Category: Teaching

  • Patchwork Quilt Guild

    Patchwork Quilt Guild

    Yesterday was a wonderful day. I had the delightful opportunity of speaking about color with the Patchwork Quilt Guild in Hamilton, Ohio. This friendly group of women welcomed me in, and I had a great time sharing about the all different ideas about color. I showed them a short PowerPoint presentation and then I shared…

  • The Batty Binders are Making Faces

    The Batty Binders are Making Faces

    I spent last Saturday with the Batty Binders again. I taught a color workshop for them last fall. This time we had a fun time making portraits. This is always a fun class to teach because I find that people are generally intimidated by portraits, but this is a technique anyone can do. Look at…

  • Review of 2013

    Review of 2013

    It’s nice to look back and reflect a bit, so here’s my short review of 2013. Thankfully it was a bit less eventful than 2012. There were several things I split my attention between. I spent quite a bit of time speaking and teaching at numerous quilt guilds across the country. Sweet hubby and I…

  • Batty Binders Quilt Guild

    Batty Binders Quilt Guild

    Another fun day! Today I spent the whole day teaching about color. Next to making portraits, playing with color is one of my favorite things to do. Fifteen ladies from the Batty Binders Quilt Guild came today, and I had the opportunity to talk about the color wheel, color schemes, value, and so many other…

  • Creative Quilters’ Guild

    Creative Quilters’ Guild

    Last Saturday, November 9, I got to teach my Making Faces workshop to a bunch of local quilters, the Creative Quilters Guild. This workshop was especially fun for me because we held it at our church where sweet hubby is the pastor and at least three of these special ladies were in the very first…

  • Ohio Valley Quilters’ Guild

    Ohio Valley Quilters’ Guild

    Yesterday was a great day. I was able to teach my Making Faces workshop to a really great group of ladies from the Ohio Valley Quilters’ Guild in Cincinnati, Ohio. Usually, sweet hubby comes along to help me, but he was busy with some important church projects, so DD#1 came along instead. It was fun…

  • Push-up #5: Pushing forward

    Push-up #5: Pushing forward

    So these sections of pieced strips have been hanging on my design wall for a couple weeks now, mocking me, taunting me, begging me to get my head in gear and cut them to pieces. I ignored them this morning while I did a multitude of other small tasks, but no longer. I am announcing…

  • Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild

    Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild

    Tuesday night, I had the opportunity to present a trunk show to my own quilt guild, the Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild. I have been a part of this quilt guild since around 1997. I have been so blessed to be a part of this guild. They bring in top name quilters and have great workshops.…

  • Textile Art Alliance

    Textile Art Alliance

    I’ve always been interested in textiles of all types, especially historical and ethnic needlework. I’ve spent hours in many a library pouring over books trying to learn as much as I can about just about anything I can get my hands on. Because of that deep interest, I was so excited to learn about the…

  • Des Moines Area Quilter’s Guild

    Des Moines Area Quilter’s Guild

    The Des Moines Area Quilter’s Guild had me come to their quilt guild to speak and teach last week. What a great group! They have a daytime and evening meeting. I enjoyed presenting a trunk show for one and lecturing on the Lost Quilt Come Home website and how to protect quilts for the other.…