We are zooming right into February in more ways than one. January went in a flash. I got a year older and hardly noticed. The pattern and repetition of our…
One of the first sort of quasi-original things I did in my quilting life was create the Artful Oven Mitt. Years ago, I used to make holiday gifts for all…
A couple of times a day I get an email asking what workshops am I currently teaching. To answer that question properly, I am writing this blog post AND posting…
Making Prints is the very first workshop I ever taught. Back then, students were subjected to a volcanic eruption of information as I attempted to teach them EVERYTHING in a…
Happy Holidays and Cheers to a NEW YEAR! If there is one thing that we all need right now, it is a NEW YEAR. For those of you committed to…
I know we are all maxed out on screen time. Yet, it is what we’ve got right now. We are either on the screen, or we are watching the screen.…
A lot has happened since I started teaching virtually on September 9, 2020. Basically, I am learning to ZOOM for a living. The traditional limits of me traveling to a…
I arrived in Los Angles on Friday, March 13 to teach for the LA Modern Quilt Guild. By the time I left, life as we know it was being shut…
This spring, Lisa Ruble, editor of Benartex’s e-zine Modern by the Yard, invited me to participate in her Modern with a Twist column. This column features modern quilter’s interpretations of…
I have struggled to figure out what I should be saying on social media. It all seems absolutely (kind-of-sort-of) irrelevant. What could I possible have to say to a world…