Thoughts on QuiltCon 2025
I’m just back from QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix and it was a lot of fun. I met my friends Heather Pregger and Maria Shell there the Tuesday evening before the show opened and we shared an Airbnb a couple of miles away from the convention center with another friend of Maria’s. On Wednesday, we all…
A Look Back at 2024
2024 was a busy year of creating, teaching and traveling! I always think its a good idea to look back on the year to reflect on what I did well and enjoyed, and what I need to work on in the coming year. I created 21 new quilts, including five large pieces, seven medium ones…
Art Quilt Tahoe 2024
I went back to Art Quilt Tahoe (AQT) the first week of November this year to do an independent study and recharge my creative batteries. It’s a beautiful location right on the shores of the lake and in the fall the sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking. AQT has been providing art retreats to quilters for…
Abstracting from Art in Colorado 2025
I’m excited to announce I’ll be teaching a 5 day workshop at the Estelle Center for the Creative Arts July 14-18, 2025. The class is Abstracting from Art–a fun deep dive into making inspiration a reality. Start with an inspiration–from a photo, a painting, or even a favorite sweater–then take the color, the shapes, or…
Hiking Adventure in Iceland
My husband, Phil, and I just got back from a backcountry hiking adventure in Iceland. This is not necessarily a quilt related post, although the landscape was so beautiful I hope there will be some quilt inspiration from the trip. We took four days to hike the Laugavegur Trail, which runs about 38 miles across…
Another Visit to the Crow Barn
I spent the last two weeks of May in Ohio studying with Nancy Crow at her Timberframe Barn studio with a group of other intrepid artists. This was my seventh time studying with Nancy, and it was intense and challenging, as usual. The class was called Creative Stretches in Compositional Exercises–kind of a mouthful. But…
Amazing Galapagos Adventure!
Note: This is a non-quilt related post. My husband Phil and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary this month with a trip to the Galapagos Islands about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. The area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in part because of its unique diversity of plants and animals.…
So Much Fun with Abstracting from Art!
Last week I taught my Abstracting from Art workshop to a talented group of quilters from Needlechasers of Chevy Chase in Maryland. It was so much fun I’m still buzzing from it! The main idea behind the class is using an inspiration source–photo, piece of art, graphic design, home decor or clothing–to jumpstart your creative…
Thoughts on QuiltCon 2024
I’ve been collecting my thoughts for a few days about the whirlwind that was QuiltCon 2024 in Raleigh, NC. QuiltCon is my favorite quilt show–there’s so much energy and excitement, the quilts are spectacular, and it’s such fun to see so many artists and makers there. I was only able to go to QuiltCon last…