Creating an Improv Quilt
As a teacher, one of the questions I get most often from students in my Improv classes is “how do you know what to do?” followed closely by “how do you know when it’s finished?” Those are great questions with Improv quilting, because there’s no pattern and no rules to follow. For me, this is…
Confetti, Aquarius Going to Houston!
I’m pleased to announce that both of my quilts have been juried in to the World of Beauty quilt competition at the Houston Quilt Festival in October! I’ll also be teaching five classes, giving a lecture, and participating in the Friday Sampler at the event. Online enrollment is NEW this year, and will open on…
Curves, Solids and Prints Experiment
I’ve been experimenting with curved block compositions and combining solid and print fabrics in the same quilt top for the last week. It’s something I’ve thought about before, but I was inspired by a last minute tweak to a class I taught in Arizona last week. You can read about the class here. Many of…
Artful Improv Class at Artistic Artifacts May 12
I’m excited to be teaching my popular “Artful Improv” class at Artistic Artifacts in Alexandria, VA on Saturday, May 12 this year. In this playful class we learn how to design quilts improvisationally, without a pattern, so each quilt is unique as its maker. There’s no way to make a mistake, and it’s always great…
Road to California Was a Blast!
I had a great time teaching at the Road to California show in Ontario, CA last week! It was my first time there–as a teacher and as a visitor. The students were great and the quilt show had some really wonderful work in it by some of my favorite artists. I taught my Artful Improv…
A Look Back at Fall 2017
This past fall has been quite a whirlwind with travel for shows and teaching, starting in a new cooperative space at Fiberworks Studio, plus shooting three segments for Quilting Arts TV that will air in 2018! And somewhere in there I decided it was time to revamp my website. Unfortunately all that meant that time for…
Prairie Star Quilters Teaching Trip
I’m just back home from a great trip to teach and lecture at the Prairie Star Quilters Guild in St. Charles, IL. It’s a large guild with about 300 members, so they have an evening meeting and a morning meeting to accommodate as many schedules as they can–what a good idea! I taught my Artful…
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…
Color Block Quilt in Progress
With all three of my commissions finished, I’m finally ready to work on some new ideas, like this Color Block quilt. Well–I’ve been ready, but didn’t have the time until now! I’m teaching a class on this Sunday at the Quilters of South Carolina Spring Meeting based on my Summer Breeze wall hanging from a…