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Color Play – Joen Wolfrom

Let's Begin Do you know how you know something in your life is missing and you can't quite put your finger on it and then when you discover what it is and then you discover why it is then what you needed is right there and WOW!!!Color Play is it! (Links are affiliate) And then… Continue reading Color Play – Joen Wolfrom

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Twilight in the Bronx & @play

Quick update: I made a note at the bottom of this post for clarity...these quilts are for sale...no set price at the moment. Sometimes it's time to let go to make room in the creative part of who you are for whatever is coming next. Twilight in the Bronx and @play are such great companions… Continue reading Twilight in the Bronx & @play

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Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJt78SoOBRC/ Happy Monday Quilty Peeps! It is a little cloudy and rainy here in Central Texas and from what I can tell it's going to get kinda warm today and stay kinda warm through the week. My sewing machine made the return trip to the studio this morning so that once I'm done with writing… Continue reading Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

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Upper Blanco Textile Studio: Free-Motion Quilting – An Introduction

, FC : (0,0,0) Are you ready for a Free-Motion Quilting Class? Well, friends, wait no longer! Join me at Upper Blanco Textile Studio Friday May 16, 2025forFree-Motion Quilting An Introduction 10 AM to 4 PM Bring your lunch or visit Uptown Blanco Restaurant for some really amazing food! Free-Motion Quilting: An Introduction covers all… Continue reading Upper Blanco Textile Studio: Free-Motion Quilting – An Introduction

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Color

In a few short weeks I will participate on a panel with Joen Wolfrom and Christine Barnes on C&T's Creative Spark learning platform. This morning while getting ready to do some other work I happened upon an article titled: Why is the World Losing Color: the Rise of Chromophobia. This is good stuff quilters. Good.… Continue reading Color

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Happy Wednesday

Yesterday was a snow day here in Central Texas, and the day was full. Tonight we record the next episode of Quilter Rule the World and after changing laundry over in a bit I'm going to go get one of my free-motion quilting feet so I can do some free-motion this afternoon. Spot for a… Continue reading Happy Wednesday

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Ode to Color

The Quilters Color GuideMastering the Art of Color Confidencedebuts 25 Feb 25$27.95and features a whole lot of quilters, artists, art quilters and me. C&T pulled from the depth of their authors to create this one of a kind look at mastering the Art of Color Confidence. These sound like big concepts, yet understanding color begins… Continue reading Ode to Color

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Hey Friends

Cooler temps are beginning to drift down like autumn leaves in New York, at first one at a time here and there and then whoosh! before you can blink the trees are nekked for their winter rest. Well, almost, this is Texas and seasons are not the same here. A few things for you today… Continue reading Hey Friends

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West Houston Quilters Guild

Happy Friday friends. https://www.instagram.com/p/C9isrPCxIPD/ This was the only photo I managed to get. Wednesday I drove in to visit with the West Houston Quilters Guild. I missed the rain by this much | |, the clouds driving in and out were a sight to behold. Mammatus clouds, so fun. Humidity and curly hair have a… Continue reading West Houston Quilters Guild

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Thirty years a quilter

This afternoon I am pulling quilts and other things together so I can speak with the West Houston Quilters Guild, (their Instagram) offering the Learn to Stitch with Reckless Abandon lecture. It was a little dicey there for a bit because hurricane Beryl visited in just the right way causing damage and power outages. I'm… Continue reading Thirty years a quilter