Artful Improv Blog Tour: Day 2
Today is the second day of the blog tour for my new book–Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting, and my friend Maria Shell from Alaska is the featured blogger. Maria and I met at a conference held by Studio Art Quilters Association (SAQA) a couple of years ago, and we’ve…
Blog Tour for Artful Improv Starts Today!
The blog tour for my new book–Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting–starts today. Each weekday from today until Wednesday, October 19, you can visit a new blog and get a different perspective on the book. If you leave a comment on the blog, you will be entered to win a…
Reston Artful Improv Class
We had a great time yesterday in my “Artful Improv – Permission to Play” class in Reston, VA. I had 20 enthusiastic students ready to explore their own creativity. This class is about letting go of the “rules” of traditional quilting and learning to work without a pattern to design original art quilts. We start…
My New Book Arrived!
I’m so excited to announce that I just received the advance copy of my new book–Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Stitching–from the publisher, C&T Publishing! It’s such an amazing feeling to be finally holding the book that I’ve been working on for over 18 months. My heartfelt thanks to all…
Shop VIDA Discount Coupon
Get your holiday shopping done early with a $20 discount coupon from VIDA! I have several of my quilt designs in my collection on VIDA available as scarves, tops and tote bags that might be perfect for someone special on your list. I’ve added some new designs and scarf options in the last few days,…
SAQA Benefit Auction is Here!
The Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) Annual Benefit Auction began last week. My contribution – Center Stage II – is in Section 2, which starts today. I was thrilled to receive a promotional postcard from SAQA that included my quilt in the lower left hand corner, shown in the image above. The auction is a…
The Story of “Wildflower Honey”
I saw a blog post from my friend Maria Shell yesterday reminding me about the Blogger’s Quilt Festival going on now. I realized I only had one day left to enter, so I’ve decided to tell the story of “Wildflower Honey” for the Modern Quilt category. I created this quilt–20″x 20″–for the Cherrywood Fabric Lion…
Thoughts on a Big Rejection
I got the dreaded “skinny email” yesterday. The two quilts I entered into Quilt National were both rejected for the prestigious show. This was the first time I have entered Quilt National since 2010 and I worked hard on my entries. Both of them are larger than I’ve worked in a while and they have…
Princeton Show This Weekend –Featured Quilt
I’m getting ready to go to Princeton, NJ this weekend for a new show–70 Craftswomen + a few good men. And I was surprised to see an advertisement in my inbox yesterday that featured one of my quilts! The colors are pretty striking and definitely catch the eye, I think. This piece is called Jewel…