I like to keep track of how many stitches are going into a quilt while I'm quilting. This started as just a fun bit of information to see how much I was stitching, but it gave me an interesting data point during this latest project. My tension started bei…
Continue Reading →Using materials that are archival is something that's always at the back of my mind. In the fine art world, "archival" means chemically stable, acid-free, and lignin-free, designed to resist deterioration, yellowing, and fading for decades or centuries. I…
Continue Reading →I use 100wt silk thread as my default choice for quilting because I love how subtle it is. Almost always, my priority is for the fabric to make the first impression on viewers. The thread is supporting that first view; it's present but unquestionably seco…
Continue Reading →Echoes of Time and Magic is a quilted landscape capturing the moment a group of three intrepid explorers make the discovery of a lifetime. While making their way through the forgotten, inhospitable recesses of the frozen north, they have discovered an aba…
Continue Reading →I have been making fused appliqué fabric art for more than two decades. Up until last year, I had been using a basic Sunbeam iron. It was $10 when I first bought one back in 2004, and $20 when I finally had to buy a replacement in 2018. If I'm honest, I n…
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