Why do I sew? Why did I choose sewing–specifically quilt making — as a medium for expressing my creativity? Since I was in college, I have loved visual art. I am especially in love with 20th century painters in the Colorfield genre. I studied the works of Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, […]
Today’s prompt is Show Us Your Fabric! I’m not super organized but I have a basic plan. And I try to keep it up — although this means a general clear up about every few months. So this is another honest craft room post, my dear friends! I keep my grunge, ombres, some solids and
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Well this is an easy post! I’m combining two post prompts in one. My Favorite Color: Yellow!! I have always used yellow or it’s cousin, gold. I’ve been using it a lot in my modern quilt designs. Yellow livens up the other colors. It adds vibrancy. I use deep or strong yellows–no pastels for this
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Today’s 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge prompt was ‘first quilt projects’ and I will share a few of those. And, I’m going to detour and also talk about just a few of my early important influences too. I started quilting over 30 years ago to make family quilts. Unfortunately, I don’t have photos of those
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I love seeing the #honestcraftroom on Instagram–it definitely helps to know that most of us don’t work in professionally decorated studio sets. Of course, a woman can always dream about a 400 square foot space with long design walls and built in overhead LED lights….and an assistant to do the pressing and cleaning up. Sigh……..
I’ve decided to take part in the 31 Day Blog Post Writing Challenge for December 2020. So, each day, I will use the prompts list…or my variation on that prompt–to write a blog post. I want to keep this blog series fun and interesting for both you and me. So, here are my commitments to
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I am thrilled to announce a new series of interviews with some of my Quilt Friends– all artists , quilters, curators, designers and entrepreneurs—now available on my YouTube channel. The series is called “On the Design Wall”. I have just uploaded the first two interviews in this series with many more to come in the
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I love the look of machine quilting on modern quilts. I wanted to use my walking foot but still go beyond simple or even complex lines to create unique quilting lines and shapes in my modern quilts. I wanted to break away from repeating the same shapes over and over. I did not want to
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I am beyond thrilled to announce that I launched my MidCentury Modern Online Quilt Class! This is an On Demand Quilt Workshop — you have immediate access to all of the course videos and materials immediately after you register. You can view the video tutorials as soon as you register and view them at your leisure.
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I had a great time teaching at Mountain QuiltFest in Pigeon Forge Tennessee this month. I taught five modern quilt classes and gave a lecture, “What Makes a Modern Quilt?”. Several of the classes used patterns from my book, Madly Modern Quilts . The Fibonacci pattern and the X block pattern can be purchased here.
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