Twenty twenty is off to an amazing start in ways that I’m looking forward to sharing over the next several months. What I can share with you now is that I’m teaching at International Quilt Festival in Houston, I have two classes Beginner Machine Quilting and The Weight of Color (a drawing style class). As… Continue reading Twenty twenty, Imagine and Beauty
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So I realize that it’s been a while! I apologize. I have started to accept customer quilts again, it’s difficult to try and get it all done but I’m trying!
I have had this new Rulers for Rookies 2 Kit in the works for quite a while now. I can say as of today…. it is done! I had so much fun designing this panel! It comes with 5 different rulers. ProCircle 7, ProEcho 12, ProPebble 3/4 – 1.75, Pro and my favorite…. the ProLine 8!
There is also a class to go along with this ...
read moreLast week, I taught my first quilting class! I taught "Introduction to Paper Piecing" at Capital Quilts in Gaithersburg, MD. I had eight students in my class and the vast majority had never done any paper piecing before!
One of the most fun things I love about teaching others to quilt is seeing their joy when they successfully learn to make a quilt from start to finish! So I love traveling the country and meeting enthusiastic quilters who end up becoming my quilty friends. But I know not all of you can come see me in person, and there’s no way I can get everywhere I’d love to. So that’s where my online videos come in.
I’ve filmed 3 comprehensive video classes with Bluprint (formerly Craftsy) along with being featured in a roundup video ...
read moreI thought that while I'm thinking of what I'd like to accomplish this year, I'd take a look at what I wanted to accomplish last year. And whether I managed to accomplish anything at all. Sometimes it seems that I did very little, but I know from this post yesterday that is not how 2019 went down.
Back in January 2019 I wrote that I'd like to try to
I hope you all know by now how much I absolutely love traveling all over to meet enthusiastic quilters and make new friends! I especially enjoy going to places I’ve never been before, especially when it’s a long-time regional show such as the Minnesota Quilter’s Show & Conference.
Can you believe they held the first show in 1976 and it’s been running continuously now for the past 20 years. How cool is that?? Well today is opening day for registration, and show dates are June 11-13 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Minnesota quilters get priority registration starting today ...
read moreHow to make a Wizard of Oz inspired flying monkey costume ... with pictures and directions. Leave the wings off, add elf stockings and, yes!, you have an elf costume! (Directions in red are suggested changes for an elf costume.)
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| Supplies: shirt, white and red felt Cut the bottom four inches off the shirts. (Use a green shirt or change the colors as you'd like for the elf. Don't cut the shirt at all and you can make the design longer for more color.) |
Friday January 17, 2020 I’m teaching a beginner/intermediate machine quilting class with the Village Squares Quilters from 9:30 – 3. Location is on the Village Squares Quilters website. Please contact Donna VSQ@villagesquaresquilters.com VSQ@villagesquaresquilters.com; for all the information including class fee and location. I’m going to approach this class in a specific format quilting a particular… Continue reading Local Quilting Class
read moreHey folks, my teaching schedule for 2020 is pretty much all locked in. I hope one of these events is near you, and that you will join me in some quilting fun and learning. I am currently booking for 2021 and 2022.
The quilts you are seeing here are the ones that were exhibited in the show The Pieced Canvas at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego, California last January.
Checked Out 25” x 25” 2019
January 2020
Craft Napa
Friday, January 17 – Sunday, January 19
Designing From the Scrap Bag—Friday, January 17, 2020 (all-day)
Making Prints From ...
Hey everyone,
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I had some new additions to my house… it definitely kept things interesting .
I am heading to NYC next week (Dec 13th) to Gotham Quilts and there are still some spots left. Rulers for Rookies is on tap for Friday afternoon and Friday evening! Come spend some time in the city…. check out the tree and enjoy the atmosphere! It is sure to be a great time and if you haven’t been to the shop… its worth the trip.
Rulers for Rookies a great introduction to using rulers on ...
read moreI spoke about it in several blog posts since the beginning of the year ... And at last, it happened ! I teached my two day class about Improvisation last Friday and Saturday.
J'en ai parlé dans plusieurs articles depuis le début de l'année ... Et c'est enfin arrivé ! J'ai donné mon cours d'improvisation sur deux jours vendredi et samedi derniers.
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A Guest post from Elizabeth Rosenberg, the Quilt Whisperer. Elizabeth attended Threads of Success at Quilt Market in October. Thank you Elizabeth for taking the time to write, and share your experience of this Inaugural Threads of Success. Note: all photos courtesy Elizabeth, used with permission Quilts, Inc Press Release I first became aware of… Continue reading Threads of Success: Impressions of an Attendee
read moreYears ago, I would read my quilting magazines late at night, and I would see the ads for the Hudson River Valley Art Workshops, and wish I was there.
At the time, we lived in rural Alaska with three little boys and the idea of traveling to upstate New York to study quilt making was really just a late night wish before a slumber frequently broken by toddler demands.
Time passed.
I began to teach—just a gig here and there. The boys grew.
And grew.
And then one day there was an email from Kim Polla inviting me to ...
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So much has happened in the past 2 1/2 weeks: International Quilt Market, International Quilt Festival, and a whopper of a cold, a lovely weekend with my older son and DIL, and some home improvements. So I’ll start at the beginning…with one detour: I sold a quilt at Festival after all! I’ll post on that in a few days (I shared on FB), but first let’s start with Market. And read to the end for the big surprise!
I arrived on Sunday of Quilt Market–usually I fly in on Tuesday or Monday and begin ...
Did you know that I teach locally occasionally? Yep… I sure do! In fact, I will be teaching at Ladyfingers Nov 21st! One of the great things about this class…. and I don’t want to toot my own horn but there are many…. is that you do NOT have to lug a sewing machine! This is a design class…. so if you have problems figuring out what to quilt on your tops… especially those that have some open space… this class is for you! Divide and Design!!! You’ll never look at another quilt top the same way!
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Are you planning to attend MQX quilt festival? It takes place April 14-18, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire. This will be my second time returning to the show and I can’t wait!
I’ll be teaching my most popular machine quilting workshops and lecture!
Here’s my complete schedule:
