Work in Progress with Friends

This large scale piece has been up on my design wall for the last several months, patiently waiting its turn to be completed. Part of the problem was a busy travel schedule in the last months of 2018, and part of it was uncertainty about how to proceed. It’s been through several variations already. This…

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Working Large

In 2018, one of my goals was to work much larger than I have done in the past. It’s been a very interesting journey. Working large doesn’t just mean making bigger quilts–it also means adjusting my style and my method of design. In the past, I’ve started with a color plan, pulled out fabrics that…

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Fireworks is Ready to Go

I’ve had my head down the last two weeks in the studio frantically stitching. I’m leaving in a few minutes to go to the Crow Barn for two weeks to study with Nancy Crow and I realized two weeks ago that I was supposed to recreate my quilt from last year in two different colorways.…

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The Top is Finished!

Well, it’s been a long slog with this quilt, but the top is finally finished. I don’t know yet what to name it, but my working title right now is “Wings” because it made me think about butterfly wings while I was designing it. It’s not perfect, but I learned a tremendous amount from working…

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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…

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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…

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Quilt Inspiration from a Gift

Inspiration for my work comes from many different places. In this case, it came from scarf. And it wasn’t even mine! I was giving a talk last month in connection with the opening of my solo show at the Crossroads Gallery at Goodwin House in Falls Church, VA. There was a lady sitting in the…

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Fun with Artful Improv Classes

I’ve had fun teaching Artful Improv classes the last few weeks! So I decided I should do a roundup of some of the wonderful work that has been created in my recent classes. Artful Improv is the name of my book: Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting, and you can…

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Guest on American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast!

I had so much fun as a guest on Pat Sloan’s American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast today! We talked about my book, Artful Improv: Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting and the fact that Pat and I belong to the same large multi-chapter guild here in Northern Virginia! We chatted about color, using simple…

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