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
You may remember several years back I was involved in a little project called the Sketchbook Challenge. I had such a great time with that project and the result of it was the publication of my first book and it also started me on the path to working and developing my own style of quilting. … Continue reading
I have been thinking about adding a longarm quilting machine to my studio for about a year now. Several years back I bought a sit down HQ Sweet 16 – I used it on a few quilts and then didn’t touch it for several years so I sold it. I tend to work large and … Continue reading
Recently I came across the work of Samantha Dion Baker on Instagram and I was instantly transfixed by the images of her work that she was posting. Drawings of the everyday ordinary things she comes across throughout her day done in her sketchbook done in such a way that you can’t help be charmed and … Continue reading
Hard to believe but 2018 is rapidly coming to a close and that means that the start of 2019 is right around the corner. I don’t do resolutions and I don’t do the “pick a word for the year” exercise because resolutions don’t stick and the chosen word gets forgotten after a few months. I … Continue reading
Every time I do a trunk show or workshop at a guild I inevitably get asked questions about what products and brands that I use in my studio and where I get them. Given that we are fast approaching the season of gift guides and wish lists I thought I would do a blog post … Continue reading
