Category Archives: Quilt

May32013

Quiltmaker Magazine’s 100 Block Blog Post

Sashed Circles

I’m so honored to have my block appear in Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 7! The newest issue of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks hits the newsstands on May 7th.

Inside this issue you can find my Sashed Circles block. I had so much fun designing and making this block and I am excited to share it with you in this magazine. You know how much I love hand stitching and making a quilt with this block is a [...]

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Dec242012

First Quilt

There are few things in life more satisfying than passing on something to the next generation. Something meaningful, unique and special that only you can teach. For me, its teaching my granddaughter to quilt. And this year, she FINALLY turned 6 so I thought she was old enough to make her first quilt.

We went to the fabric store where she picked out 4 different batiks that she loved and I cut them into 4″ squares. She sewed these squares into [...]

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Nov52012

#QuiltFestival

I just returned from spending 10 days in Houston and instead of being tired, I feel energized! What a wonderful experience!

I spent the first 2 days with my friends, Dana, Daniella and Raz from Valdani Thread. They graciously invited me to spend some time in their booth promoting my book. This was different from Spring Market because the wholesalers were already carrying my book and I didn’t need to sell them myself. So I spent most [...]

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Oct222012

Postcards at the Quilt Festival

Those of you who know Pokey Bolton, founder of Quilting Arts Magazine and TV, will know of her love of dogs. So it’s not surprising she is organizing a fundraiser for “Friends for Life” a non-kill adoption and rescue organization in her new home of Houston, TX. She asked teachers at the Festival to make some postcards to sell for $10 each to raise $ for this group. So of course, I did.

To those of you who know me, you [...]

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Sep302012

Modern Stupendous Stitching Quilt

I’ve been fooling around with adapting my Stupendous Stitching techniques to making modern-looking quilts. I really like how adding embroidery and decorative machine stitching changes the texture and look of quilts. It’s too bad that the written “esthetics” of the Modern Quilt movement has banned adding stitches like this. But those of you who know me know I rarely follow the rules. (What rules???)