Posts by Jenny
The Men’s Quilts and Wa Shonaji Exhibits at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
I had a wee bit of down time during my visit to Denver in April and visited the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, CO. My sister sits on the Board of the museum and had some great insight into the two exhibits that were showing: “No Girls Allowed: 13th Biennial Exhibit of Quilts Made By…
Read MoreSometimes you can blame the fabric…
I’m kind of on a roll here with some quilting basics so I thought I’d focus on fabric this week. Your fabric makes a difference! I learned this early in my quilting days: This is a portion of a well-loved quilt that I made for my now 30 year old son. See how all the…
Read MoreSo what is the perfect stitch length for free motion quilting?
I continue to read articles and blog posts about the “perfect” stitch length for free motion quilting, as though it were a singular number. All that I have read and heard refers to the standard 2.5mm stitch length we would get with the default setting on our machines for feed-dogs-up quilting. Nope! It depends. This…
Read MoreNews about my book, friends in my studio and a new quilt
It’s been an intense week as I frantically worked to finish a new quilt to submit tothe World of Beauty show in Houston. I have been 100% accurate in my previous predictions of whether I’d jury in or not, but this time I am not feeling confident. But it doesn’t matter what I think, it’s…
Read MoreVisiting Colorado-The Quilting Council and Family
It was a fun week! I visited with my Sister and Brother-in-law in Morrison for a few days before spending time with the Colorado Quilting Council. CQC is not a guild, but state-wide organization that focuses on “preserving the heritage of quilting, to be a source of information and inspiration, and to encourage a high standard…
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