Turning Leaves

The latest free pattern for Cloud 9 Fabrics is live! This quilt was designed by Cloud 9’s own Michelle Engel Bencsko to show off Bark & Branch, a new fabric collection by the… Continue reading

Surroundings

Isn’t it just so pretty? Tonight I’m teaching Free Motion Quilting class at Rock Paper Scissors, and tomorrow I’ll be taking Melissa‘s messenger bag class. I have a post loaded and ready to… Continue reading

WIP Wednesday 10.30.13

It worked! My evolving brick design has yielded a finished top, and I love it. I love it so much that I want to try it in different colors. I want to make… Continue reading

Less is not more

I’ve typically been a minimalist when it comes to fashion and design. I strive, in life and in quilting, for deep and simple, pure and meaningful. I started a new quilt with a… Continue reading

To market, to market

I’m so jealous of the people who get to go and see the latest and greatest the quilting world has to offer at Quilt Market in Houston this weekend. But I’m also so… Continue reading

Frenzied Fall

Hello, blog friends. I’ve had a great month, but it has been amazingly hectic, as tends to happen from time to time. I’ve been putting off posting. But it’s fall! there are pumpkins… Continue reading

WIP Wednesday 10.9.13

I’ve been working on my solids-only version of Elizabeth Hartman’s Glam Garlands pattern for about a year and a half. Sigh. This quilt is teaching me patience. It’s not that anything has been… Continue reading

That thing I do

Do you ever do that thing when you promise to call someone to catch up, but something comes up or you forget and it doesn’t happen? And then you are too embarrassed to… Continue reading

Blog keeping

It’s like housekeeping, but for your blog. I’ve been doing my best to keep up with the blog during this amazing and amazingly busy month (travel! classes! quilt finishes!). But there are a… Continue reading