SAQA Auction is going on now!
The Studio Art Quilts Association (SAQA) annual Auction of 12″ square art quilts is going on now. Quilts in Section 2, including mine, are up for bid starting at 2 PM today, September 25. It’s a reverse auction, so the price goes down each day. Today’s price is $750. Tomorrow, Tuesday September 26, the price…
Fun with Artful Improv Classes
I’ve had fun teaching Artful Improv classes the last few weeks! So I decided I should do a roundup of some of the wonderful work that has been created in my recent classes. Artful Improv is the name of my book: Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting, and you can…
The Story of “Wildflower Honey”
I saw a blog post from my friend Maria Shell yesterday reminding me about the Blogger’s Quilt Festival going on now. I realized I only had one day left to enter, so I’ve decided to tell the story of “Wildflower Honey” for the Modern Quilt category. I created this quilt–20″x 20″–for the Cherrywood Fabric Lion…
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival opens this weekend!
Today is setup day for the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival in Reston, VA. The car is packed and ready to go when the venue opens this morning. And the sun is shining! The show opens tomorrow, Saturday May 21 and runs through Sunday, May 22. Hours are 10-6 Saturday and 10-5 Sunday. There will…
My Improv Workshop Was a Blast!
My “Building Blocks of Improvisational Quilting” workshop this past weekend was a blast! I was fortunate to have six enthusiastic, motivated students, and thrilled that each one finished a top entirely of her own design. The class went for two days over the weekend. The first day we talked about color and improvisational design, and…
Yellow or Orange?
I was in my studio last week working on some new compositions, and I need some advice. Do you like the yellow and gray design or the orange and gray one? These are likely to turn into pillows, but I think the idea might be interesting enough for a series of wall hangings. What…
“Rock Houses” in Process
I’ve spent most of this week working on Rock Houses, at left, to make a photography deadline. It’s always a strong motivator when I have an appointment with Greg Staley, who does all my professional photography (unlike the snapshot on this page!). I’ll replace this poor photo with his as soon as it’s available. (UPDATE:…
“Green Totem” – Entry into the Blogger’s Quilt Festival
I just discovered the Blogger’s Quilt Festival sponsored by Amy’s Creative Side and decided to add my “Green Totem” wall hanging to the “Home Machine Quilted” category. “Green Totem” is part of an ongoing series of wall quilts exploring improvisational piecing of solid color fabrics. I want to create strong graphic compositions and then enhance them with…
Wonky Circles Again
Funny thing happened the other day when I was writing my post about the Wonky Circle quilt–I meant to press the button to “preview” the post so I could see how it would look once it was published, but I accidentally pressed “Publish” instead! In three years of blogging, I think that’s the first time…