On the Road: Woodland Ridge Retreat 2017
I break my teaching into two seasons, Winter/Spring and Fall. Between those seasons lie the Holidays (November-December) and the Summer (July-August) when I either don’t teach at all or only teach … Read More
On the Road Teaching
On the Road Teaching: Empty Spools 2017, Session 2
I arrived back home to Maine from this teaching trip just in time for a good old Nor’Easter (that’s a blizzard for you non-New England folks). A foot or more—hard … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools 2017, Session 1
UPDATE Here’s a walkaround video of my first classroom at Empty Spools 2017. When making my teaching schedule each year, I make sure a keep two weeks open in the … 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
On the Road: Kalispell, MT 2016
When one thinks of quilting meccas, I guess Kalispell, Montana, isn’t the first place to spring to mind. However, I am one of a number of quilting teachers who return … Read More
On the Road: Harpswell, ME—June 2016 Summertime Collage Quilt Retreat
This week I give the students in my recent Summertime Quilt Retreat a chance to shine—such as Joanne Hannon Shaw and her flower bedecked feline above. Last week my husband … Read More
On the Road: Prairie Star Quilters, IL
My visit this week to Prairie Star Quilters, just outside Chicago, was short but sweet. For two days we concentrated on fish, bugs, and butterflies. I like it when a … Read More
On the Road: Harpswell, ME—Mother’s Day Retreat 2016
For me, spring in Harpswell, Maine, marks the beginning of retreat season. Mother’s Day I hosted a group of new and returning students at the iconic Harpswell Inn.
On the Road: Lyons, Colorado
By the time I arrived in Denver, Colorado, I had already been traveling for fifteen days. I’d taught for eight of those days and had forty students with forty projects. I’d … Read More
On the Road: Schulenberg, TX
Thanks to mother-daughter team, Deborah Walters and Kim Buchmann, who have been running Quilting Adventures for five years, for inviting me to be their teacher for a short week at Jordan Ranch in the foothills of the Texas hill country.