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Bakersfield – the Cotton Patch Quilters of Kern County

August 30, 2019

It’s not surprising that it was hot in Bakersfield in August, but it was beyoooond hot! Most of my play was indoors so it all turned out well. Yeah, like THAT hot! It was 100 degrees at 9PM on Thursday. Given the high temps, this was not a visit where I went hiking! I left […]

Filed Under: Guild Engagements, Life, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

Counting…and a very awkward confession

August 8, 2019

  I’ve been doing a lot of counting lately as I make kits for upcoming venues: counting fabric bolts, squares of fabric, squares of batting, finished quilt sandwiches, kits for students and more. I realized there is a lot of counting in my non kit-making life too: I count laps in the pool, my minutes […]

Filed Under: Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Shows, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

Quite the Adventure: Rogue Valley Piecemakers, Grants Pass, OR

June 20, 2019

  I do love to travel and meet new people and last week’s visit took me to a new-to-me part of Oregon. Oregon is beautiful and the Rogue Valley was beautiful in a whole new way. Both Medford and Ashland are well-known nearby neighbors in Southwest OR. The Rogue River created the valley in which […]

Filed Under: Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

An Orange Co. adventure with the Flying Geese Quilters Guild

March 14, 2019

I flew to Southern California, Orange County, to spend some time with the Flying Geese Quilters Guild, an active guild with about 300 members. I arrived early afternoon on Saturday and was picked up by Bonnie who drove me to a lovely hotel. She left me with a goodie bag: Is that not the sweetest […]

Filed Under: Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

Craft Napa 2019

January 17, 2019

This was my fourth year at Craft Napa -what a thrill! Craft Napa is The Most Fun venue. I finally figured out what makes CN unique: the students it attracts are so engaged, so creative, so open to learning. It IS a different experience at Craft Napa! I wish I had taken more photos to […]

Filed Under: Learning, My book, Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

Craft Napa donation quilt – 2019

January 3, 2019

Craft Napa is coming up next week and I can’t wait! Among the preparations were creating donation piece(s) for Pokey Bolton’s fundraiser, Stay Pawsitive which this year is raising funds for Wags and Whispers, an organization that is helping the pets from the Camp Fire in Northern California. Pokey had asked for postcards, which I […]

Filed Under: Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

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