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It was a whirlwind trip in 3 parts, all of it fabulous! I taped 3 segments with Quilting Arts TV first, hosted by the fabulous Susan Brubaker Knapp. Oh how I wish I had taken more photos!! I will get more photos as they are edited, but I only have a few for this post, dang. All told, there is a staff of maybe 12 people there to make you look good. It is hard work for all of us. I had no angst about taping as I have done it before and I love to share what I do.…
NOTE: I will have a newsletter this week, but may or may not have a blog post or newsletter next week. Then I will be back in town for a bit, finally! My newsletter really is the epicenter of my communication; you can sign up easy peasy here. I could already write a long essay on “What I did on my Summer vacation”! July is usually my down month, but this one has by far been my busiest. I need to post about: – the Long Beach Quilt Festival – my Quilting Arts TV taping in Golden, CO – my…
NOTE: I am playing catch up and I am way behind. I am not sure if I am going to be able to post for the next 3 weeks. Next week will be big time prep for Long Beach (July 5 – 9, my travel dates) and then fly out 2 days later for a Quilting Arts TV taping in the Denver area. Who knows how much I will be able to post. Finally, I have a kitchen! This week has been very intense, spending 4 full days with my Organizer, but it is pretty much done. I am…
I had a fun visit to Amador County, “Gold Country”. It takes about an hour on mostly 2 lane roads to get to Pioneer, CA. The drive was so pretty – lots of flowers, a bit of still green grass and fields of grazing cattle. But no photos while I was driving! The grass has not been incinerated yet by triple digits so it almost looked like early spring. And for once, I remembered to take photos of the lecture and workshop!! This was a really good turn out and I got a strongly positive reaction to “The Beauty…
What a week! I taught at Meissner Main and at the Independence Hall Quilters in Arnold, CA and, I took a sashiko class at Meissner Folsom – whew! It was all fun. I taught Yes You CAN Free Motion Quilt! at both Meissner Main and to the Independence Hall Quilters in Arnold, CA. Meissner’s had a small and mighty class. Everyone was so well prepared, well machined and enthusiastic! It makes it easy and fun to teach such a great group. I also visited the Independence Hall Quilters in Arnold, CA for the day. I have never done this…
I have just had a blast quilting my vintage quilt top! These six things made the quilting process so much easier. You may not need these items for every quilt, but for this quilt, each one was helpful. It’s taking a LOT longer to finish this quilt than anticipated. Here we go: Basting with water soluble thread This was a vintage top and there were some challenges with wonky seams and such. It did not lay flat. I was committed to honoring the maker by not remaking it into a quilt that met modern technical standards. So I had…
It’s been a particularly busy 2 weeks! My 3-day seminar at Meissner Folsom was a great success. Seven eager students of varying degrees of experience gathered to learn as much as possible in 3 days. Unfortunately I was immersed in teaching and took only a few photos: This was the only “class photo” I took and one student was missing. One wonderful thing about a smaller class is that we can easily gather around a sample. I always teach with my camera and projector so that everyone gets a front row seat. But it is useful sometimes to have…
I’m making a run at completing my vintage quilt top in time to enter the Houston show. It’s a looooong shot but I’m trying, so I’m chained to my machine – dang! I have done the background quilting on all the blocks: And a few selected blocks (note that I have just sprayed at the blue wash out marker so it has not been completely washed out): I’m going to feather the dickens out of the sashing and border. I forgot that this quilt from Houston last year got me on this vintage kick. Isn’t this a fabulous quilt? There…
Oh what a glorious week it was ! I was privileged to spend 5 fabulous days with 14 free motion quilting students and it was a blast. We sewed and laughed and ate and got to know each other and quilted and even enjoyed a 2 min solo from our resident Dramatic Soprano. We came from diverse backgrounds with a spread of 3 1/2 decades and experience levels ran from never-done-this-before to skilled. I was so pleased that 14 quilters chose to join me! Asilomar is a spectacular location for a seminar such as Empty Spools. Quick scoop on…
NOTE: I’ll be teaching at Empty Spools next week and I may not have time for a blog post or newsletter. This week I will have a newsletter. The best way to follow me is through my newsletter – you get my blog post plus other interesting “curated content” (I just learned to call it that, snort!). You can sign up here for my newsletter. And I am active on FaceBook and Instagram too; I will be posting from Asilomar next week. It has been a this ‘n that kind of week with family time at Easter, working on my vintage…