For the past three weeks, I have been head down at my sewing machine in an all out attempt to making five small pieces of quilted goodness. Last fall, the…
THE STORY I had a wonderful time teaching at Quilter’s Affair in 2017. My students were brave fun souls. I know it is difficult to create in an environment that…
My goal was to create 24 new pieces this year, but I came up far short of that. I find that I over and over again set unrealistic goals for…
On December 27, 2012 I wrote my very first blog post. I was determined to overcome my fear of technology, and I wanted to document my ongoing journey with cloth—quilts,…
Last year, many of you shared images of your handmade holidays gifts with me, and I wrote a blog post about it. I enjoyed seeing your gift ideas so much…
I want to take a moment and share a short story about creativity. For the past three years, I have taught Modern Broderie Perse at the International Quilt Festival in…
Back in April, I wrote a blog post called Meeting New People. This post was about my journey from being a Alaskan mother of three who made quilts to…
I don’t know what it is about being away from blog writing that makes it so hard to reboot. There is an element of stage fright that never seems to…
Time jumps forward at lightning speed when you are flying, teaching, lecturing, quilting, facing, shipping, and flying again. What? I know. It is all too much. Or another way to…
Dear Readers, Tomorrow is a big day in my world. Tomorrow, C&T Publishing will launch a ten day blog hop. Each day a different blogger will share what they like…
