3 Lee Chappell Monroe is the name of the very fine teacher who lectured on precision piecing. Quilts I talk about from QuiltCon Loom […]
Off-Kilter Quilt Blog
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13 I. When I read the biographies of the women whose quilts are featured in the documentation projects that were popular across the country in […]
Why I Make Quilts: An Essay
8 Download this episode (right click and save) This picture is apropos of nothing in Episode 224; I just needed a picture. It’s […]
Episode 224: O Spring, Where Art Thou?
7 Okay, so when last I wrote, my process journey had taken me here: A couple of friends read my last post and responded with some […]
Process Post: Riley Blake/MQG Challenge Quilt, Part 2
6 Even if you’re working from a pattern, the quilt-making process involves a lot of decision making, beginning with fabric choices and ending with how best […]
Process Post–Riley Blake/MQG Challenge, Part 1
4 Many, many thanks to the Chattahoochee Evening Stars Quilt Guild for inviting Frances O’Roark Dowell to launch Birds in the Air at the 2016 Stars N […]
Photo Gallery: Birds in the Air Launches at ‘Evening Stars’
7 “A truly enjoyable read! Quilters will relive their own first patchwork steps along with Emma as she searches for her place in a new community. Non-quilters […]
Birds in the Air is here!
90 Marie Bostwick is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including A Single Thread, The Second Sister, Between Heaven and Texas, and most […]
An Interview with Novelist Marie Bostwick
4 So I was walking my dog Travis yesterday and thinking about one of my favorite quilts, Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s “Double Edged Love.” It’s one of […]
In which Travis and I Ponder VFW’s “Double Edged Love”
24 My friend Daisy posted this on Facebook the other day: Have any of you given any thought to submitting anything to QuiltCon next year? I’m […]
Quilt Judgement Day
41 The other day I went to a friend’s birthday lunch at a local cafe. I was seated among a group of women I didn’t know, […]
The Invisible Quilter
11 I recently watched Mary Fons’ webinar, You Call That a Quilt? Quilt Styles in America: Traditional, Contemporary, Studio/Art, and Modern, on the Modern Quilt Guild […]
Why Quilts (Really) Matter
18 First, a disclaimer: I know nothing about judging quilts. Okay, I know that you’re supposed to check the binding to make sure it’s sewn on […]
Some Thoughts on Judging the Modern Quilt
10 Listener Ellen traveled all the way to Paducah, KY, from Scotland this spring to attend Quilt Week. She was kind enough to take notes so […]
The Paducah Diaries: a Guest Post by Ellen
So here’s the first stack of fabric that I put together for the sample quilt I’m making with Jaye: Or, to look at it […]