Oh I am a tease aren't I?! See this quilt? Well the front of it got juried into the New England Quilt Festival. Click on the link to see a full list of the finalists. Congratulations to EVERYONE. Looking through that list - there's some amazing competition, meaning that there will be a lot of… Continue reading New England Quilt Festival!!!
Tag: MQX Show
New England Quilt Festival
I get to teach 4 classes over 3 days at the New England Quilt Festival in Manchester New Hampshire April 10 - 13. Here's the link to my faculty page. April 11 morning - Let Your Foot Loose, Be Fancy & Free is all about learning machine stitching motifs that can be used on quilts.… Continue reading New England Quilt Festival
Keith is a calendar guy!
Well at least his quilt "Curvilinear Energy" is! MQX Calendar 2013 FINAL Isn't it beautiful! Congratulations Keith. Janet-Lee and Mary announced last night a very exciting change with MQX! MQX East is now: New England Quilt Festival and MQX West is: Pacific Northwest Quilt Festival. The links will be active shortly and when they are… Continue reading Keith is a calendar guy!
MQX West just got a lot more exciting!
I get to teach of course and that always makes me happy. Really happy. I'm teaching 3 classes and I understand there's still room for students in them. I'd love to meet you. Yesterday afternoon Janet-Lee Santeusanio sent the email out saying "Congratulations your quilts are finalists!" I was bouncing off the walls. Well not… Continue reading MQX West just got a lot more exciting!
Teaching & traveling
I'm very grateful for the opportunities that quilting brings. The opportunity to be on the faculty of a variety of shows and work with quilt shops and guilds is part of a dream come true. I look forward to meeting you and as Alex Anderson says, we quilters do meet! Over the next couple of… Continue reading Teaching & traveling
MQX West – Portland
Just signed my contract for MQX West. I'll be teaching Beginner Freemotion Machine Quilting, Let Your Foot Loose Be Fancy & Free and And Now What?! Designs in Machine Quilting (this class will have some machine stitching!). I'd originally missed the deadline in January due to a serious case of "I'll do that later" brought… Continue reading MQX West – Portland
Mmmm, Food
I boogied back from Maine for a doctors appointment yesterday so I didn't have time to blog. I'm glad that I get to stay with my sister when I travel north as I get to spend time with my nieces. They are just such interesting people. My sisters are interesting and fun to be with… Continue reading Mmmm, Food
The men of MQX
While quilting is "typically" a womans world men in our industry take to it like a fly takes to honey. And just like women men run the gamut from very traditional to art and everywhere in between. A few years back I went to the Illinois State Museum where they had an exhibition of quilts… Continue reading The men of MQX
Machine Quilters Exposition
MQX is quickly approaching and as I've mentioned I'm excited to be part of this years faculty. I'm teaching: Wednesday April 11 8:00 - 12 Noon "Beginner Free Motion Quilting" Take this class to learn the rules of machine quilting needle & thread pairing, tension both machine and physical and we stitch, stitch, stitch!… Continue reading Machine Quilters Exposition
Coming up
Coming up over the next few weeks I have interviews with lined up 4 quilters with a few more down the line. These quilters include: Linda M. Poole, Mickey DePre and several others. This weeks will be very fun as this quilter is doing a big reveal later this week. I'll be updating my class… Continue reading Coming up