It's been almost a month since QuiltCon Atlanta 2023--what a rush! For the first time I had a booth and it was a ton of fun. Here are some highlights from the show. Booth Building There's ...
travels
QuiltCon 2023 is almost here!
QuiltCon 2023 is almost here! I'll be heading to Atlanta next week for the big show which is February 23-26. I've always taught at the show, and so this will be my first time having a booth. Yay for ...
Slow Stitching retreat in Maine
Last month I taught at the A Gathering of Stitches Slow Stitching retreat in Maine. In my workshops we explored machine piecing techniques with my Long Leaf, Frond and Slash patterns. It's always such ...
2019 Fall Quilt Market in Houston
Before too much time gets away from me, I thought I'd share a bit from my 2019 Fall Quilt Market in Houston experience. (And do a giveaway!) By taking a booth break this past spring, I found myself ...
Spring Quilt Market 2017 in St Louis.
Spring Quilt Market 2017 in St Louis was fun, fast and a total whirlwind as usual. Here are some highlights. First, the booth--featuring my new patterns Eads and Tee, plus my new fabric Blake and ...
Best of 2016 + a giveaway
It's really crazy that 2016 is almost over. It's been a good year, and as always, I'm going to put together a little year-end digest to see what has happened. If you're like me and always thinking ...
Handmade Style: Makeup Travel Case.
I really needed one of these. My toiletries-schelpping-when-traveling situation hasn't been very pretty lately. Or very functional, to be honest. I was basically doing the ...
Fall Quilt Market 2014.
I've now been back from Quilt Market for almost a week, and I'm still catching up. It was a great trip, but it's also nice to be on the "after" side of the Quilt Market ...
Spring Quilt Market 2014.
Spring Quilt Market in Pittsburgh was a little over a month ago now (kinda hard to believe!)...which I guess means that it's time to share some photos from it. Better late than never, ...
Savor Each Stitch workshop at Gather Here.
Yesterday was my class at Gather Here in Cambridge. It was great and so much fun. We worked on Facing East from my new book. They have this wonderful annex above the shop with tons of light ...
NYC adventures.
I just got back from NYC and it was a blast. First up, was BEA for a book signing. That was an experience, for sure. It was great to see Lucky Spool's first 2 titles (mine ...
Happy Memorial Day and a giveaway!
Happy Memorial Day, friends. Who's sewing or up to anything else fun? Yesterday I sewed--all day--and it was great. I had some fun with konas. I've had this idea in my mind since ...
Pittsburgh and New York City events.
Today is a big day. It's finally time to leave for Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. Preparing for Market is always pretty consuming, and this one hasn't been too much different. I look forward to the ...
SewDown Nashville!
Here's a little bit of what went down at the SewDown. Robert Kaufman made sure there were mini charms with some of my favorite fabrics waiting for each student. After getting ...
Quilting Florida and packing for a SewDown.
I'm getting the final pieces together for my (very soon) exhibit at Bok Tower--it opens Saturday--and will include a few images (like the one above) from my upcoming book. After posting this ...
Spoonflower visit.
Recently I was in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to teach. While I was there, I was very lucky to have been able to sneak in a trip to Spoonflower. Wow. That place was amazing. You are greeted with ...
SewDown Nashville.
... This was just recently announced. I'm so excited. What a weekend. Registration opens Monday (November 11). See the Modern Quilt Guild for more info. ...
booth pics and new stuff.
Finally, some pics from Market. But first, I've got some new stuff. + Two new patterns, Focal (a new paper piecing project, on left) and Botanics (new to my Slow Sewing Studio, on right and in the ...
taking in the scenery.
Where I live in Florida is pretty much at the center of the peninsular part of the state. Florida can be interesting place in that each part can be quite a bit different from the next. Over the last ...
recent Bok visit.
It was beautiful--as always--to visit Bok Tower yesterday afternoon. It's certainly one of our local luxuries, and they make great efforts to preserve and showcase much of what makes this area so ...