Welcome, friends! Whether you’re here because of the Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Hop or coming by to see my new studio in Saratoga Springs, NY, I am delighted to show you what I’ve been up to (and why I am skipping Quilt Market this Spring). I have to start with the story behind my […]
Educating Your Quilty Self
I am back from a wild and crazy few months! Quilt Market marked the end of last-minute stress-inducing projects and now that I am back home I realized that I missed writing my blog posts. I don’t always have great pictures but I do think I have moderately interesting thoughts to share, and I really miss […]
Modern Quilts, Traditional Shows: My Interview with Scott Murkin, Part 2
This is Part 2 of my interview with Scott Murkin. In Part 1, Scott talked about his own background as a quilter and Certified Judge by the National Quilting Association, and the judging process for shows. The rest of his interview is below, and touches on modern quilts in traditional shows: Now that the categories have […]
What is (and isn’t) Modern Quilting, to ME
Quilts are done for the book, first draft of the manuscript has been turned in, and the revision process is just getting kicked off. I have a few more minutes in the day, though, to think about other things, and this topic has been on my mind a lot, since people are still talking about […]
Quilting Tutorial, Variations
I had meant to put this up around Valentine’s Day, because one of these looks an awful lot like hearts, and it’s probably as close to hearts as I get. In any case, these three variations are based off the earlier tutorial, with the first line being some form of swirl. The simplest variation is […]
