On the Road: Empty Spools 2016, Part 2
Another year at Empty Spools is over for me. The second session ended just two days ago. Now I’m home, having traveled about as far across the continental United States as it … Read More
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On the Road: Empty Spools 2016, Part 1
Where I teach varies from year to year. For many seasons now, however, there has been one consistent venue. Sometime between February and April I’ve been in Pacific Grove, California to teach at Empty Spools. … Read More
Quilt Stories: Bugging Out
Bugs make excellent subjects for fabric collage. Maybe that’s why I made so many of them over the years and why they are such a favorite with my students.
Fabric Collage On the Road Teaching: St. Augustine and Naples, Florida
On the road again… A visit to Florida introduces me to quilt guilds in St. Augustine and Naples. The student work is, as usual, inspiring. I even had a little time for sightseeing.
Quilt Stories: Elements
I seem to learn something from every quilt I make. But some quilts are turning points. They mark a change in style, a way thinking, a way of seeing. “Elements” was such a turning point for me.
On the Road: Phoenix, AZ
What don’t you do after five days of teaching twenty students? Don’t try to edit your blog that’ll be posting that night. Especially don’t try to check it to see if … Read More
It’s in the Details: My Studio
For much of my life, my creative space has been an appendage, an after-thought, a space co-opted from existing living space. You know what I mean. There was the craft … Read More
Quilt Stories: There’s Somethin’ Fishy Going On
The Fish Lady For a while, early on in my career, I could have been known as the Fish Lady. Quilts of fish were some of the first pieces I … Read More
Sort It Out: Organizing Fabric
Of course the biggest benefit of my career is the guilt-free indulgence of buying all the fabric I need (or want!). Each new project requires a different “palette” of fabrics. … Read More