Before I get to the theme from the title of the blog post I'm going to share a bit about this week. This week is going to be full filming and celebrating. In January I committed to filming a course for Creative Spark, working my way through with a cohort of other authors and teachers.… Continue reading Practiced Intuition
Tag: Houston
Happy Saturday
Saturday Sunrise from the Front Porch Good morning quilty friends. Today is a good day to quilt, edit video and prepare for International Quilt Festival in Houston. My front porch and I have a standing date in the morning as long as the weather isn't too chilly. This morning, in the 50's it's bordering on… Continue reading Happy Saturday
Upcoming Events & More
New Jersey Shop Hop April 24th - May 3rd Pennington Quilt WorksThe Quilted NestMouse Creek QuiltsEarly Girl QuiltsThe Pin CushionThe Village QuilterThe Pin CushionCultured ExpressionsSew JerseyNine ShopsTen DaysSew Much Fun Then there's my book coming out July 25th. I've seen the sample pages, I get to see the entire book next week. It's available for… Continue reading Upcoming Events & More
Getting Ready for Quilt Market
Laundry - started Back pack and purse - in process (Shannon Cuddle Suede see posts here) Hair - get a trim. Scheduling appointments Checking out the Quilt Market App to schedule School Houses. Debby and I are flying in on Thursday. PS go check out this quilt on Debby Brown Quilts. I'm in love. I'm… Continue reading Getting Ready for Quilt Market
International Quilt Market & Apple Pie
https://www.facebook.com/QuiltMarket/photos/a.158012784241825.28029.137770392932731/1616590941717328/?type=3 I'm honored to share my years of experience working and teaching in quilt shops, teaching nationally, talking with shop owners, and working with Generation Q Magazine in each one of these talks. Join me at International Quilt Market. Check out Ebony Love, Cheryl Sleboda, Tracy Mooney, Maddie Kertay, Heather Kubiak, Pepper Cory and so… Continue reading International Quilt Market & Apple Pie
Classroom photos
It is a rare occasion that I get photos from my classes. I'm sure you understand why. My visit to Olde City Quilts was a fluke. This time around Maggie Szfranski took a number of photos for me. Thank you! This first photo I'm sharing is a fun one for me because Maggie gave me… Continue reading Classroom photos
Quilt Festival
I feel so blessed to have made it to Houston this week. Because of my sweetie's schedule I ended up at the airport at 5:30 AM and managed to get on the very next flight out of town - the first flight out of Newark since the beginning of the storm. Thinking I would not… Continue reading Quilt Festival
Quilt Festival Houston!
I'm impressed with the students in Houston. Both of my classes ended up full. My teachers pets, Maggie and Frances were such a great help! Really, truly impressed. These quilters worked and worked. In my Beginner Free Motion Machine Quilting class all of the quilters stitched out feathers by the end of class. Every single… Continue reading Quilt Festival Houston!
Quilt Festival (Houston) Class Question
As you know I'm a member of The Quilt Show and many of the quilters have come over to facebook (here's a link to my artist page) as well. I love being friends with these quilters for so many reasons one in particular is that we get to share information and grow as quilters and… Continue reading Quilt Festival (Houston) Class Question