Quilt Market is looming, as it tends to do. That's fine. I mean there are still (quite a few) logistical things that need to be worked out, and my new stuff is not quite ready to see the light of day. ...
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a quilt a day: parade of houses.
I had a lot of fun designing my Local quilt, and I'm really into the idea of not only the project as a whole, but also breaking it up into fun, little flavorful goodies. I've got a few that I haven't ...
fun day at the expo.
I had a great time yesterday at the expo--especially teaching my class. Everyone caught on quickly and did beautiful work. No blood and no tears. Good deal. Deep in ...
aerial workshop this week.
And the samples are finally done. deep breath. There are two other colorways to this gang. Meet Mr. Cool. And Mr. ...
a quilt a day: sessoms + architextures.
I've always wanted to do a background color gradation with my Sessoms design. Using my architextures and coordinating Kona charm packs made it super simple. If you've already got the pattern, ...
a quilt a day: neutral stripes.
Disclaimer: This quilt was a joint effort. My mom pieced it. I quilted it. She doesn't even like paper piecing, and she managed to make it through. Well done, Mom! We went the ...
a quilt a day: backbone goes grayscale.
Who knew I'd get so obsessed with black fabric? Not me. At all. But I'm a changed woman. And here's the proof. I took my backbone into grayscale territory with my architextures. ...
a quilt a day: shirts with shirtings.
Before I get rolling on Day 1 of QuiltCon, here's my contribution for Day 2 of my mini quilt show. Shirts with shirtings. I know. Just crazy. hehe. But seriously. I ...
It’s on.
And you better believe I'm excited. Right now, I'm waiting to board my flight to Austin and QuiltCon is almost at my finger tips. While I'm waiting for that. Let's kick this adventure off with a ...
happy valentines day!
Aren't I just so festive? I started the morning off with some free-spirited, free-motion. Sometimes you just need to do some doodling, and that's exactly what's been going on here. The sample ...
modern baby.
Oh boy. This is a fun one, and the secret is officially out. I've got a little something coming out in a book super soon! Yay. The book is called Modern Baby, and it's chock-full of fun ideas for the ...
Small Business Saturday.
I do love local. And of all the promotional holidays we have going on right now, this is one that I'm happy to partake of. My mom, sister, and I will be venturing off to our local, independent kitchen ...
Workshop with the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild.
Over the weekend, I did a workshop with the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild and had a great time! Here are some shots from the day. We worked on my Olive quilt pattern. It's always really ...
Architextures tote for Laurie.
Quilt Market has always been a fun adventure, and this last time was especially nice because my sister Laurie came along to help. To show her some gratitude and also make sure she was ...
new patterns.
New pattern pages are up! And I'm so sorry for the delay. Local, Stripes, and Shirts are my new releases this fall. Read more about each in the page descriptions and stay ...
and we’re back (+ a giveaway).
I'm back from another great trip to Quilt Market. Woohoo! It's hard to believe that I now have 3 markets under my belt. Time sure is flying. It was really awesome having my ...
Georgia Quilt Show.
I got some awesome news this week. My Palmetto (not the version pictured above, but this one) won 2 awards at the Georgia Quilt Show--second place and judge's choice! I'm super thrilled and ...
feeling wild about texture and wildly strong.
Ah, texture. Such a wonderful thing. And one of my favorite things about quilting. It's been nice to be able to enjoy some of my quilts since getting them back recently. I ...
freshly photographed.
I finally got around to some photographing this week. Here are some shots of a little aerial sample from market. Enjoy! ...
lots of quilting.
It's Thursday already? Like my thread, these last couple weeks have disappeared. And there's probably some correlation. The spool on the left was brand spanking new one week ago, which means that I've ...