Using Sheer, Netting, and other Semi-Transparent Fabrics
It isn’t always clear to those who haven’t seen my work in person how much netting, tulle and other semi-transparent fabric I use in my quilts. For simplicity’s sake I’m going … Read More
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
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