On the Road: Fabric Collage in Bar Harbor, Maine, with MISA—September 2024—Part 1
I live in Maine, and the distinct pleasure of being able to drive to a location I’m teaching at such as Bar Harbor, was enhanced when I could also stop … Read More
Student Work
The Fabric Collage Finish Line #106: Beautiful Beasts
These fabric collage quilts look like they’re ready to let out a roar or a howl or a snarl (as in the case of Ardis Bucy’s cheetah “Geraldine”, above). And … Read More
Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies Follow-Along Results: Student Fabric Collage Results 3!
Cicadas, butterflies and June bugs, oh my! Maine in September means the daily temperatures aren’t reaching quite as high, the nights cool off a bit more, and the tourist level … Read More
Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies: Student Fabric Collage Quilts 2
There has been a fluttering of Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies landing in our email box this week—such as “My Cicada Song,” by Karen Stenback, above. What a luscious treat to … Read More
Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies: Student Fabric Collage Quilts 1
With the popularity of my Quilter’s Fantastical Trophy Fish Follow-Along Class last February (see the work in these four posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4), it … Read More
On the Road: Catching Fabric Collage Fish at The National Quilt Museum
On August 1-3—in a very roomy, light-filled, and temperature-controlled (it was very hot outside) classroom off a side hallway of The National Quilt Museum—a fanciful fabric collage school of sea-life … Read More
On the Road: Teaching Fabric Collage at Woodland Ridge in Downsville, WI, Part 2—May 2024
We’re heading back to Woodland Ridge Retreat this week, back to the very end of April and beginning of May, back to a lovely week of a Wisconsin springtime. As … Read More
On the Road: Teaching Fabric Collage at Woodland Ridge in Downsville, WI, Part 1—May 2024
In Maine, there’s a saying that we have two seasons—winter, and the Fourth of July. Hope you had as beautiful a summer season as we did! For this post, we’re … Read More
NOT on the Road: June 2024 Live Online Fabric Collage Portrait Class Part 2
Today’s selection of in-progress portrait collages from my live online class students are actually all double portraits—based on either a son or daughter with granddaughters, or an old-time sepia “dress-up” … Read More
NOT on the Road: June 2024 Live Online Fabric Collage Portrait Class—Part 1
I’ve had a bit of a break from my week-long online classes—the last was at the end of February—as I was back to in-person teaching during the last few months. … Read More