6 My QuiltCon Fabric Challenge Quilt, “Into the Woods” The Wonky Red & White Star quilt, basted and ready to be (badly) hand-quilted:
Quilts
6 5 Travis the Quilt Dog! To read the best overview I know of re: QuiltCon, go to my girl HollyAnne’s blogpost--it’s a great round-up! Here’s […]
Episode 243: QuiltCon–Late to the Party!
3 A snippet from my mystery quilt (no, not Frolic!). Things I talk about this time: Sarah Fielke https://www.sarahfielke.com/ Sarah’s YouTube video on handquilting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DXN5Ger_jo Quilted […]
Episode 242: I’m Back & It Didn’t Take So Long ...
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
1 Okay, here are some pix of the quilts I talk about: Best in Show: “Smile” by By Leanne Chahley, Stephanie Ruyle, Felicity Ronaghan, […]
Special Ep: QuiltCon 2019, Part 2
6 Download this episode (right click and save) Challenge block–Modernizing a Traditional Block (in this case, Fox and Geese): The back: Dignity Quilts: With dignity: […]
Episode 225: Done, Almost Done, Just Beginning
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?
18 Download this episode (right click and save) Margaret Goes Modern is ready to read! You can check it out here: http://francesdowell.com/books/margaret-goes-modern Want to win […]
Episode 220: Happy New Year, Margaret!
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
8 Download this episode (right click and save) I’ve been working on the latest MQG fabric challenge quilt, and I think I finally have my Riley […]
Episode 208: Process!
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’
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
15 Download this episode (right click and save) Straight-line quilting–it’s all the rage! The blocks are piling up for my Civil War-era Birds in […]
Episode 187: Follow the Wonk
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 […]