Thread manufacturers, please listen!

  I’m in the midst of a wholecloth trapunontoed quilt, hellbent on finishing sometime this century. If you’re working in both wholecloth and trapunto, your entire world is thread and tension. So maybe I’m just a wee bit a little hyper-focused. But I do know my thread. I am working with two high-quality threads, no…

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Roseville Quilters Guild Show 2019

This was definitely the best show I have seen from the Roseville Quilters Guild. The applique and quilting were exquisite and there was lots of variety. They installed additional lighting and every shot I took was right into a light, so I had to mess with the color to get definition on some of the…

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“My” Jennifer Sampou quilt is at Quilt Market right now!

  I am still in awe that this happened: late in February, just as I was in full-tilt panic mode with deadlines, I got an IG message from Jennifer Sampou. She wanted ME to quilt something for her. Say whaaaat? Back story first: Jennifer pulled off a herculean move and timed the release of her…

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SAQA Conference 2019 – Part 2

Saturday’s schedule was jam packed with lots of art in the afternoon, followed by a banquet and the Spotlight Auction.  I chose the tour with 3 museums, which was ambitious. There was so much art packed into such a short time that I felt like I just got a taste of each, but that was…

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SAQA Conference 2019 – Part 1

    It’s hard to explain what a Studio Art Quilt Associates conference with 200 artists is like. Here is a jumble of words and feelings to get things started: -Happy, joyful, excited, engaged, inspired, encouraged -Unique hair, shoes and jewelry -Inclusion of all – no cliques -There were Legends in attendance, artists that created…

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