“Supernova” in Process
I’m working on something I rarely do–revisit an older piece and create something new. A few years ago, I made a quilt called Fireflies using a combination of bright reds, oranges, and yellows, plus dull burgundy and gold, with a black background. It sold last year, and I found that I missed it. Here’s the…
National Park Goal Finished!
NOTE: This is a non-quilt related post. We did it! Last week we visited the last two National Parks in the US–63 in all! In 1996, my husband Phil and I decided to begin a family quest to visit all the US National Parks. Our kids were 6 and 4 years old at the time.…
September Piecing Perspectives Workshop at Madeline Island
There are a few spaces left in an exciting workshop at Madeline Island School of the Arts in September! I’ll be co-teaching with Maria Shell and Sarah Bond for five days September 25-29, 2023 on magical Madeline Island in northern Wisconsin. The workshop is called Piecing Perspectives: Creating with Units, and we’re going to take…
Summer 2023 Exhibits
It’s a busy summer for exhibits this year! I’m pleased and grateful to have my work shown all over the country this summer. Some of the shows I’ve been in before, and some are new to me. If you’re interested in exhibiting your work, the best advice I can give is just to enter! Sometimes…
Join MISA for a June 9 Webinar with Maria Shell, Sarah Bond, and me!
Please join Maria Shell, Sarah Bond and me for a live webinar hosted by Madeline Island School of the Arts (MISA) THIS FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 at 4 PM Eastern. UPDATE: If you missed the live webinar, watch the recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFqECAxjkv0 We’ll be talking about our exciting Piecing Perspectives workshop on Madeline Island coming…
Quilt National ’23!
I’m just back from a fabulous weekend at the opening of Quilt National ’23 in Athens, OH. It was such an honor and a privilege to be a part of this show–I’m on cloud 9 and I wanted to share some of the highlights. My quilt Vessels was juried into the show, along with 80…
Spring 2023 Roundup
How did it get to be almost June already? The last couple of months have flown by with exciting teaching and exhibit opportunities. I didn’t have time to post regularly, except on Instagram, so I thought I would recap the highlights here. At the end of February, I taught three classes at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt…
Creative Crafts Council Exhibit May 9 – July 29
I’m pleased to have two pieces in the 34th Biennial Creative Crafts Council exhibit at the Strathmore Mansion in Bethesda, MD. The show runs through July 29, 2023 and includes a variety of media from ceramics to woodturning, metal to fiber. When I drove up to the exhibit venue last night for the opening ceremony,…
New Freehand Curves Top in Progress
I’ve been playing with oversized freehand cut curves for the last several years–cutting the curves without patterns or templates, using my rotary cutter as a drawing tool. The blocks are created individually, with each curve cut on its own. Then I add fun elements like insets, wonky triangles, confetti pops, skinny lines, and “fried egg”…