Teaching Free Motion Quilting
New England Quilt Seminar – 2025
I am still catching up, going into the Way Back Machine. I taught for the first time at New England Quilt Seminars, Sept 21 – 25, 2025 and I loved it! It is David Taylor’s vision come to life; the mission of NEQS is to “present workshops by highly-sought-after professional instructors in a relaxed, inspiring…
Read MoreTwo guilds and an unexpected adventure
I had a lovely week with visits to 2 guilds! I began the week with a Monday flight into San Diego for a visit with the El Camino Quilters in Oceanside (far north San Diego County) for a Tues AM lecture and Wed half day workshop. It is a beautiful area, even though it…
Read MoreEmpty Spools 2025
I did a lousy job with photos and this post will probably not reflect the absolutely joyful, inspiring and fabulous time I spent teaching at Empty Spools. I’ll do my best, but I took zero photos of in-class time. I make the seminar essentially what I am going to call “Assisted Independent Study”. I added…
Read MoreCatching up!
I’m back! It’s been a very busy few weeks and I have few photos to show for it. I was recently named Director of the Northern California Council of Quilt Guilds (NCQC), an organization that “facilitates communication between quilt guilds, teachers, and others in the quilting industry”. It has been a real struggle to…
Read MoreI’m back: Teaching, applique and working with a new-to-me thread
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…
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