Today's review is of Geared for Guys by Emily Herrick of Crazy Old Ladies. Even if you're not aware of Emily's patterns, you may have seen her fun new fabric line: Technicolor. Image swiped from the Michael Miller website; hopefully they don't…
I taught my first class in the fabulous classroom at Pink Castle Fabrics last night! It was so much fun. The class is Improvisational Patchwork (Improv 101) and students are meant to come in with sewing machines and scissors and…
About a dozen folks from the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt guild and some friends went on a retreat last weekend. It's at the same B&B where Camp Stitchalot is held, so it's like a home-away-from-home for me at this point. In…
At the beginning of August, there's another Camp Stitchalot coming at you! I get to teach (yay!) But even better, I get to teach alongside Dan Rouse, Amanda Jean Nyberg, and Jacquie Gering! Four quilters that love improvisational piecing. Last…
I've been working hard getting class listings ready for Pink Castle. (By the way, if you're near Ann Arbor, sign up for the local newsletter to get class lists and in-store coupons here: http://tinyurl.com/pinkcastleLOCAL). As part of this, I've been talking…
Sometimes I'm a morning person. Sometimes I'm not. And when I'm having a bad morning I can only handle routines--shower, coffee, drive to the studio. I find it very difficult to dive into creative work. And if I'm having a…
Portland was great. I know Quilt Market looks like a ton of fun on Instagram, but i find it exhausting and a lot of work (probably because I arrive as an introvert with a long to do list). Graphic from…
Things are crazy over here. I moved my studio. I've taken on a new job. (That's me on the left and Whitney and Adam of Pink Castle Fabrics on the right). I finished another quilt! Ye olde studio was getting…
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Camp Stitchalot at a sweet B&B near Ann Arbor. Most of the activity takes place in the converted barn. The ground floor of the barn has space for so many sewists! That's Stephanie…
Don't worry about the title of this post yet, it's basically gibberish. This is a post about this little quilt I made: Ta da! Okay, you know I'd rather show a quilt in progress than spring it on you when…