Love and friendship have been one of the many themes in my work. My first “love” quilt was What’s the Frequency, Love? (1st place winner in the Small Quilts category at QuiltCon 2015), which led to Big Love, which then evolved into Modern Love. A modern wedding was the inspiration for my Double Wedding Knot […]
Woo hoo! It’s Week 3 of the Typecast of Characters Blog Tour! We’re half way through the alphabet and this week’s projects included pillows and a bag. Check out what Kim, Yvonne, Karen, and Kristy made with my latest English Paper Piecing pattern, Typecast. Be sure to read all the way to the end to enter […]
Week 2 of the Typecast of Characters Blog Tour is here! Check out what Erin, Sylvia, Guiseppe and Hilary made with my latest English Paper Piecing pattern, Typecast. Be sure to read all the way to the end to enter for a chance to win a Typecast Complete Paper Pack, sponsored by Paper Pieces. Did you […]
A few months ago I had, what I thought was a crazy idea at the time. What would it look like to have 26 quilters each make a letter from my latest English Paper Piecing pattern, Typecast, and feature each maker and project? A moment of panic set in… did I even know 26 people? […]
Enjoy 20 of (just some of) my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. All descriptions were written by the makers. Prepare to be inspired! Want more quilts? Check out the 2018 Modern Quilt Showcase here. Check out the 2018 Best of QuiltCon traveling exhibit here. Check out 15 quilts from QuiltCon 2018 here. Check […]
Funny story about how my Stone Slice quilt pattern came to be: I picked up my geode bookend on a cross-country road trip in 2000. My then boyfriend (Jason, now husband), friend (now best friend) and her fiancee (now ex-husband) drove a 1971 Cadillac Eldorado convertible from CT to Vegas for a friend’s wedding. Everyone […]
Enjoy 15 of some of my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2018 in Pasadena, California. All descriptions were written by the makers. Do you have a favorite quilt you saw at QuiltCon (or online from QuiltCon)? If so, which one was it and why? Let me know in the comments below!
The QuiltCon Charity Challenge is one of the Modern Quilt Guild‘s largest-scale charity projects. This year, guilds and individual members were challenged to create modern traditional quilts using a pre-defined color palette. All charity quilts were returned to the makers and will be donated to benefit a local charity. Here are just a few of […]
It’s no secret that Hawaii, specifically the Big Island and Kauai, is my most favorite place on earth. {Read more about my obsession with Hawaii and Hawaiian inspired quilts.} If I could pick just one place to live, it would be on the islands. My first visit was in January 2010. Jason and I flew […]
Earlier this year, Christopher Thompson, (aka The Tattooed Quilter) asked if I would make a mini quilt using solids and near solids that complimented his first fabric collection, Blue Carolina. The package of fabrics arrived and I’ll admit that at first I had a difficult time trying to decide what to make. The color palette […]