Look Back at 2020
What a year! I’m sure most of us won’t be sorry to see the last of 2020. While the year didn’t go as any of us planned, there were certainly some bright spots for me among the gloom–the dread, disappointments, frustrations, and sadness. In the featured photo collage are some of my favorite images from…
Classes at Road to California January 2021
I’ll be teaching two classes and giving a lecture at Road to California’s virtual event, Road@Home, January 21-23, 2021. My popular Playing with Colors lecture is scheduled for Thursday, January 21 at 2:30 PM PST. You’ll learn about my favorite color recipes and how to use them to handle color more effectively in your quilts,…
New Bargello On Demand Class!
I’m excited to announce my Fire & Ice Bargello Wall Hanging class is now available online on demand! Here’s the link to the class on the Creative Spark Learning Platform: https://creativespark.ctpub.com/courses/FireIceBargello You’ll get videos, text, and still photos to walk you through designing the wall hanging like mine, plus tips to consider if you want…
Cut Up That Quilt Top
Sometimes it just doesn’t work. I love creating improvisationally without a pattern or templates, but I’m the first to admit that the process isn’t foolproof. That composition just doesn’t hang together right, or the colors don’t mesh like you thought they would, or the lines and shapes just aren’t interesting. It happens to everyone. So…
Honorable Mention Award!
I’m pleased that Salimugundi was accepted to the December 2020 exhibit at the Art League gallery, and won an Honorable Mention award! The exhibit will run from December 4, 2020 – January 3, 2021 at the Art League gallery located in the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, VA. It’s exciting that…
Virtual Quilt Festival Lecture Dec. 3
I’m pleased to announce I’ll be giving my popular “Anatomy of an Improv Quilt” lecture at the Houston Virtual Quilt Festival on December 3, 2020 at 3 PM Central time. In this lecture, I’ll use colorful examples of my own work to help you understand the process of creating improvisationally without templates or patterns, from…
Great Falls Studios Annual (Virtual) Studio Tour Opens Nov. 14!
Great Falls Studios Annual Studio Tour opens tomorrow, November 14 at 10 AM. The Tour will be virtual this year, so you can visit us without having to leave your home. Over 30 artists are participating, including painters, photographers, potters, jewelers, and of course me with quilts and fiber art! You can watch short videos…
Take a Peek into my Virtual Show Booth
I’d like to invite you to take a peek into my virtual show booth! I’m participating in the Downtown Festival & Art Show this weekend–it’s normally held in my hometown of Gainesville, FL, but has gone virtual this year. I’ve had a booth at this show for the last five or six years and I…
Blooming is Finished!
I’ve been working on a new large wall hanging for the last several months. It’s finished and I can finally share it! The plan was to try and combine my love of Improv Blocks and large scale freehand cut curves. I started with a group of Improv Blocks that used mostly bright solids and a few…