I recently got juried into the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and with that came an opportunity to have my work represented in their eight locations across New Hampshire and a solo exhibit this summer at the Eversource corporate headquarters in Manchester (more on this as soon as I have confirmed the dates). I’ve been … Continue reading
I’ve gotten quite a few questions lately about how and if I am still enjoying the Babylock Coronet long arm that I bought so I thought I’d do a blog post to talk about how it’s going and give you some things to consider if you are thinking about adding a long arm to your … Continue reading
I haven’t had much time for writing blog posts lately because I’ve been keeping my focus on being in the studio creating new work. The focus has paid off because since I posted about finishing my first quilt of 2019 back on February 2, I’ve managed to design and finish two more… I am … Continue reading
You might remember that my latest book “Modern Art Quilts” released a few months back. Well now it’s time to do an official blog hop and a giveaway to celebrate it! In this book I share fusible appliqué techniques for creating gorgeous modern art quilts. But this book is more than just a technique book, … Continue reading
I put the finishing touches on my first quilt of 2019 yesterday: The Treehouse: 40″ x 50″ machine quilted/hand dyed cotton This is is my first piece quilted on my new Babylock Coronet long arm. I quilted the entire piece with the exception of the black lines on the Coronet. It was my intention to … Continue reading
After several weeks of practice I finally worked up the courage to use my new Babylock Coronet long arm on a new art quilt. Before I loaded the art quilt onto the machine though I spent a lot of time practicing and experimenting not only with threads, needles and quilting styles but also with machine … Continue reading
I did something today that I very rarely do: I rolled up a piece in progress, put it away and started a new one. Now I now that for 99% of quilters this is not that big a deal but for me – it’s a really big deal, like a huge colossal deal… I always … Continue reading
