So how do I Design a Quilt? On the evening before Thanksgiving Day, 2014, I gave myself a challenge. I was sitting in the family room with my Dear Husband and realized that I we were snuggling under quilts made by other people. What’s up with that, I thought? So, I said to myself, …
My good friend Kyra Hicks has done it again! Kyra is a writer, researcher and quilter–a woman of many talents. Kyra has published a book for quilters that we can use to create games, start discussions and jump start our own creativity. Kyra is a publisher and she has a blog with lots of information …
I love hearing the myths about what is a modern quilt. Here’s my personal list of Favorite Modern Quilt Myths. NOT ONE OF THESE MYTHS IS TRUE!!!! All modern quilts are grey. Modern quilters must use grey fabric. Modern quilters cannot use batiks. No batiks ever allowed. A quilt must have at least 75% open/negative …
Hi Everyone, Congratulations to Elizabeth Dackson–a wonderfully creative modern quilter! Elizabeth has a new class on Craftsy on Foundation Paper Piecing. As modern quilters create more intricate and complex block designs, paper piecing by machine is the way to go. Elizabeth is a wonderful teacher–she spoke at the Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild a few months …
Hi, You may have already heard, but I have THRILLING News to share. I was just elected to the Modern Quilt Guild Board of Directors!!! www.themodernquiltguild.com I will be representing the Individual Members and Guilds of this fast growing community who live in Region 4, which covers a lot of states from Maine to Florida. …
Hi, People often ask me where my inspirations come from for my quilt designs. I thought I’d start a series of blog posts showing some of the steps along the way. In this posting, I’ll show you some of the sources for my new quilts in the Sarasota Sunset Series of quilts. First, a word …
I thought it would be fun to post some of my art quilts. Although I love,love, love modern quilting, I still occasionally make an art quilt strictly for the wall. Sacred Geometry 1 is made from commercial batiks and prints. I fused this quilt and machine quilted it. This is one of a series …
OK…..I just can’t stop praising this wonderful, handy book!! It’s the….drum roll please….. All-in-One Quilter’s Reference Tool: Updated by Harriet Hargrave, Alex Anderson, Sharyn Craig and Liz Aneloski The Quilter’s Reference Tool, or QRT as I call it, has been updated in February 2014 and reissued. I love this book for so many reasons–here are …
