Woot! I’ve got another article published! This one is an article about intentional improvisational piecing. I describe how I pieced my Wonky Tree Quilt: You could either use the pattern to create a quilt very similar to mine, or something smaller or larger! This moment is a bit bittersweet as F & W Media has… Continue Reading
My copies of the newest Quilting Arts arrived! I’m in really good company with Deborah Massie Boschert’s art on the cover: along with friends Lisa Chin, Lynn Krawczyk and Sue Bleiweiss! (I’ve never met any of these folks face to face, but have grown to know them through the years on Facebook) This is their “open studio” issue, with 8 artists showing their… Continue Reading
The folks at Interweave/F&W Media have rebranded Quilting Arts Gifts into Modern Patchwork Gifts. I’ll have to admit that made me a bit sad – my very first published pattern was my little mod house ornaments in the 2010 editions of Quilting Arts Gifts. I really really love all things Christmas, so have always been… Continue Reading
Since I’ve got my Holiday Open Studio this weekend, I thought I’d make some ornaments to have available for sale! I have some of my Jewel Tone fabrics already fused with wonder under, so I cut out the shapes: and fuse them onto white felt: Then I add Free Motion Machine Sketched details to the… Continue Reading
I’ve been so busy that it’s taken me a couple of weeks to share my latest magazine publication! I’ve got 2 projects in the 2015 edition of Quilting Arts Holiday, my Retro Ornament Wall Quilt and my cute little Bird Ornaments! Every time my work is in a magazine, I marvel at how they… Continue Reading
Holy Moley! My Jetson’s Christmas art quilt is being considered for the cover of Quilting Arts Holiday magazine this year! Feel free to vote for it if you like! (Or vote for either of the other ones…they’re all gorgeous!) I made this art quilt earlier this year, and whether or not it’s on the cover, the… Continue Reading
Wahoo! My Mid Century Modern House Pillows pattern is in print in the Spring 2015 issue of Interweave’s Modern Patchwork! You may remember my Mid Century Modern House Pillows that I made for my family room: I really love them! And when the call for this magazine came out, I thought they would be a… Continue Reading
It was under a year ago that I wrote a similar post: Folks who follow me on Facebook saw the post a few weeks ago that I’d received an email promoting Quilting Arts Gifts 2013/14, and I was excited to see my art on the cover! And, like last year, I wanted to wait to… Continue Reading