I am in love with barns. I have stated that several times here on the blog. This is the second in a series of barn imagery I have made. It is in an exhibit that premiered at the IQF show in Chicago this past weekend called “Living in the Mid-West” Vanishing Icon II
Setting up for the show opening today at the Donald E Stevenson Convention Center in Rosemont IL I am in booth 1224, come on in and see me.
My good friend from Norway, Kjersti, made this beautiful quilt titled “Urnes”, using my blackened rainbow fabric. She received a prize for Best handwork at her local quilt show. “The motif is from one of the oldest stave-churches in Norway, Urnes. The text is written in medieval runes: “I, K, Bjoergs and Sigurds-daughter from the Tonsberg-line…
Dear Friends Big news here! In honor of International Quilting Weekend, March 20-22, 2015, The Quilt Show (www.thequiltshow.com), the web TV show hosted by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, will open all of its shows from the first nine series- shows 100-1513 -for the entire weekend. This means that, for three special days, everyone will…
i am teaching today and tomorrow in Oshgosh WI at Fox Valley Technical college. This is a fun and great venue. I LOVE my classroom set up. I have a table top camera And a computer with Internet AND a projector All set up and ready for me to use!!! Fabulous! Also a full…
Our little granddaughter turns one year old ALREADY! How did the time fly so fast? Her other grandma is also a quilter and made Evie her first quilt, so I didn’t feel the need to hurry, besides which they live in Florida. How many quilts can you use there? I came across the center panel of…
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Dear Friends Big news here! In honor of International Quilting Weekend, March 20-22, 2015, The Quilt Show (www.thequiltshow.com), the web TV show hosted by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, will open all of its shows from the first nine series- shows 100-1513 -for the entire weekend. This means that, for three special days, everyone will…
I am happy to announce that I am able to post again on this blog AND that I posted all three new patterns to the patterns page. Laughing Leaves is a design I have been teaching for a long time and now it is a pattern with two different versions of the pattern in one…
Take Your Quilting to Beautiful Places! My friend, Laura Wasilowski, has a brand new online Craftsy class ready for you to view now. It’s called Sketch It, Fuse It, Quilt It class In the class she shows you how to make a fused art quilt from start to finish. And it all starts with a…
I will have my booth at the Sarasota FL quilt show later this week. I will have all my hand dyed fabrics and patterns there. I hope you can all make it there to see me!! I will have three new patterns with kits. Warm and sunny here I come!!
I am in Hampton VA teaching and judging at the Mid Atlantic Quilt show in Hampton VA. I really enjoy this show. It is in a very nice convention center that is easy to navigate. There will be many fabulous quilts and venders to see and shop. I will be one of several people judging the show this…