Finally a Snow Day!
It’s snowing! This winter has been terribly cold, but we’ve had very little snow. It started yesterday with rain and sleet and turned into all snow this morning–lovely fat flakes. Spring isn’t here quite yet. I grew up in Florida and only saw snow for the first time when I was 18 years old and…
Improv Block Article Published in Quilting Arts!
I’m excited to share that I have a new article published in the April/May 2018 issues of Quilting Arts magazine! The article is called “Contemporary Improv Log Cabin Blocks” and it describes how I use all types of scraps to create unique Improv Blocks that I use in my quilts–large ones, small ones, in singles…
Anatomy of an Improv Quilt
Right before the Baltimore Craft Show last weekend, I had a brainstorm for a new quilt. This frequently happens when I’m in deadline mode before a show for some reason–maybe that’s just when my creativity ramps up? The result was Jumping for Joy, which you see in the featured image above. I thought it would…
All Set Up at the Baltimore Craft Show!
I’m all set and ready to go at the Baltimore Craft Show opening today! I came over yesterday to set my booth up, hoping I remembered how to do it since my last indoor show was last October. The show opens today at 10 AM at the Baltimore Convention Center, One W. Pratt St. I’m…
Inspiration Day at the East Wing
My husband and I braved the freezing rain last Sunday for a visit to the East Wing of the National Gallery with some friends. Since my first visit in the late 1970’s, I never get tired of seeing this museum and I always come home with lots of new ideas. The Henri Matisse cutouts are…
Road to California Was a Blast!
I had a great time teaching at the Road to California show in Ontario, CA last week! It was my first time there–as a teacher and as a visitor. The students were great and the quilt show had some really wonderful work in it by some of my favorite artists. I taught my Artful Improv…
My Article Published in Quilting Arts!
I’ve spent the last week in my hometown in Florida helping my mom move into a new house, so I was thrilled when I came home last night to find a copy of Quilting Arts magazine in the mail with my article in it! The article is called “Secrets of the Art Show Circuit,” and…
A Look Back at Fall 2017
This past fall has been quite a whirlwind with travel for shows and teaching, starting in a new cooperative space at Fiberworks Studio, plus shooting three segments for Quilting Arts TV that will air in 2018! And somewhere in there I decided it was time to revamp my website. Unfortunately all that meant that time for…
Holiday ArtFest This Weekend!
I’m all set up for the Great Falls Studios Holiday ArtFest this weekend. I’ll be in my studio at the Artists Atelier located at 756 Walker Road, Great Falls, VA–just three doors down from the Old Brogue restaurant in the Village Center–along with five of my studiomates. 21 other artists will be located at the…