Something About Nothing

I'm excited to share my pattern for these fabric Take-out Boxes, It has been published in the latest Quilting Arts Holiday issue along with lots of other talented artists.  I really love the building in the middle. That roofline is awesome! You can purchase a copy of the magazine at this link or your local fabric or craft store starting November 23, 2021.

It's here!   The article I wrote for Quilting Arts Magazine has been published and my copy is here! It is moments like these when I am listed alongside artists I admire, that I feel humbled. There are so many talented people out there (just check social media!).  How did I get here? How did I get lucky enough to be a part of this publication? Luck might be a part of it, but It has also been a lot of work too.  Work I have enjoyed immensely. I am grateful to be a part of this fiber community.   Keiko is now famous with her photo featured in my studio article. She is a big part of my studio! I'm not sure which editor wrote the article about my studio but I really like what she wrote. I sent in answers to some questions and then she made it all sound fabulous.   I am also excited to share my process of creating a repeating pattern stamp. I look forward to seeing what designs people create. And out of the entire magazine t...

I have so many photos of my adventure to Quilting Arts TV that I decided to break it up into several posts. I hope you don't mind!  I had a fabulous time, especially once I completed my three segments and got past the nervousness. Everyone at KS Productions , where the show is filmed, was fantastic!  Everyone there really goes out of their way to make you feel comfortable and relaxed.  I really hated to leave.   Well, enough of my gabbing - on to the photos! The adventure began when I took a train. . .  . . .plane. . .  . . .and fancy schmancy automobile to KS Productions in Solon, Ohio. I drove straight to the studio from the airport. I had to get my things organized for filming the next day.   Laura Wasilowski and Frieda Anderson   were getting ready to film with host, Susan Brubaker Knapp , when I arrived. Laura and Frieda are two of the nicest people you will ever meet!  They made filming look like...

One of my breast pockets was published in Quilting Arts Magazine.  I'm thrilled to share the pages with so many talented makers.  There were about 250 pockets entered in to the challenge.  So glad they had so many submit entries!  They are all so beautiful!

Two years ago, my friend, Melanie Testa , sent out a call asking artists to make breast pockets .  I made a couple of fabric pockets and then asked my daughter's volleyball team to make paper pockets for Melly.   I delivered the pockets to Melly when I went to New York for my sister's wedding. In the October/November 2014 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine , another call was put out for Melly's Breast Pocket project in a reader challenge called: "Art from the Heart: The Breast Pocket Project." I created two pockets and I thought I would share.  I started with an image of two birds I found at The Graphics Fairy .  I printed the birds onto a piece of TAP , and then ironed them onto some silk organza.  I auditioned them on several fabrics from Lynn Krawczyk's new fabric line: Inked , as well as a number of my own hand dyed fabrics.  I decided I liked Lynn's red Inked fabric best.  I love the inspiring words on this piece and felt they were very ...

The Holiday Season is coming fast! Only 6 Weeks until Halloween, 10 Weeks until Thanksgiving, 12.5 Weeks until Hanukkah, 13.5 Weeks until Christmas, AND about 15 Weeks until New Years Eve, so no matter what Holiday you celebrate,  it's time to think about parties, decorating and gift giving! To help you get in the mood, it's time to read QA Holiday   and get great ideas for lots of beautiful projects. There are so many fabulous things I would love to make in this magazine! Jacquelyn deRuyter 's Village Houses, Lyric Kinard 's Beaded Snowflakes, Carrie Bloomston 's Love Pillow, Linda McLaughlin 's Holiday Postcards and the list goes on and on! So many projects, so little time, I need to get started! One project I have already finished for a friend  is my Hanukkah gift bags on page 20 . The fabric for the bags were painted  with a stencil I designed and then cut out using my Silhouette Portrait. You can easily stencil d...

I received a little surprise in the mail this past weekend. . . . . .the latest issue of Quilting Arts Gifts   which contains all kinds of yummy patterns for holiday Gifts. My friend Candy's pattern made the cover! Wahoo Candy! There are a lot of creative items to make in this issue.  I am always excited to see the great ideas people come up with!  And this time I was very excited to see that one of  my Gift Tags made it into the Gift Tag Challenge pages. . . (blue snowflake by the arrow!) . . .and my Ghostly Trio Banner pattern was publish! Wahoo! There is also a bonus online pattern for a Jack'o lantern variation, and another bonus of holiday cookie recipes that anyone can download here . This coming in the mail reminds me that there are only about 3 1/2 months until Christmas!   Gah!  I should start my Christmas making!   Have you already started? You haven't?  Well maybe a copy of Quilting Arts Gifts wi...

Yay! I received a wonderful package in the mail today just in time for my 50th birthday! My article is on page 68. And the recipe for our favorite Christmas Cookie is on pages 133 & 134! Mom would have been so proud.