Designing Confetti

Confetti is my newest art quilt and I’d like to share the process of creating it, because it’s a new way of working for me. This quilt grew out of my work at the Crow Barn last year, although it’s a completely new work–you can read about that experience here and here. I’ve always been…

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The Top is Finished!

Well, it’s been a long slog with this quilt, but the top is finally finished. I don’t know yet what to name it, but my working title right now is “Wings” because it made me think about butterfly wings while I was designing it. It’s not perfect, but I learned a tremendous amount from working…

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Finally a Snow Day!

It’s snowing! This winter has been terribly cold, but we’ve had very little snow. It started yesterday with rain and sleet and turned into all snow this morning–lovely fat flakes. Spring isn’t here quite yet. I grew up in Florida and only saw snow for the first time when I was 18 years old and…

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The Design Wall is Full

Do you like to work on one project at a time or several? I almost always have multiple projects in process on the design wall in my studio. Next to my sewing machine, the design wall is probably one of the most essential tools in my studio. My design wall is full right now with…

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New Design Wall Up

I gave myself a couple of days off after getting back from the American Craft Council show in Atlanta. Poking around on the Internet to catch up with the blogs I follow, I found a great tutorial for a more permanent design wall to replace the large piece of batting I had temporarily (so I…

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