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.)
Looking for a Good Quilt Finish or Just a Step Forward? encouragement finishing process quiltmaking Aug 20, 2024

Let the record show, I was in the mood to finish quilts.

Frankly, like a lot of us, I love to start a quilt. The rush of a new pile of fabric and a cool idea is palpable sometimes. I generally...

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10 Simple Things (10) - Take Smaller Binding Stitches encouragement finishing process tips Apr 10, 2024

This one is for the hand finishers. You may not like what I have to say.

Take smaller binding stitches.

Having judged a whole two quilt shows in my life, as well as seeing thousands of quilts over...

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Future Quilters' Playground finishing playground process Mar 18, 2024

Folks, we are getting close. It feels like forever ago that we started and there is still quite a bit of fiddly work to do, but...

Look at my yellow floors! And white walls waiting for the final...

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Stitching the Nile, and Elsewhere process supplies travel Aug 30, 2023

So, I took a little trip this summer. A big, big trip, really. In the midst of all the excitement and travel I even managed to sew a little.

My daughter was competing in Alexandria, Egypt and...

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When Does Play Turn Into a Quilt? encouragement improv play process quiltmaking Jun 01, 2022

The vast majority of my quilts start with an experiment. An idea or an inspiration and an attempt to translate it into fabric.

Sometimes they don't work. I might try again or I just move on. Other...

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10 Simple Things (4) - Clip All Threads Before Basting/Quilting encouragement process quiltmaking Sep 29, 2021

You know how you sew and get covered in little threads from your fabric? Yeah, those are also all over the back of your quilt and in your seams too.

Take fifteen minutes to look at your quilt top...

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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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