I am in an art quilt group! Here is the story of how that happened as well as my initial response to our first prompt. I have always been envious…
This summer, I have been invited to teach at two major quilting events. During the first part of July, I will be at Quilter’s Affair in Sister, Oregon. I have…
Last week I wrote the blog post Teach = Learn . I sent out a formal plea for student work and many of you resonded. Thank you! These students have…
Late last year, Kathy Loomis asked me if I would write a review of her book Pattern-Free Quilts: Riffs on the Rail Fence Block and of course I said yes.…
The best most fabulous thing happened while I was at QuiltCon 2016 in Pasadena, California. I got to spend a bit of time every day standing in front of…
Last year Amy Meissner and I agreed to be the new Co-Reps for the Alaska region of SAQA. I bet most of you know this, but SAQA is short for Studio…
According to the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc (SAQA) website, they are “a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development, documentation, and…
Well, I am on some level recovered from the stitching marathon I put myself through to create new work for the show at the Kenai Peninsula College. Here is the…
What you are reading right now is my 250th blog post. Can you believe it? I’m not sure I can. I started writing Tales of a Stitcher in December 2012…
I hope each of you has enjoyed your weekends and are ready for a few more QuiltCon 2015 quilts. We are ready to take our time viewing the Modern Traditionalism…