Back from Quilt Market, Ready for Festival!
I had a great time at Quilt Market, and now I have time for a breath or two before Quilt Festival starts this Wednesday night! My favorite thing at Market was my book signing at the C&T Publishing booth on Saturday morning. It was really fun to be able to interact with people interested in…
Stitching, Writing, Packing for Quilt Market!
I’m busy stitching, writing and packing for my first Quilt Market this week! Quilt Market is the weekend before the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX, and it’s an opportunity for retailers, manufacturers, and other quilt industry trade professionals to see what’s new in the quilting world. For me, that’s my new book, Artful Improv,…
Washington Craft Show This Weekend!
The American Fine Craft Show | Washington is this weekend and I’m all set up and ready to go! Judging from what I saw at setup yesterday, it’s going to be a great show. There are about 100 contemporary craft artists from all over the country exhibiting, including jewelers, furniture makers, ceramicists, sculptors, mixed media…
Final Day of the Artful Improv Blog Tour
It’s the last day of the blog tour for my new book, Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting and it’s my turn! My central message for Artful Improv is the first line of the book: “I’m convinced that everyone has the ability to create.” Sometimes that ability seems like it’s…
Artful Improv Blog Tour: Day 7
It’s Day Seven of the blog tour for my new book, Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting. Today’s featured blogger is Teri Lucas at Generation Q magazine. I’ve been a fan of Generation Q for a while, and I’m thrilled that Teri is part of the tour! I love this…
Artful Improv Blog Tour: Day 6
It’s Day Six of the blog tour for my new book, Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting. Today’s featured blogger is Heather Kojan at heatherkojan.com I met Heather several years ago at an art show in Maryland. She’s the founder and first president of the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild, so…
Artful Improv Blog Tour: Day 5
It’s Day Five of the blog tour for my new book, Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting, and today’s featured blogger is Sujata Shah at therootconnection.blogspot.com I haven’t met Sujata in person yet, but I’ve been following her blog for years and I love her approach to quilting. She’s also…
Artful Improv Blog Tour: Day 4
It’s Day Four of the blog tour for my new book, Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting, and today’s featured blogger is Yvonne Fuchs at quiltingjetgirl.com I haven’t met Yvonne in person yet, but these statements on her blog got me right away: You are creative. Nobody and nothing is…
Artful Improv Blog Tour: Day 3
It’s Day Three of the blog tour for my new book, Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting, and today’s featured blogger is my friend Rayna Gillman, artist, teacher, and author of Create Your Own Free Form Quilts, also from C&T Publishing. I’ve been a fan of Rayna’s work for a…