I am so excited to be working on this project again. I had to put it “down” this summer to work on getting ready for filming on Quilting Arts TV and then get ready for all my fall teaching, workshops and shows and then the holidays. I also had to make my sisters healing quilt…
I have a real attraction to barns. Whenever I see them on the horizon I zero right in. I have always been fascinated with them and in fact would love to have one of my own. When I am driving in my car, especially here in the mid-west, I take tons of pictures of them…
In The Sweet Spot, we think everything in life is art. what you do. how you dress. the way you love someone, and how you talk. your smile and your personality. what you believe in, and all your dreams. the way you drink your tea. how you decorate your home. or celebrate. the music that…
I love working with my multi-colored gradated fabric. I feel like I am working with a watercolors palette. One color blends into the next and gives the appearance of depth and dimension to my work that would otherwise look flat and I think a bit less lively. Let me share with you how I often…
I have been working on some PIECED projects. I mentioned in an earlier post that I want to return to doing more pieced work. I have a very large quilt that I want to make with curved seams, so I have been practicing my curved piecing. You may ask yourself why I am doing this,…
I find that I often start out with an idea and a color theme in mind when I start working on a new piece. How do you start out? Do you pick the design and then go look for color or does the color dictate to you what will happen? I have recently been doing…
1. Listen to that little voice inside, it is usually RIGHT. 2. Floss 3. Exercise everyday 4. Follow your dreams where ever they may lead you!! Well isn’t it true, if only we knew then what we know now, I keep saying youth is wasted on the young. I sure wish I had the energy…
I am definitely a LEFTY and my husband is a RIGHTY, it is miracle that we have stayed married this long. Which one are you?
The National Quilt Museum in Paducah KY is a wonderful place. I enjoy visiting it every year when I go to the show. They make sure that each year they have many of the different show winners on display. They seem to show different ones each year. They also have several special exhibits in the…
Spring is coming, I can smell it in the air. March is the month of green for me, by the end of the month I can start planting peas and onions in my garden. I will be eager to get out in the garden and clean it up, getting rid of all the dead winter…
There was a TV commercial on the other night that used as it’s hook that spring was just around the corner, I looked at my husband and at the same time we both rolled our eyes. Come on, spring is a good eight to ten weeks away.But it got me thinking about spring. It is…
Talky talky talky – words always come out of my mouth mangled. I wonder if I have a disconnect in my brain. BUT images stay there a long time. I try to connect an image with a word when I really need or want to remember it. Here are some of the words used for…