Mirth is one of my favorite words and now it’s finally a quilt. Last fall, Brenda of Just A Bit Frayed asked if I’d like to design a quilt using RJR’s Cotton Supreme Solids and, of course, I said yes! They have a lovely feel, sewed up beautifully and I couldn’t have been more pleased with […]
Introducing Mirth, a paper-pieced mini Read More »
Just before QuiltCon I posted a pic on Instagram of a new little zipper pouch I’d made just for the trip that had a slightly wonky log cabin block inset into the side. One of my followers thought it looked like some sort of magic trick with no outside seams and I promised her I’d
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Late last year, I teamed up with Bill Volckening to brainstorm some modern art-inspired quilt designs. Over a couple of dinner meeting, we settled on something reminiscent of Matisse’s paper cuts with a touch of Rorschach, deciding that it should be all needle-turn applique in the spirit of traditional Hawaiian quilt making. Over the next
The Making of Red, a quilt Read More »
I got this wild idea about three years ago, that I wanted to make a string quilt that goes from white to bright and I’d embed my favorite quote in it. I plotted it out on the computer and then just let it sit there, for years. But recently I realized that I have made
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We started with the Fancy Fox this week for the Fancy Forest Quilt Along because it’s the easiest of the blocks, but there’s one part that seems to bug a lot of participants–that nose! It either get chopped off or ends up narrower at the bottom than it should be. The way that Elizabeth has
Three Ways to Make that Fancy Fox’s Nose Read More »
I got a bee in my bonnet about the Fancy Forest quilt last fall and managed to get Fabric Depot to agree that we should do a quilt along class for it. Then I somehow put together a bundle of Me+You batiks in a color array that dozens and dozens of people liked well enough to
The Fancy Forest Quilt Along, at last Read More »
You know how life is, right? Too often the daily bits get in the way of doing the things I really want to do…like update the blog, add new tutorials, finish that pattern, etc. Every New Year’s Eve I think this will be the year to get stuff done. And then suddenly it’s New Year’s
Trying to Catch Up Read More »
Life has been a little stressful lately with some pretty serious health problems for my dad, relationships that aren’t smooth sailing and having more month than money. So what do I do about? I start stitching little stuff, like this mini Bartow quilt using Kona mini charms from Quilt Market. Because sometimes I need to
As part of the 30th anniversary of Kona Cotton, 30 different designers were asked by Robert Kaufman Fabrics to design something to show off the beauty of Kona colors. I was particularly enamored with Carolyn Friedlander’s quilt: Bartow, so when my young friend Maya asked for that one, I was pretty excited to get the
Thoughts on: Making the Bartow Read More »
So I have a little pincushion addiction. I love making these little guys and after making a few dozen of them, I’ve figured out a few tricks to make them even more useful. The most important part is adding some weight. I also add covered buttons for a special pop. For my own and those
How to: Add Weight and Emery to Your Pincushion Read More »
