While I was writing about Jimi Makes a Quilt, I realized that in order for you to learn how to miter a printed fabric, you first needed to know how…
Last fall, I wanted to make an election Color Grid quilt, but I ran out of time. I had the proto-type–my initial sketch of the quilt–but I failed to follow…
As an artist, I find that I am always doing things backwards or sideways. The path has been a series of turns that sometimes leads me right back to the…
Finally! I have finished a new Color Grid quilt. The sweater insanity and the studio remodel have meant I have spent very little time making quilts in the last four…
I know April is fast approaching, and that means I better have all my systems in place for the year. What you say? Aren’t you suppose to get your systems…
As my last blog post shows, I heart McCarthy, Alaska and the Wrangell Mountains Center (WMC). Since my first visit to the Wrangells to take a writing workshop with Nancy…
In 2001, I traveled from Valdez, Alaska to McCarthy, Alaska to take a week long writing workshop at the Wrangell Mountains Center. That week of writing in the Wrangells changed…
I don’t know if any of you have noticed that since I started blogging, I have shown very little new work. Almost all my posts are about old work. If…
In the spring of 2009, I applied for a Rasmuson Project Award. The Ramuson Foundation is an amazing organization in Alaska that works to improve the quality of life for…