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…
I will be teaching from my book Fabric to Dye For at the show in Long Beach. It is just two weeks away, the first week of August. It seems impossible that August is just two weeks away. Geez Louizze how time flies. The way I teach this class is exactly how I started dyeing fabric.…
I have just finished a fabulous three day workshop with Jan Myers-Newbury. I have loved her work for a very long time and I meet her while teaching in NC two years ago. I have wanted to take a class with her for a long time and finally was able to schedule it into my…
What a wonderful way to take a vacation – on a boat! with quilting! The very idea of going to the Panama Canal has me teaming with ideas. 15 DAY FULL TRANSIT PANAMA CANAL CRUISE APRIL 15-29, 2014 I have also never been to Mexico, can you believe that. What a better way to see…
I have trouble naming my quilts. When I first made this quilt one of my students came up with the name for it. I think it is perfect. The sunflowers look like they are dancing hence the name SunDance. I recently taught this class at Village Quilters…
I am going on a cruise in April 2014. I think you all should come along. I have been all over the world, but you know what I have never been to Mexico. I think a cruise is the easiest and funnest way to see a lot of different places, and you can quilt with…
I have a pieced bed quilt in the new Modern Quilts Unlimited magazine out this month. It is made from 2 step gradations from my book Fabric to DYE for. I made this over the Christmas holidays and it was so fun to work on spring colors in the middle of winter. This is a…
Do you live in central ILLINOIS? Would you like to spend a fun filled SATURDAY? Can you turn on an IRON? You could become a graduate of the Chicago School of Fusing on May…
We are having rain storms. In general this is a good thing. We had a really dry summer and fall last year and not enough snow this winter and so we need the moisture. All this rain has of course brought on SPRING!!!!! YA My daffodils are up…
I saw this sign today on Facebook. It really appealed to me. I struggle with sadness. I think many of us do, but we are afraid to talk about it. My sister and I talk about it often on the phone. It helps to have someone to talk to and understand. …
I blogged this post earlier in the week, but I had some work done on the site and it got lost. So I am going to do it again. As designer Bruce Moa says – if you like it do it again, if you don’t like it do it again. Everything looks better if it…
I DO!! Remember how fun summer was? I went to summer camp, did you? I did church camp and girlscout camp and YMCA camp, but I never got to do QUILT CAMP. I think I would have liked that the best. I will be teaching at Camp Watch-A-Patcher this summer, July 7-11th. If you live…