The American Quilters Society – AQS- will be part of the 2020 Chicago Flower and Garden show March 18-22 at Navy Pier. I hope you will find time to come into Chicago and experience this wonderful exhibit and see many fabulous quilts as well. My quilt UNFURLING will be part of the exhibit and I…
Happy Valentine’s DAY
I hope you all have a fabulous Valentine’s Day and do something nice for yourself! I love to make the women in my family home made Valentine’s cards each year, and have posted some of them over the years here on the blog. Here is this year’s card and I’ll show you a few step…
SunSet Pines
I love to hear from former students and just this morning I received this wonderful email. We made my pattern SunSet Pines (with any order you will also receive another free pattern) in class and this is Ragi’s rendition of that pattern. LOVE IT! For over a year and a half now I’ve been meaning to…
Andy Warhol
My buddy,Laura Wasilowski and I had a big adventure into downtown Chicago yesterday. Laura has a membership to the Art Institute of Chicago and they have been having a special exhibit of Andy Warhol. We had a fabulous day visiting the museum and seeing Andy’s work. Here is my tribute to Andy. I hope you…
Parker County Quilters Guild, Weatherford TX
I’m headed out and on the road again. This time of year it’s nice to go somewhere warmer than the Chicago area, so I’m headed to Weatherford, TX. Let’s hope the weather in Chicago cooperates so I can fly out on time today. I’ll be teaching and lecturing at the Parker County Quilters Guild in…
New Year New Goals
I read an article this morning about making goals. So this year I will try to follow along and see if these goals help me in my process of being a good human and in making my art. Read at least one book per month. Write down your goals at the start of each week…
Hip Hip Hooray, I am a winner!
I am very excited to report that I am a winner. I just returned home from the IQA Quilt Festival in Houston, TX where the TWO quilts I entered in the show both won awards. My quilt WINTER TREES, 60″ x 70″ won a first place in the small pieced category. This is the second…
New Videos
I’v recently added two new videos to my YouTube channel. They are both step by step visual tutorials for two of my most popular patterns. If you have purchased either Under the Sea or Seaside Village patterns from me, these will help you make those designs. Under the Sea Seaside Village I hope you will…
SAQA Auction quilt
My little quilt, Spring Leaves, will come up for auction this week on the SAQA site. Bidding will open for Section 2 quilts Monday at 2pm ET! The annual Benefit Auction is SAQA’s premiere fundraising event and takes place from September 13 to October 6. 443 pieces are available for bidding and all proceeds help…
Fall Paducah show – I’ll be teaching there!
I will be teaching at the Fall AQS Paducah, KY show September 11-14, 2019. These are the classes I still have openings in. I hope you will consider joining me in one of these fun classes. These are all fusing classes and I provide a hand dyed PRE-FUSED fabric kit for each one. You can…
Shop closed July 27- August 3
I’m so excited, I will be leaving for a week of family time!! I get to spend a week with all my darling grand children at the beach. I can’t wait. But please wait or be aware that if you order anything off of the website from July 27-August 3 it will not ship until…
Hot summer weather
It is going to be 100 degrees here in IL this week. Phew, I’m so glad I’ll be going to Dallas, it won’t be hot there!! I’m off to teach at the Quilter’s Guild of Parker County in Weatherford, TX this weekend. I’ll be lecturing on Thursday night. If you are in the area be…