This is a quilt I finished almost two months ago! it was pretty big, and she hoped for a custom look without paying full custom prices, as well as one large feather over the borders. Once I found a path for a single start and stop, I was able to work back and forth, making […]
Archives for July 2015
How do you organize your quilting ideas?
It happens every couple of nights, where I start thinking about what I want to do next: feverishly planning a project from start to finish in my brain, hoping equally for sleep or the morning to come. When I finally do get up, though, these ideas seem to end up in random places, the notes […]
Somebody read my book! And liked it!
Right now, I’m in a period of time that I tend to think of as “The Vacuum”. The final edits for Wanderlust Quilts have been done for months, the book is at the printer, and the ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) has made it out to a few people. I haven’t seen it yet, and so I’ve […]
Introducing my new longarm, the BERNINA Q24
Back when I first started longarming, I had expected and planned to do certain kinds of quilting: I’d quilt for others, probably pantographs, and save the custom work for my own quilts. What actually has happened is that I have ended up doing custom for nearly everyone, with only 2 pantographs requested in the last 3 years! In […]
The #sewtake20 experiment
It’s a chronic problem: having the desire, no, the need! to make things and feeling there is never enough time. Between the kids and the business and many important but secret deadlines, I’ve really been feeling stretched thin, and the things I have been craving to make keep getting set aside. I know I’m not alone. […]
My podcast with Pat Sloan is available!
In case you missed it, my interview with Pat Sloan is in the archives and ready for listening! You can find it here, at American Patchwork and Quilting Radio or on Pat’s website here. I’d love to hear your thoughts! We talk about my quilts, quilting, and my book. happy quilting, y’all!