Coming soon to a sewing room near you...it's actually your sewing room I'm teaching four classes this fall with John C Campbell Folk School on Lesson Face Beginning in late August is Foundations in Free-Motion Quilting | Lessonface six weeks2 1/2 hours each weekPiecing, practicing and quilting are all part of the fun. Color Theory… Continue reading Upcoming Classes
Lorelai's First-Time Quilter's HandbookFrom Basics to Beautiful QuiltsA Complete Guide to Quilt Making232 pagesLandauer Publishing (a division of Fox Chapel - $24.99Lorelai KueckerPigs in a Blanket Quilting Lorelai's work has come up in my big picture book app more than once. Smitten with her quilted garment construction, it's hard not to be smitten with her… Continue reading The Book Report
Procrasti-blogging: writing a blog post when there are ten other things in need of doing. The opportunity to write this afternoon is too good. I am going to figure out where I am in piecing several blocks with this scrumptious Cherrywood Fabric. It is quite gorgeous, isn't it. There are at least 9 blocks here… Continue reading Procrasti-blogging
WordPress recently notified me that I've been blogging on this site for 18 years. First of all, where did that time go? And secondly, there is a need to post with greater frequency. So here I am today blogging away with my favorite movie in the background. Tidying up my studio from four weeks of… Continue reading Well, where did that 18 years go?
After finishing piecing a row of quilt blocks I checked the stitch count on the BERNINA 560 and it's just over 1.5 million stitches since the last service. That was just over five years ago. That's not a lot of stitches when 3 million per year is average expected. I clearly have not been doing… Continue reading Welcome to 2026
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
Hey Quilters!Join me Thursday in October for two great classes through John C Campbell Folk School on LessonFace: Foundations in Free-Motion QuiltingFoundations in Free-Motion includes piecing where cutting, thread and moderate speed on the machine guide us into good stitching and prepare us for the free-motion we'll do over the next few weeks.Color Theory for… Continue reading Upcoming Events
A Creative Life There are times when one must exercise certain skills in order to maintain the level of proficiency one has, or in this case, someone requested cookies & cream something for a breakfast meeting we're having. Baking is a skill wherein I'm still learning the rules as there are still so many things… Continue reading Baking, Quilting, Writing
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
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
