I'm finally releasing a pattern that has been in the works for some time! Meet Stupendous Stethoscopes, a traditionally pieced quilt pattern that joins my other science quilt patterns! This pattern is available as a PDF pattern (EU customers … [Read more...] about Stupendous Stethoscopes Quilt Pattern
Greenville Mini Quilt Challenge
Way back last year, I was invited to be part of a successful proposal for an exhibit at the Greenville Center for the Creative Arts, put together by the Modern Design Lab, a group of quilters out of Greenville, South Carolina. We are still hoping … [Read more...] about Greenville Mini Quilt Challenge
EQ8 Tutorial – Quilt Worktable Settings
I've got a quick tip for you today on adjusting settings in your Electric Quilt 8 quilt worktable to help your design process go more smoothly! Typically, the program opens up with a 4x4 quilt layout with a single border, and this is the layout … [Read more...] about EQ8 Tutorial – Quilt Worktable Settings
March EQ Block Spotlight
This month's EQ Spotlight Block is Two Little Flowers 2. If you've followed me at all, you'll probably know that this is not at all my style of block. So this seemed like it was going to be quite the challenge! Since I had such good luck with the … [Read more...] about March EQ Block Spotlight
February EQ Block Spotlight
This month's featured block is "Flower Weave." The easiest way to find this block is by going into your block library, then selecting "Search by Notecard" at the bottom of the window and typing in "Flower Weave." Here's the block in a … [Read more...] about February EQ Block Spotlight
Ekman’s Arrows Quilt Pattern
I'm pleased to introduce the third quilt I have hanging in this year's QuiltCon, which is Ekman's Arrows! The pattern for this quilt is in this year's edition of QuiltCon Magazine. This design is inspired by an oceanographic phenomenon known … [Read more...] about Ekman’s Arrows Quilt Pattern
EQ8 Tutorial: Three Ways To Negative Space
I've partnered with Electric Quilt to share about how I use EQ8 in my quilt design, and since designing with negative space is sort of my thing, I thought I'd share a tutorial on a few different ways to get your designs with negative space into EQ8. … [Read more...] about EQ8 Tutorial: Three Ways To Negative Space
Circular Reasoning quilt
I realized I hadn't posted about Circular Reasoning, one of the three quilts I'll have hanging at QuiltCon this year. I actually started this quilt several years ago, but only finally finished it this summer. This is the first time I have a quilt in … [Read more...] about Circular Reasoning quilt
EQ Block Spotlight
I'm delighted to have partnered with Electric Quilt to share a little more about how I use EQ8 software to design my quilts! EQ has a monthly block spotlight in which users are challenged to design a quilt using that block. This month's block is … [Read more...] about EQ Block Spotlight
Ocean Ponies mini quilt pattern
I'm excited to release a new paper pieced mini quilt pattern, Ocean Ponies! This time, I'm drawing on my roots as a marine scientist and featuring seahorses. I used mine and my husband's favorite colors for the two seahorses—I think a mini like this … [Read more...] about Ocean Ponies mini quilt pattern
