I really enjoyed my visit to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival 2023, held in Hampton, VA. The winning quilts were, of course, wonderful. You can see them all here. Here are a couple of my favorites: Toroweap Overlook, by Sandra L Mollon. This won Best Wall Quilt. It’s amazing! Age is Relative, by Sandy Curran, which…
There were many wonderful landscape quilts at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. This is Quiet: Little Stony Creek, by Tina Freudenberger Check out her amazing waterfall detail. Hope Wilmarth made this next quilt, called Shoreline Serenade. This one gave me a joyous response, because about a year ago my husband and I visited the Grand Tetons National Park AND…
The ladies of the Columbia River Gorge Quilters, in Portland, OR, really excelled at creating Floral Improv pieces. These are just a few of the results. Tomme Fent used a vibrant palette that really made her flowers POP! Ginger Hartnett’s poppies were really enhanced by her contour stitching. Don’t they look 3D? Ronda Griffin’s piece…
As I started a new quilt, I looked to my hand dyed fabrics for inspiration. I pulled out a few that I thought might spark some interest. Uh, no. It all seemed pretty ugly. But, I was intrigued by the large scale black and white piece. Could I work with something like that? It was…
More awesome results from my “Floral Improv” students in Tavares, FL. This is what they accomplished in just 5 hours, all with no patterns! Karen’s dark background made everything pop. Dawn was getting close to her final composition. Gail’s was ready for stitching. Betty was careful about how she used her printed background fabric and…
Oh, I forgot how much fun it is to be IN-PERSON with a group of students. Especially when the class is “Floral Improv.” The students were SO excited with their progress and it was exhilarating! See what I mean. Nancy’s quilt, ready for outline stitching. Tee’s background is quilted. Once she adds leaves (optional) she’ll…
More great student results from “Love It and Leaf It,” in Tavares, FL! Liz with her quilt: Jeanette’s quilt in-progress: Betty and her piece: Laura’s quilt: Lois didn’t really want to take the class, but she was sharing a ride with one of the students, so she came along and did her own thing. Still,…
I sure had fun teaching two classes in Tavares, FL! Although I enjoy teaching via Zoom and feel that it’s very effective, there’s nothing like being in the same room with a group of quilters. The first class was called “Love It and Leaf It” and it was only 2.5 hours long. Just look what…
I just taught two classes in Tavares, FL, and we all had a blast! It didn’t take me long to figure out that this group was a little different from most. In the first class one of the students had just had major dental work. So, she was wearing a proper name tag, but also…
For the first time I worked on two quilts at the same time, finishing them up very close together. Here’s the latest, Twigs. I’m very happy with it. And here’s a detail shot. The dark twigs were done in the dyeing stage. The white ones were added after piecing, with acrylic paint. As you can see,…