I'm very excited to be giving a lecture at QuiltCon in Nashville next year! It's titled "Traditional Block, Modern Quilt: Designing with Negative Space" and will be all about giving you tools to start designing your own modern quilts. I hope you'll … [Read more...] about QuiltCon 2019 lecture!
A tale of strange thread
The other day my husband came home and announced "You have a present from [our friend] Tim! He thought you could use it in your quilting!" It was a whole bag of spools. Lovely metallic thread? Well, not quite. It's actually copper wire. … [Read more...] about A tale of strange thread
Thermohaline Circulation embroidery project
If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen sneak peeks of a really intense embroidery project I've been working on. Stage I, the embroidery part, is complete, so I thought I'd share a bit about it before I move into Stage II, quilting! Some years … [Read more...] about Thermohaline Circulation embroidery project
Circuit Board pattern
Also available now is the Circuit Board pattern! This quilt was originally published in a bookazine for beginner quilters in the UK, and I'm happy to release it as a stand-alone pattern. The new version has two different sizes for you to choose … [Read more...] about Circuit Board pattern
Microscope Mania
It's another nerdy quilt celebrating lab equipment! This quilt is called Microscope Mania, and it's all traditional piecing—no templates or paper piecing to fuss around with! Get the PDF pattern here; paper patterns will be arriving later this … [Read more...] about Microscope Mania
Pinwheel Rings pattern
Meet Pinwheel Rings! One of the samples of my patterns that my awesome NQ-LQS (that's Not Quite Local Quilt Shop, because they're sadly still an hour away!) Intown Quilters took to QuiltCon in February was sewn up with Christa Watson's first fabric … [Read more...] about Pinwheel Rings pattern
Tiny Jewel
Joining the lineup of paper pieced mini quilt patterns is this little hummingbird! You get three sizes of hummingbird: 18" x 18", 12" x 12", and 9" x 9", all of which work on their own or incorporated into another quilt. I made a mini quilt … [Read more...] about Tiny Jewel
Four new patterns!
Introducing my new patterns for spring! These are available as PDFs in the shop now; paper patterns will be here by the end of the month. Scroll to the bottom to find a coupon code for a discount! I'll have more details on each of these in separate … [Read more...] about Four new patterns!
“Idiom” Challenge
It's been quiet around here, but I've been working on both some new patterns (more on those soon!) and some just-for-fun personal projects. In the latter category, both of the local quilt groups I'm involved with put out periodic challenges to make a … [Read more...] about “Idiom” Challenge
Flying Parrot Quilts at QuiltCon
I'm missing QuiltCon this year, but my quilts won't be! While I didn't have anything to enter in the judged show this year, I still have several quilts on display. Molecular Test, above, will be in the Quilt of the Month display. Intown Quilters, … [Read more...] about Flying Parrot Quilts at QuiltCon
