What was it.

12.30 am, the alarm went off…. it's piercing and lights flash all over the house. I jumped out of bed and raced out to the studio…. All was quiet.   The security company rang…. I never remember the password.!!! Then back to bed… suddenly, the dogs were barking…  They rarely bark, so back out to…

Wrapping with Textiles.

Textiles surround us and recently on facebook I found this photo…. I love it. I'd love to do that to the trees at my house… but I can imagine the children… "Mum, you've lost it" Well I found this exhibition….   This is the URL           http://cottonglobalthreads.com/exhibit/aboubakar-fofana     and you might like…

Fabric Designer Sued.!!!

  It's not a story, it's true!!!!   Once upon a time, not too long ago, a designer who was given fabric by a major fabric company designed beautiful quilts for her book. The book was published. She had worked very hard to design the patterns. Its a very nice book with patterns for us…

Appliqued border.

I seem to sigh a lot these days. !!!! It's not a sad sigh, it's a comfortable sigh. I mentioned that the Bayeux is put aside for a while until I've completed quilting this BIG quilt. I'm enjoying it…and I'm enjoying experimenting. I have a large center panel and I wanted to add more definition…

Color of the Year

Tangerine Tango, a spirited reddish orange, continues to provide the energy boost we need to recharge and move forward. It's been called "invigorating," "dramatic" and "seductive." But only neophytes dare call it merely orange. No, the shade you'll be seeing lots of in coming months is tangerine — not just any tangerine, but "Tangerine Tango,"…

Stolen Quilts.

Once again another Quilt Teacher has her quilts stolen, this time from her hire car. Shewill soon be putting the quilts up online and hopefully they can be traced   Karen Combs says. "I've walked and drove the area, checked dumpsters (that was pleasant),called pawn shops and quilts shops in the area. I don't think…

They wonder at the star.

I decided to create a small project today to get me back into the swing of things… So I began to experiment. I thought I might try Cheryl Bridgarts' idea of drawing with thread on paper. It's not new to me, I've done it many times before… I've even put paper on quilt and heavily…

Big News is Here

Big news here!   In honor of International Quilt Day today, (March 17, 2012), The Quilt Show www.thequiltshow.com, the web TV show hosted by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, will "open" all of its shows from the first nine series–that is, from show 100 through show 913–for the entire weekend of March 16 –18. This…