As any of you who have followed me for a while know, I travel all over the country and internationally to teach fabric collage. I chronicle these travels in my … Read More
It’s my job to teach fabric collage. So I feel pretty good when somebody gets it. I call these occasions lightbulb moments. During our trip to Melbourne, Australia for the Australasian Quilt Convention in … Read More
Tonight in our Thursday Night in My Studio Live! presentation, I’ll be presenting “Crocodylus Smylus,” my 20-foot saltwater crocodile quilt. So for today’s Throwback Thursday post, it seemed like a … Read More
Another week. Another week of using what we’ve got—to make meals, to tidy around the house, to work in a different way, and to create what we can. Staying at … Read More
I trust you are all managing well during these trying times. There seems to be very little we can do but hunker down and wait it out. In fact, that … Read More
I had a couple of choices for this Throwback Thursday: either “Choosing Fabrics for Fabric Collage” or my eventual choice below. While the “Running with Pelicans” post is primarily inspired … Read More
As these strange and worrisome times evolve around us, much of it beyond our control, it’s sometimes helpful to concentrate on small things that are within our control or at … Read More
In May 2017 I taught at the Needle Art Seminar on Mackinac Island, Michigan. There in the island’s historic and massive Grand Hotel, I taught both a fabric collage fish … Read More
This Saturday your regular weekly blog post will land on February 29. That’s right, leap day. In honor of that auspicious date, and inspired by some recent comments from readers, … Read More
This week’s TBT harkens back to a serendipitous connection between two former students of mine, Terri Ahrens and Ria Mille. Terri is from Australia and Ria is from Belgium. Terri … Read More