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 ...
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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 ...
architextures win and headed to CAMP.
This is pretty exciting--the architextures big win over at Fat Quarterly. Thanks so much for all the architextures love. I am truly blown away. (And honestly a little nervous for the next ...
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 ...
Babies, a Blog Tour, + a giveaway.
Welcome! I am happy to be today's stop on the Modern Baby Blog tour. I had such a great time getting involved with this project. My contribution was this one. Tiny, ...
hi, april.
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. ...
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 ...
QuiltCon quilters’ crack.
I'm back and have never been so happy to start unpacking. As I catch back up on sleep and nourishment, I'll be gathering my thoughts on the show to share. For now it'll just have to be some drooling ...
a quilt a day: QuiltCon edition.
Rather than share another one of my quilts, I'm gonna post a smattering of some that I was able to spend some time with yesterday at the show. And the detail Alison Glass and Lucky ...
QuiltCon: Day 1. Awards.
Wow. QuiltCon is a lot to take in. I'm glad I'll be here for a few days. I'm taking a little break and thought I'd go ahead and post some quick pics from the morning from the awards ceremony. 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 ...
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 ...
winner.
Our winner is lucky #19--Trisha Weekes! I'll be sending you an email super shortly to get your address. Thanks everyone for all your comments! I LOVED reading about your favorite shops, and it feels ...
giveaway goodies.
I've been gathering some goodies for my giveaway. We've got a ticket for a Craftsy class, a couple postcards, and some architextures mini charm packs. Just leave a comment about your favorite LQS on ...
local shop love. (+ a giveaway)
Supporting local and independent business is massively important to me, not only because I work as an independent designer myself, but also because it's what I grew up with. (I love ...
lucky penny, lucky me.
Just a little over a year ago was when I first met Alison Glass. We were both at Quilt Market in Houston for the first time and showing off our stuff. And now, a year later, I'm thrilled to ...