Since I design all of my quilts digitally, using software is a firm requirement of the process. I primarily use two different vector-based software apps in the creation of every quilt design, and another three raster-based apps occasionally. This post is …
Continue Reading →My quilt, Date Night, won 2nd Place in the Art Quilts category and the Artistic Merit award at this year's Jacksonville Quiltfest. I also was invited to be the Featured Artist at the SAQA Booth. I brought a dozen quilts to hang and worked on a demo durin…
Continue Reading →My friend, Brandy Maslowski (aka the Quilter on Fire ), is a new ambassador for Madeira. Madeira has been a big producer of threads for commercial and embroidery use for a long time, but they're looking to expand into the quilting market. Consequently, th…
Continue Reading →One goal that is consistent with every quilt I create is to let the design tell the audience its story without the need for words. I want my audience to "get it" without needing to read my artist statement. Therefore it's critical that the visua…
Continue Reading →The One That Got Away is a quilted snapshot from the life of Lucky, a happy, fun-loving dog, and his two not-so-bright owners. It's a big quilt; at the time it was the largest quilt I'd ever made (although there are plans in the works to change that!) An…
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