Category: Learning

  • Word for 2015

    Word for 2015

    Another year. I am thankful to be in God’s loving hand, because things don’t usually turn out the way I expect them to! I know His plans for me are always for good. What a wonderful promise. For the last few years, I’ve picked a word for the year. When I do, it inevitably turns…

  • Play date with George

    Play date with George

    I had a play date with George on Friday, and I invited two of my friends to come over and play, too. Beth Schillig is so knowledgeable and such a good teacher! She used to sell Berninas. Once she retired, she thought she would do something completely different, but thankfully she gravitated towards quilting. She…

  • Art quilt retreat

    Art quilt retreat

    I just came back from another two weeks at the Barn studying under Nancy Crow’s supervision. This time I was spending some intense time trying to continue my development as an artist. While I have had a lot of training in representational art, I am extremely weak when it comes to abstract art. I really…

  • Packing Checklist for Quilt Retreats

    Packing Checklist for Quilt Retreats

    Have you had the opportunity to attend a quilt retreat? Nothing can be better! My quilt guild holds one each year. I’ve also been blessed by being able to attend several week-long workshops at Nancy Crow’s Timber Frame Barn. The wonderful thing about retreats is that all you have to do is sew…sweet, uninterrupted sewing!…

  • UFO no more!

    UFO no more!

    Another UFO — no more!!! Somehow, finishing this piece seems like a major accomplishment. Of course, you realize, I’m using the term “finished” in the sense that the quilt top is finished, but it’s still just a top. I’m not sure I can even use the term “quilt top” since it isn’t quilted! So technically,…

  • Transforming UFOs

    Transforming UFOs

    I’m still working on this UFO, although I haven’t had too much time to work on it the last two days. It does appear that I am making progress on transforming this from a “UFO” to a completed project. Here’s where it stands right now. I think I have three sections left to design and…

  • Attacking another UFO

    Attacking another UFO

    Here’s another UFO (un-finished object) that I’ve decided to attack. It is from a June 2012 Nancy Crow workshop. Nancy calls these “bull’s eye quilts.” This one is so big it doesn’t fit my design wall. Each of those sections are 20″ square. I’m taping the top ones to the storage boxes that sit on…

  • Completing old projects

    Completing old projects

    I decided to take a little bit of time to complete some old projects. This one was the closest to being done, so I started with it. Don’t we all love immediate gratification? I started this piece in the very first workshop I took from Nancy Crow in May 2012. Each of the panels were…

  • Word for 2014

    Word for 2014

    This time of year there’s always talk on the Quiltart list about choosing a word for the year. I think it is supposed to be a guiding force, a motivating factor, or a key word representing the path you’d like your artistic life to take. I like to participate too but, honestly, in a few…

  • Nancy Crow workshop: Potpourri: days 3, 4, & 5

    Nancy Crow workshop: Potpourri: days 3, 4, & 5

    The second assignment went back to the simple little compositions that we made at home before class began. We were allowed to use up to three of them, but I chose to just use one. Again, we were to focus on “flat” and “glowing” colors. Nancy wanted the figure to be very glowing and the…