Blog Roll
TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE’S DAY
Finding a heart created and hung by a stranger transformed their lives…
EXPRESSING YOUR CREATIVITY
As quilters, we artists share a love of fabric, fiber, color, texture and design. Does your creativity get expressed in other ways? Do you venture into unusual, nontraditional creative projects? Beside my passion for quilting, I love…
DO YOU LABEL YOUR QUILTS?
Two Hundred years from now will your descendants know who made your quilts?
THE MAGIC FABRIC GENIE
Sometimes the yearning to see new pretty fabric, to browse and maybe buy something that inspired us, arrives in the middle of the night, or after a long, busy day. In addition to our wonderful local quilt shops…
QUILTING & RISK
I’m trying a new technique (quilt-as-you-go) in the midst of a time deadline, with 3 quilts due for completion
PANDEMIC INSPIRED QUILTS
Have you considered the way you feel about the impact of the pandemic on your life, and expressed those feelings in shape and color, fabric and thread? Making such a quilt could be a very…
WHAT IS THIS QUILT REALLY ALL ABOUT?
How do you decide what quilt to make next? Do you start with a pattern you like? Do you havesome beautiful fabric you can’t wait to use? Has something inspired you? We all startsomewhere with a goal for our…
WHAT IS AN ART QUILT?
“What is an Art Quilt?’ really asks three questions: What is a Quilt? What is Art?
How do Quilts and Art intersect?…
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN OOPS
Using an Oops as a creative design challenge