Giving Quilters Permission Since 2009
A beautiful side effect of traveling as a sales rep is that I've had the opportunity to spend some time with friends I don't get to see often enough, friends who know me well. To have this time now is priceless. Ocean Park, Scott Hansen, Banyan Batiks Every now and again there is an opportunity… Continue reading Quilting, Creativity, Vulnerability, Good Friends
I asked a friend to pick a number between 1 & 68 (one comment on another post) to choose the winner of Christa's book. Commenter #56 - Sarah J, congratulations! you are the winner of a copy of Machine Quilting with Style. I'll email you shortly and we'll work out the details. The other night… Continue reading Imagination
They say a picture is worth 1000 words. Seeing is believing. Take a look at the feathers to the left here. I'm going to tell you a secret. Ready? Don't tell anyone but... these feathers are not perfect. That's right. Not. Perfect. And that's okay. Taking time to learn well is an important component of… Continue reading Feather tutorial paper style
Debby told on herself yesterday and I'm being a bit of a copycat (this is a bit of an inside joke between the two of us, for our own amusement) today and just coming right out with it. I'm taking Introduction to Art: Concepts & Techniques on Coursera. Debby first introduced me to Coursera by… Continue reading Wherein I copy Debby’s homework
Didja ever have a moment where you wonder, "why didn't I think of that?" Well I had one of those moments at 4:00 this morning when Ellen Highsmith Silver author of the book Floorquilts and friend from the quilt cottage. Ellen is one of the most creative and clever people I know. I don't think… Continue reading Sonora Clever
Saturday my Sweetie & I went to visit family in NJ. Whilst in NJ there are a couple of requisite stops: 1) Vitamia in Lodi for sausage bread. We've had sausage bread from other Italian bakeries/pasta makers and it's just not the same. It's like Italians, sandwiches from my home town in ME, there are… Continue reading Cozy Quilt Shoppe
While I've had the title of today's blog listed as a lecture for a while - the thought has always been that it's a trunk show however after my first (impromtpu) trunk show I'm am now understanding that the trunk show needs a new title and "Quilting is a Beautiful & Complicated Art" is a… Continue reading Quilting is a Beautiful & Complicated Art
