Learning | The Quilt Skipper

I’m back: Teaching, applique and working with a new-to-me thread

December 12, 2024 4 Comments

I’ve missed a few newsletters and blog posts lately; it’s been wonderfully busy! I taught a fabulous class last Fri and Sat at the Meissner Main location. I had the most enthusiastic students with me for 2 days of “Fills For Days”. I covered tons of designs, showed supporting photos to spark creativity and along […]

Me, applique?!

March 28, 2024

NOTE: I won’t be publishing my newsletter this week as I’ve got family coming in for Easter! Soooo, I’ve been appliqueing this week, unusual for me. I took an excellent live online class from Kathie K Wylie who knows more than a bit about applique. It was specifically about the Appliquick method. I’ve had the tools […]

Adventures with my vintage quilt top

August 10, 2023

I have a real challenge on my hands with my vintage quilt. Just to refresh your memory, this is the top I’m working on: And it has had its share of challenges. It is a bit wonky and it has some, um, creative piecing: I suspect the maker was close to running out of border […]

Teaching and taking – Two teaching gigs and a fun sashiko class

June 8, 2023

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 […]

Playtime!

January 26, 2023

I had a play date yesterday, a rarity for me. I met with Linda Waddle, Lin Schiffner and Denise Schmidt to play with paper lamination and molding paste. Oh did I have fun! Linda is an expert at many methods of surface design and shared her techniques and knowledge with us. She has studied with […]

Diva Demos for NCQC

January 12, 2023

I am a Board member of the Northern California Quilt Council, and we we are a laison of sorts between teachers, guilds, shops and others in the Northern California quilting industry. When I first began to travel to teach in 2010, almost 100% of my gigs came through NCQC’s Meet the Teacher events. We […]

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