Quartered Log Cabin (white version – completed!)
Last Saturday, in my Aunt and Uncle's home in Green Lake, at 5am, I woke in time to see my family off for deer hunting. I set up my sewing machine in the window, waiting for the sun to rise…
Quartered Log Cabins (with tutorial)
Last weekend I taught a new class for the first time: intermediate improv. In this class, I go over my favorite improv blocks as well as some general approaches to color and value, and methods for combining odd-sized improv…
Boo! Finished Halloween Quilt
Remember this quilt top from last year? There's a tutorial for the patchwork in last year's post (link). I figured I should quilt it before Halloween came around this year! Thankfully, I had some deliciously halloween-y variegated thread from Aurifil…
The Flyers Quilt
Tomorrow morning, I'll be teaching the final installment of my beginners quilt class. What a treat this has been! I love making new quilters! I used this quilt in the class (which has been glimpsed here before when it was…
Would you like a studio tour? (Plaza Drive Studio 2013)
October marks my fifth month in my new studio space! Yay! And last week, I finally figured out how to take charge of the remaining disorganization. So, I did a run to Ikea, dropped some cash, and worked a lot…
Best Applique? Well, okay!
Just a quick note to say that my quilt The Painted Pebbles Quilt is hanging this week at AQS Quilt Week (October 2-5, 2013) in Des Moines, Iowa. Show details are here. And...drumroll please...my quilt won for "best applique" in…
Screenprinted Quilt Label (with tutorial)
I posted this picture (below) on Instagram the other day. It seemed to spark a lot of interest, so I thought I'd take a moment to talk about my screen-printed quilt labels. Why Screenprint a Quilt Label There are a…
Hand Quilting with Perle Cottons
Remember this quilt top and tutorial? It was inspired by a Garima Dhawan print and made with her permission. Last month I decided to quilt it up in order to submit it to AQS's Modern Challenge. I had originally planned on…
Rainbow Quilt of Experimentation
This quilt was glimpsed on this blog six weeks ago when I wrote about my productive weekend retreat with the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild. Well, it's done now, so I thought I'd sit down and explain how it came to…
Retreat Report: Teaching Improv at Camp Stitchalot
You guyyyys!!!! I had so much fun at Camp Stitchalot! Why? First of all, I managed to pace myself and not get tired until Sunday. Which was, of course, when we decided to do pictures of the teachers. That's…