Monthly Archives: August 2009

Aug302009

Taking Classes

Soon, I realized there is a parallel universe in quilting — the universe of Art Quilts. These people didn’t seem to care about matching points, following patterns, or making stuff from kits. they were “anything goes”, “let’s try it” and if the results were less than perfect, who cared!

My kind of people!

So, I began taking classes from the ones who taught and starting learning lots about creative stitchery, painting and other new techniques.

My first teacher was

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Aug152009

The Beginning

I’m going to start my story by explaining how I got started in this business of being a fiber artist. In 2005 I felt the need to contribute to charity by making things with my hands. I found a group of quilt makers who were making children’s quilts for firehouses to keep on their trucks to give to a child in distress. that sounded perfect. I hadn’t sewn anything since the early mid 70′s when I [...]

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Aug132009

Why I am Starting This Blog

I have spent my professional life in publishing and always thought “how silly that people are blogging away about their uninteresting lives on the Internet and people are actually reading this drivel.” And, who has time to write these things anyway? I’m never going to do this.

As a published author of several books on quilt-making and the business of publishing, I know how hard it is to write — put thoughts on paper (wow! That’s a phrase [...]

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