The 2016 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop starts on June 13th! There are a ton of wonderful giveaways so please follow the hosts or go HERE to follow. I’m a member of this Hop, and my postings will be live on June 20th on my website. I’ll have some GiveAways on my blog to celebrate […]
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SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE IN THESE WORKSHOPS. I will be teaching a modern quilt workshop in June and July 2016 in Gulfport FL. The workshops will take place at FabricSmart located at 5401 Gulfport Blvd S, Gulfport FL 33707. To register, contact Karen Donnelly at 727-914-8850. Slow Curves and Strips: Modern Quilt Workshop Friday,
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I am hosting a quick and simple fabric and thread give-away because I now have 800 IG followers on Instagram. All right, all right, all right…. WINNER!! Jenny is the winner! Random number between 1 and 10 51 The Giveaway Prize! Fat quarters of modern fabrics by several designers, two spools of Aurifil Thread and
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My guild, Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild, just held its first very successful modern quilt retreat. I worked with several wonderfully talented members of the guild to plan and run the retreat and I thought I’d share some of our major lessons learned, along with lessons I learned running my own retreats. Keep it Small? or
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Hi Everyone, I’ve been absent from this blog for waaaay tooooo looooong……smile…. But, I’ve been super busy and that’s no excuse, I know. I’ve been doing everything from attending QuiltCon to teaching workshops to working on quilts for deadlines to attending a Quilt Judge Certification Workshop (more on that in the future). Thought I would
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The BeeSewcial group was created a couple of years ago. One of my goals for 2016 is to follow along and design my own quilt blocks using the prompts created by this very inspiring group of modern quilters. You may recognize the #BeeSewcial and #InspiredbyBeeSewcial tags from Instagram or their Flickr feed. Although this is
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NEW UPDATE 6/17/2016: Madly Modern Quilts is available now!! Click Here. Here’s my modern quilt book update. Good news is that after a fairly long holiday break, I’m back on track and making major progress. Here’s what I’ve accomplished to date: Hired my graphic designer and copy
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There’s a new quilt history online course being offered by Dr. Sandra Sider that will give you a foundation. The lecture series is being offered by the Texas Quilt Museum starting Feb. 1st. If you make a donation to the Museum, you will be enrolled in the lecture series!! It’s a bargain–the suggested donatin is
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I’ll be teaching a Modern Quilt Workshop at the Fabric-Smart Store in Gulfport FL on January 29, 2016. To register, call+1 (727) 914-8850. The shop is located at 5401 Gulfport Boulevard South, Gulfport, Florida US 33707. Modern Quilt Workshop Description Improvisation Made Easy: Fibonacci Style! Project: Quilt measuring approximately 59 by 62 inches. Pattern Designers:
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Thanks to Jen at Quilter In the Closet for creating the 100 Day Challenge–100 days is a very do-able challenge. Here are my three challenges for the next 100 days: Finish and publish my first book–Sarasota Modern. Milestone update: I’ve hired a graphic designer and copy editor so I now have help. This is
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