On the Road: June 2018 Harpswell, Maine Quilt Retreat
Some years at my June Maine Quilt Retreat it’s very tempting to sneak outside to enjoy the beautiful early summer sunshine. Not this year. The cool and gray weather kept my … Read More
Student Work
On the Road Teaching: Urunga, Australia—2018
Australia is big. It was a whole day of travel to fly from Perth on the west coast to Coffs Harbour on the east coast. It was twilight by the … Read More
On the Road Teaching: Perth, Australia—2018
I might as well start this post off with a HUGE thank you to Michelle Pearson for being such a wonderful host and tour guide during my visit to Perth. … Read More
Featuring Marilyn Davidson: Fabric Collage as Art and Therapy
I am fascinated by other artists. As a type of art teacher myself, I find the journey artists make to their art especially interesting. How do they choose one media … Read More
On the Road: Alegre Retreat, Gateway Canyons, CO
One of the only downsides of my job is that I have to travel. A lot. At least it seems like a lot to me. I’m such a homebody in … Read More
Fabric Collage Flowers: My Love-Hate Relationship
Have you seen that Pixar movie, The Incredibles? It’s one of Tom’s and my favorite animated movies. Anyway, it’s a story about a family of superheroes. At one point, the … Read More
On the Road: April 2018 Maine Quilt Retreat, Portland
Some travels take me far from home—some are a bit closer. Portland, Maine, is near enough to be an “evening out” destination for Tom and I. This particular week, Portland … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools, March 2018, Week 2 of 2
It was my second week teaching for Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar State Park Conference Grounds on the Monterey Peninsula in California, and the cycle of rain and clouds broke … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools, March 2018, Week 1 of 2
It was mid-March and I found myself preparing—as I have so many years before—for my annual pilgrimage to Asilomar to teach two sessions at Empty Spools. As I was packing my … Read More
Eye Spy: Using Novelty Prints in Fabric Collage
What types of fabrics do you use for fabric collage? I am often asked that question. It would probably be easier to answer the opposite of that question: What types of fabrics don’t I use for fabric collage? I use them all, if appropriate. But what about novelty fabrics? Do I use them? Oh, yes. All the time.