The most-requested blog topic from last year's survey was about my tools: Anything and everything I use in my studio to make my art. There are lots and lots of things I use for every quilt, so I've split this topic into four separate posts. This first pos…
Continue Reading →The 2021 SAQA Seminar — which focused on color — got me thinking about one of my own pet peeves: the Red-Blue-Yellow (RBY) color model. The RBY color model is based Isaac Newton's experimentation with glass prisms and color. He used glass prisms to refrac…
Continue Reading →I was asked to create a video in which I share a skill as part of SAQA's new Skill Swap program. In this video, I share how to pick fabric using color swatches and demonstrate using the fabrics from the wave in There's Something in the Water. …
Continue Reading →All of my quilts are designed on the computer. Everything from the size of the quilt to the shape of each piece of fabric to the colors of the fabrics themselves is determined before even looking at a scrap of cloth. The tricky part is transitioning from …
Continue Reading →Adobe Illustrator is an absolutely vital component of my quilt design process, but signing up for a regular monthly payment is not ideal or possible for everyone. I've been asked numerous times for my recommendation of an alternative vector software, but …
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