Have you ever struggled to come up with an idea for a new picture? Have you been figuratively stuck in the creative doldrums? Wouldn't it be helpful to have an on-demand spark of creativity to jumpstart your brain? In this digital age, inspiration is just…
Continue Reading →During December's monthly Patreon-exclusive LiveStream, I broadcast my parents and I holding a photo shoot to take photographs of some scale human figures. This blog post is a publicly-accessible supplement to that event. The Premise I have a story idea f…
Continue Reading →A year ago, I wrote a blog post about sewing with 100wt thread on my Bernina 790Plus, a domestic sewing machine. Shortly after that post was published, my new Q20 was delivered, and I have been using that machine for all free-motion quilting ever since. A…
Continue Reading →It's pretty common for quilters to insure their sewing machines. Both of mine are insured for their MSRP against theft or loss. But there's another very valuable asset in every quilter's studio that has likely flown under the insurance radar: The Fabric S…
Continue Reading →I ran into an unexpected roadblock while drawing the design for my latest work-in-progress, Not Today. Here is the digital template: The roadblock I encountered had to do with the iron wheel on the right side of the design. My vision for this picture was…
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