After a bit of a teaching hiatus, I’m returning to the classroom and lecture hall this October, and I’m so excited to connect with people over quilts in person. If you’re in the New York/New Jersey area, there are two fabulous shows coming up, and I’m teaching a no-sew class affiliated with one, and lecturing at the other.
I had been really hard on myself for not updating the blog much in 2023, and then somewhere in the course of the year I learned that being hard on myself is really… Continue reading
Hello, neglected blog. Something about this spring is extra springy– along with the blooms and shoots, I am emerging from a season of underground transformation that has felt long and dark. But while… Continue reading
There’s a technique in talk therapy in which you remember a painful time in your past that I’ve found to be really powerful. You articulate what you needed in that moment, then imagine… Continue reading
This piece (like 2017’s Neighbors) was inspired by the shapes created by window blinds as the light changes through the day in my house.Through my improvisational process I thought about what it means… Continue reading
Many things in my quilting life have slowed down in the last two years, from literally sewing by hand to the social life that I once enjoyed with other quilters. But these few… Continue reading
(I’m catching up on some work that I posted on Instagram but wanted to have here as well. These works were finished and posted in November.) Fall is a season for intense parenting… Continue reading
Feelings can be painful, but they need to be felt. The needle punctures, but it also mends. The only way out is through. This quilt was made for a workshop that I taught… Continue reading
I am feeling drawn back to this space. Hello. It’s been a little while. I have to admit, while Quiltcon was amazing and uplifting during a very hard pandemic winter, it was also… Continue reading