Snow Delay Special: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Winter rears its head and roars in a bit early. This week’s flight back home to Portland, ME from Madison, WI was delayed by a day because of winter storm … Read More
Search Results for: not on the road
Choosing Your Subject for Fabric Collage
What makes a good subject for fabric collage? Since virtually any image can be recreated using this process, that’s not really a helpful question to ask. Instead, speaking as a … Read More
Portland, Maine Advanced Students Share Their Favorite Fabric Collage Tips
It’s a nice change of pace to teach my advanced-student class. Once a year I invite students who have taken multiple classes with me to bring existing or new projects … Read More
It’s in the Details: My Studio, Updated with (a humorous?) Video
I was recently interviewed by National Quilters Circle after winning their Best Art Quilting Blog. One of their questions was “Describe your dream sewing room/quilting space. ” My answer was … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 12
A dozen Finish Line posts! And more in the works! After posts #10 and #11 earlier this summer, there was a bunch of submissions of finished quilts, and I’m grateful that former students keep sending them in. But before I share those new ones, I still have earlier photos to catch up on—a problem that’s great to have.
What I Did This Summer: Or Why Is It so Hard to Stay in the Studio?
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned that I’ve had a break from teaching travels this summer, except for those July lectures from last week’s post. I live in the state of … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 11
The Dog Days of Summer. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, we’re in the middle of them. But the Dog Days have nothing to do with our furry companions, but … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 10
One of my more popular blog post categories are these “Finish Line” posts—and this is Volume 10—congrats to all those who have submitted their finished quilts! For you newbies to … Read More
Announcing My 2019 Teaching Schedule
2019 Teaching Schedule Since almost every teaching location listed is one I’ve been to before, I included links to past blog posts from those venues, so you’ll have more than enough … Read More
Fabric Collage Toolkit
A collection of helpful tools and supplies to get started on your fabric collage journey. Note: These links are provided for your convenience. You may certainly find these products elsewhere. … Read More