You’ve finished that quilt top. Picked all the perfect colors and fabrics, matched points as you sewed it all up, gave it your best shot. It’s done and you can’t wait to use it.
But wait, there’s a few more steps!READ MORE
New workshop just added! Join me this March at Monster Art Clothing and Gifts here in Seattle, where I will be teaching my woven brooch project kits. Located in the Ballard Neighborhood, Monster just expanded into a new space, complete with a larger workshop area that can hold more students! READ MORE
I am so excited to be working with Gossypium Quilt Shop and Fabric Store on some upcoming workshops. I really love supporting my local quilt shops and this one is very local, so I’m extra lucky. There are spots available in the workshops and tickets available for the lecture, so grab a spot and join us!READ MORE
I’ve just added two new workshops to my 2019 schedule!READ MORE
Registration is now open for my new online class, Make Modern Scrap Quilts Using Color Value! 💃🏻
In it, I will walk you through the magic of using lots of your favorite fabrics and creating a quilt design with them using color value. My techniques, tips, and tricks, I’m sharing it all with you in this class.READ MORE
I will be joining the faculty of amazing instructors at Quiltcon 2020 in Austin, Texas! Happening Wednesday, February 19- Sunday, February 23.
I am working behind the scenes on brand new online classes and would love to hear from you! Completing this 5 minute survey will help me determine what kind of content you all would be most interested in learning from me. At the end, you can add your name to my email list to be notified when these classes are ready. Thank you so much!READ MORE
I am currently making a basic thousand pyramid quilt design for our bed, and cutting lots of ” equilateral triangles. I plan to pull all of the lighter fabrics from my stash to build this design. A king sized bed takes up lots of visual room in any bedroom and I don’t want this to be an overwhelming presence. So nothing crazy. Plus, if I use all my light colored fabrics in my stash, I will have the perfect excuse to buy more, right?
When building a scrappy quilt design using the power of color value, as I plan to do, understanding that not all light colored fabrics are light in value can take your quilt to new levels. (This also applies to dark fabrics too.) Let me explain what I mean.
We sewers usually have some sort of a fabric stash. A literal stockpile of cloth to be used for making quilts or other projects. We sketch designs on scraps of paper or we start with a pattern. We form a plan, with a sincere hope to start soon. There’s comfort in knowing that when we are ready to start, there’s a pile(s) of pretty fabric, right at our fingertips, to pull from. A fabric stash represents hope in our lives, a future of creativity! The promise of quilts.
Updated 5/27/19– Thank you to all who tuned in! If you are a member of our group and would like to watch the replay, go to the Wise Craft Quilts Facebook group page, click on “Video” and if is the video from May 24th.
Groups inside of Facebook have been incredibly helpful to me over the past couple of years. I’ve gotten business guidance, help finding things in my community, found out about a newly released social media feature, you name it. I started my own group when my last book, Wise Craft Quilts, was published. They were emerging as a new resource for those of us who wanted to reach our audience online where they were at already. Since my group began, we have remade some of the projects in my book, live and in the group with others participating live. We have shared advice and projects, and have formed community around quilting. Its been a real source of support and enthusiasm for my work and I am so very grateful.