A peak inside my crazy brain. More accurately, a look at the process and fun stuff I perpetually create.

Here to both entertain and inspire you.

 
(True confession: my sewing room is rarely this neat.)
Quilters' Playcation Adventure Sewalong 2024 - Week 35 Update in Mostly Monochrome adventure sewalong colour composition improv play Sep 10, 2024

Something about this version of the quilt goes deep for me. 

To be honest, I'm not sure what it is. There are problems with my fabric choice in terms of contrast. Yet it still works and feels...

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Quilters' Playcation Adventure Sewalong 2024 - Week 35 Update adventure sewalong improv play Sep 04, 2024

Seriously, everything about this makes me happy.

From the colour choices, the improv play, composing and sewing a quilt as I go, and getting to hang out with folks each week playing - all of it...

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Quilters' Playcation Adventure Sewalong 2024 - Week 23 Update adventure sewalong improv Jul 04, 2024

Blah, blah, blah... the best laid plans. Can you spot where I had to get pretty creative here?

Now usually, when doing improv work, I strongly suggest waiting until you have many blocks done until...

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Quilters' Playcation Adventure Sewalong 2024 Update adventure sewalong improv Jun 06, 2024

Wow! Three rows in to this quilt and I fall more and more in love. She is just so bright and cheerful.

It is definitely a different creative challenge to design a quilt as you go. I try to...

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Let's Define Improv Quilting improv Feb 29, 2024

Over the years, as a quilt teacher and writer, I've seen a lot of different perceptions about improv quilting. Messy, wonky, wild, liberated, unstructured, ugly, gorgeous, scary...

Here's the...

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Quilters' Playcation Adventure Sewalong 2022 - The 3 Solids Version adventure sewalong improv play May 03, 2023

She's done! I couldn't be more thrilled with the way she came together.

I deliberately chose not to square up all my blocks to the same size during and after the Adventure Sewalong. I wanted to...

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Play for the Fun of Playing

There are no expectations on Quilters’ Playcation. Show up for yourself, hang out, sew as little or as much as you want. Nothing you sew on Playcation has to turn into anything. This is all about giving back to yourself and playing for the sake of playing. 

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