Piecing Palooza is coming! Use this link to save $20 The Summer Reading Edition of The Book Report is out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4WbGsPgow4 I'm lining up a couple of interviews for July more on those next week. I'd like to introduce you to my new logo. Michelle Freedman had Once Upon a Print Shop design her logo… Continue reading Saturday Reminders
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On Playing Guitar and Learning
or Today I played Frerer Jacques Shhh don't tell anyone I'm working on the draft for an article that will come out later this fall and I'm avoiding writing because I'm thinking and that takes a lot of avoidance tasks. Like reorganizing the pantry. There is something more behind that than simply reorganizing the pantry.… Continue reading On Playing Guitar and Learning
Coming Right Up!
Linda Pearl the creative mind behind One Quilting Circle messaged me the other day to see if we could chat, responding to a post on facebook letting my students from Vermont Quilt Festival know that I will open the class on Zoom. Click on One Quilting Circle to see Linda's post. On my Shop Page… Continue reading Coming Right Up!
Quickie Update
When you have a moment head over and read Linda Pearl's blog on taking classes at Vermont Quilt Festival. Here's a link to the classes. It'll be good to hit the road again. I'm going to head to Maine for a few days before to see family and friends. A friend from when I lived… Continue reading Quickie Update
The Week After
Over the last couple of months I've been sharing the Quilters Color Mixer on Creative Spark. This live event happened on Thursday last. Jean Wells brings such a depth of experience and her keynote was that and more. The quilts she shared, the inspiration leading to the quilts and her own desire to play with… Continue reading The Week After
Coffee Time
Coffee can teach us a lot about quilting and a lot about life. And while I would love to have the philosophical discussion on the whys and wherefores of this statement there is something at the core here: in order to become, to be, to make, to engage in, something really beautiful, anything really beautiful… Continue reading Coffee Time
When you forget to title the post SMH
It's National Quilting Month which means that it's also time for IGQuiltFest #igquiltfest2023 hosted by Amy Ellis. While posting I noticed something in this quilt block. Check out the circled part! Part hand quilting Part machine quilting in the same run of stitching this is the place where I was D O N E with… Continue reading When you forget to title the post SMH
The Adventures of Brown Envelope
Before joining Brown Envelope on her adventures to somewhere in the Pacific Northwest I would like to share that I am offering a lecture at Sew Much More in Austin on Friday March 31. I'm teaching at Vermont Quilt Festival as part of the New York, New England tour in June. Details coming soon. Please… Continue reading The Adventures of Brown Envelope
Color Mixer & Color Club
Quilter’s Color Mixer Thursday, March 30th at 9 am Pacific (or watch recorded) Do you find yourself… Stuck trying to figure out which colors and fabrics to use in your next quilt project? Wondering how to use fabrics in your stash that you love but can't seem to figure out how to use in a… Continue reading Color Mixer & Color Club
I had PLANS
I am giggling as I write this because it's just funny. Way back in 2007 I wrote a piece on how to have a productive quilting day. The giggles bubble up as I can see the puddle of blue shampoo seeping under the cabinet in the bathroom, and knew, just knew this was going to… Continue reading I had PLANS