8/17/14 8/17/14

La supposition où je suis ?

Guess where I am? Yes I'm in Paris!

1/14/14 1/14/14

Stitch Modern ~ Improv Round Robin Workshop

I will be facilitating an Improv Round Robin at Stitch Modern on Sunday, February 23, 2014 in Oakland, CA. Register now!

12/18/13 12/18/13

Announcing The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters

Contribute to the Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters, scheduled to be published by STC Craft, Spring 2015.

10/5/13 10/5/13

Talking Quilts with Eli Leon ~ Rosie Lee Tompkins

Eli considers this amazing quilt by Rosie Lee Tomkins as one of her best ten AND it has never been published! Don't miss this exclusive!

5/1/13 5/1/13

On Being Judged

Finding and trusting one’s own authority is essential to developing authenticity in improvisational process.

4/18/13 4/18/13

New Workshops for 2014

I've added two new improvisational patchwork classes and posted my teaching philosophy to my workshop page.

2/22/13 2/22/13

QuiltCon ~ Day 2: Get Your Curve On

Today I taught an improv curve piecing workshop to another awesome group of quilt makers.

2/21/13 2/21/13

QuiltCon ~ Day 1: Modern Block Improv

The most valuable thing I learn from students, is how they meet and overcome the internal challenges arising from the improvisational process.

2/20/13 2/20/13

Arriving at QuiltCon

I've been meeting people right and left and everyone is so happy and excited to be here. Including me!

2/20/13 2/20/13

QuiltCon Bound

This is the first time I've ever attended a national quilt expo --in the 20 years I've been making quilts.

2/13/13 2/13/13

howdy! let's meet at quiltcon!

Five things you may not know about me...

1/30/13 1/30/13

a lecture on modern improv quilting at Stitch Modern

I will be presenting a new framework for improvisational quilting that breaks free from the design/pattern/copy paradigm of traditional quilting: on Feb 5 at "Stitch Modern" a quilt show with special events hosted by the East Bay Modern Quilt Guild.

11/26/12 11/26/12

negative space ~ how the hole affects the whole

In a split second my split sections were on their way to becoming TWO modern quilts instead of one!

11/12/12 11/12/12

FYI - Spoonflower Quiltcon Sweepstakes

Whoever wins this prize will be attending my Modern Block Improv workshop with a friend at QuiltCon.

10/30/12 10/30/12

curve improv quilting and the uncertainty principle

Position and momentum can not be known simultaneously when you are dealing with modern improv curved piecing!

8/20/12 8/20/12

Which of your QUILTCON classes do you recommend?

Here are the class descriptions along with my detailed recommendations in case you are also considering taking one of my workshops at QUILTCON.

7/25/12 7/25/12

bias and diamond improv patchwork evolution

Watch my most recent bias and diamond modern improv quilt evolve on the studio wall. Quilt in process!

6/15/12 6/15/12

Sprucing Up

5/31/12 5/31/12

Upcoming Modern Improv Quilting Workshops ~ OCMQG & QUILTCON!

I'm teaching improv quilting at QuiltCon in February, and at the Orange County Modern Quilt Guild this summer!