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?
Tag: quilting
Welcome to 2026
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
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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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Upcoming Events
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
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Baking, Quilting, Writing
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
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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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Mastering Color Confidence
On Thursday I joined Amy Barret-Daffin, Marci Baker, and Joen Wolfrom to talk about color. This Creative Spark Mastering Color Confidence course has three 1-hour panels for $19.99, talk about value for money. Sometimes pulling color together seems so challenging, yet in some ways it is as simple as pulling together our favorite colors and… Continue reading Mastering Color Confidence
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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
