Many of you ask about my process of constructing an art quilt. In this post I want to show you a little glimpse behind the scenes. I'd like to use my latest quilt, Maples on Water, to show how I go about coming up with an idea and executing it.
My first step in building a quilt is to find ...
I'll be giving my power point lecture, "My Quilting Journey: Boundaries and Beyond" at the Heartstrings Quilt Guild tomorrow evening at 7PM. This guild meets at Lankenau Hospital so is fairly local to me and anyone living in the Philly area. Please check out http://heartstringquilters.com/index.ph...
I've had so many customers come into my booth and tell me about their ugly utility panels near their kitchens. They are usually customers who have just moved into recently built condos and they are searching for a decorating solution to this unsightly problem.
We are currently staying in a lovel...
This past weekend I was scheduled to do the Old Town Fine Art Fair but Rod was invited to speak at the Dock Mennonite Academy commencement so I needed an assistant. Our daughter, Katie, stepped up to the plate and drove up from Virginia to join me for a road trip to Chicago.
We had all day to se...
A synopsis of last week's road trip to Chevy Chase to lecture and teach.
Kim Kellman visited my booth while at a show in Bethesda in October of 2015. She is program chair for NeedleChasers of Chevy Chase and asked if I'd consider lecturing or offering a workshop for her quilt guild. Thus began ...
I was commissioned by Salford Mennonite Church in Harleysville, PA, to make an Easter Quilt this spring. Here is a short summary of my process.
After multiple sketches and consultations with Beth Yoder, one of the pastors, and hand dyer, Vicki Welsh, we settled on a design.
This...
I had not entered a quilt into a quilt competition for over a year. I'm not sure why. I had just been focusing on my Windows series for most of the year. It's hard to focus your attention on creating a body of work plus have the time to respond to all the calls for entry. Also, I wasn't sure th...
Giveaway time is here but first a little story.
We just got back from a wonderful little spur of the moment trip to the warm southern states. We had originally been on the wait list for the Fort Myers show but never got called - so sad! Well, we decided we needed a true vacation which didn't invo...
Happy New Year! I'm so proud of my new 2017 Art Quilt Calendar and have decided to do a giveaway. Wouldn't you love to be the lucky winner?
Below is a link to a video showing you every page, month by month so you can see exactly what you'll be getting. Ready? Click here to enter and fill...
Are you stymied by the daunting task of choosing art for your home or office? Do you make plans to attend a gallery opening or art show with the intent of finding that perfect piece of art to fit in your space, only to have all ideas of scale, color and style vanish with all the distractions of...
