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 ...
behind-the-scenes
back at it.
CAMP was awesome. 4 days in the High Sierra Mountains with some awesome new friends plus totally unplugging did this body good. I'm totally stoked to be doing what I do and am ready to jump ...
intro to tangelo.
Tangelo is one of my recent newbies. She's a paper-pieced triangle project with plenty of sizes to choose from. I've never been one for a lot of precise pre-cutting, which is one reason why this is ...
back from Portland.
I had a GREAT trip, and I'm really excited to have launched loads of new stuff. It's always fun seeing (and making) friends in the industry, scoping out what everyone has been working on, and ...
a little peek.
I feel like I'm finally starting to come out from under my quilt market rock. These last few weeks have felt kind of intense as I put the finishing touches on a bunch of new stuff that I'm about to ...
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 ...
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 ...
shipping central.
My packing tape got a serious workout today. I just sent lots of my babies into the world for some fun things that are coming up. First on the agenda is QuiltCon. Oh man. I know ...
hello new year!
I'm feeling quite refreshed after taking a break. I had my computer turned off for at least a solid week, which is nothing short of a miracle. I did sneak a moment here and there on my ipad, but ...
very special delivery.
Got a sweet, surprise delivery at the Friedlander house today. Sorry for the tease, but I'll give you a clue. It's kind of why I haven't been sharing very much eye candy ...
I am loving…
kona fern, cactus, and teal blue (together and separately) ikea keeping me organized stack of taupe-y goodness (what to make, what to ...
hello quilts.
They're baaack... ...all six of them have been traveling around and apparently having a great time this summer on tour. I'm totally honored to have had so many wonderful shops hosting them all over ...
aerial eye candy.
For whatever reason I'm having a difficult time focusing today, so I thought I'd share some (slightly random) eye candy from one of my newest patterns, aerial. Enjoy! ... First is an early sketch. I ...
making a clean spot.
In starting a business (and also in life) there's a certain amount of necessary and miscellaneous stuff that starts to accumulate - in piles in my case. Quilting goods pose a similar threat, but my ...