Quilt Festival in Houston is fast approaching. Are you going to be there? This year on Saturday November 2, 2013 from 2-5 is – CHRISTMAS DELIGHTS FORUM $30 Seven teachers from the Quilt Festival faculty will present this focus, coordinated by Nancy Brenan Daniel. Catch the Christmas spirit and get a head start on those creative…
Have you been wanting this book? Do you need a little color in your life? There are now limited hard cover editions of my book Fabric to DYE For. You should order your copy now while the supply still last. You know you want to dye a little just for the fun of it! …
It was fun documenting my family quilts for Cheryl Sleboda‘s Family Blog Hop last week. While I was photographing my antique quilts I also took pictures of my “sofa/car” quilts. I have a PILE of quilts in my family room that are there just for snuggling up with on cold winter days. We bought this house…
I had a few more quilts I wanted to share with you. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as did. I will be at the Madison Quilt Expo this week and will take some more pictures of quilts to share with you. Oh but I have to share with you Peter, one of…
Before I begin to quilt a project I use 505 spray adhesive to hold all the layers together. I really like this product. I find it doesn’t gum up my needle or discolor the fabric in anyway. There are products that do both of those things – DON’T USE THEM – I have and I…
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 have talked about thread before on this blog. I use all kinds of different threads for different effects in my quilting. Each type of thread has a different look and feel to it and gives a different result to the finished project. I love going to the big quilt shows and looking at all…
Craftsy is having its Sweet Summer Sale from July 18th – July 21st. Select classes will be on sale up to 75% off each day of the first three days. All classes will be on sale on days four and (if the sale is extended) five! Offers will expire each…
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 will be teaching soon at the Long Beach IQF Quilt show. One of my classes is new, it is called Small Quilts mounted on Timtex. This is a great way to frame your small art quilts. Once the central quilt is constructed using fusible techniques, the quilt is then fused to the center of…
I am a new Grammy again. AND what a cutie pie he is. I finally got to go see the grandson’s over the fourth of July. I love spending time with the kids and the grandkids and I just don’t get to do it very often because they live so far away. Here are a…
You know my buddy and booth partner Laura Wasilowski is also a Craftsy instructor. Her class is called – Hand Stitched Collage Quilts. it is as fabulous as she is and I know you would enjoy taking it. Laura is always so silly and fun and full of creative ideas. We are always laughing when…