage Intensive with MISA—Madeline Island School of the … Read More
How will I know when it’s done? Since most students do not complete their projects in class, I hear this question quite a bit. How will I know when my … Read More
Last weekend, I headed off for two weeks of teaching, a new Fabric Collage Intensive, in Bar Harbor, Maine, with MISA—Madeline Island School of the Arts. Since I’ll be busy … Read More
Feedback is an invaluable tool to improving your fabric collage quilt. There’s a skill to both give and take feedback so that it doesn’t hurt anyone’s feelings. Feedback should be … Read More
I am not a fan of ironing. Which is ironic, no? Despite how much fabric I have—folded in stacks, crumpled into boxes, stuffed into bags, creased by the warm and … Read More
This week I’m preparing for my two-week fabric collage class in Bar Harbor, Maine. Among the other supplies I intend to pack for the drive up the coast, I’ll include … Read More
When I started teaching fabric collage, the format was pretty straightforward: I traveled (usually local enough to drive) to a fabric shop or a quilt guild and I taught in-person … Read More
This weekend is the unofficial end of summer in Maine. Labor Day weekend. The kids back in school. Days get noticeably shorter. Also, it’s the time in past years when … Read More
There’s little that’s more disheartening than putting one’s creative energy into a project, then having someone make a carelessly insensitive comment about it. It’s something that could be said with … Read More
If you’ve been following my blog, you must know by now that I love color. You may have also heard me say that “Color Is Irrelevant.” These two ideas are … Read More