I have dyed a new gradation color way. Rich in brown’s and oranges this new color way needs a name. I have tentatively called it TreeBark. Help me give it a good descriptive name. If I pick your suggestion I’ll send you a free 1/4 yard of this gradation.
These two beauty’s are in Paducah with me on the FOR SALE wall. Cardinal was started this winter and I finally got around to finishing it this week. The same thing is true for Tiny SunDance I finally had a bit of time to get it finished. Cardinal measures 10″ x 8″, the teal background…
And the winner from last week’s guessing game of how much fabric was in my pile of red/fuschia fabric is DARLA. Darla send me your mailing address (quiltgoddess@gmail.com) so I can send you a yard of this fabulous fabric. YEA DARLA!! There is a SALE this weekend over at CRAFTSY. The biggest sale of the…
I love getting email from people I know, not advertisements. Ruby wrote me yesterday. I had never meet Ruby until a few weeks ago, well I don’t think I had meet her, I meet so many people while out teaching and vending. Ruby contacted me before going to Quilt Colorado a month ago to make…
RED and GREEN oh my. I am preparing for my teaching schedule for the fall. I am dyeing my fabrics to make PEACE a fused wall hanging. I will be teaching this class three times in the next few months. Twice in Madison WI at The Quilting Expo in September. And once in November at…
I love to make and use gradated fabrics. I love doing gradations from one color to another to create beautiful multi colored fabrics and then using them to create my art quilts. Blue Sunset Pines is a perfect example of just that. I started with my Blue Sunset gradated fabric, this fabric starts out yellow…
We are in the middle of the Lent season. And what a perfect time to do some linty cleaning. I recently had to have my dryer serviced. I am so proud of myself for actually thinking ahead and buying extended warranty service for my Kenmore dryer. Lucky for me the warranty runs out in September…
Hey everyone going to the quilt show in Houston. Laura and I will be in booth #1238. Hope to see you there. Get all your hand dyed fabrics, thread and patterns. One stop shopping. Be there or be square!!
I mentioned that my lecture was filmed while at the Quilt Expo in Madison WI this year. You can access that filming by following the link below. This is what Nancy Zieman recently sent me. My lecture was “FABRIC TO DYE FOR” ENJOY More than 18,000 of you joined us for a fun-filled three days…
I just got back from teaching at the Quilting Expo in Madison WI. Laura and I drove up on Thursday and each taught and lectured Thursday and Friday and then drove home again. Short and sweet. But always fun to see and visit with friends. If you live in Wisconsin, Laura and I both filmed…
I hand dye two basic multi-colored fabrics. One is rainbow bright and the other one is blackened rainbow. They are each made with 14 different colors. Starting with yellow and working through the color wheel to green. Rainbow bright uses all “clear” colors. Blackened rainbow uses the same 14 clear colors only I add black…
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…