Maker Faire Bay Area Review
Last Saturday I attended the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo with my friend Tam and her daughter Sonia, above right – checking out the cool Pantone patterned fabric at the Spoonflower booth. It was a...
View ArticleHoopla, the Art of Unexpected Embroidery ~ Giveaway
Just out ~ Hoopla, the Art of Unexpected Embroidery by Leanne Prain. I am pleased to report that my work is featured in this 400 page book on innovative embroidery. Hoopla contains in depth interviews...
View ArticleTeeny-Tiny Mochimochi Book Review
I knit these cuties! And yes perhaps I’m a teeny-tiny bit embarrassed to admit that I have indeed caught the teeny-tiny cute bug – but come on look how cute they are! I recently bought Teeny-Tiny...
View ArticleMend It Better ~ Review & Giveaway
Mend It Better is a very approachable and a comprehensive reference for taking care of your clothes. It is a book about love and empowerment. Continue reading →
View ArticleVisiting
Picking up yet another group of loose threads this week by finally visiting some of my favorite blogs. Continue reading →
View ArticlePortland was fun!
I don't know how bloggers post when they are on vacation. I'm home now and here is a rundown of my Portland adventure. Continue reading →
View Articlevisual influence ~ east oakland graffiti
I can tell that the visual influence of east Oakland is already impacting my color sense, as well as the energy tone, and forms of my quilt patterns. Continue reading →
View ArticleA Visit With Eli Leon And His Quilts ~ Part 1
Eli Leon has over 1000 African-American quilts in the improvisational style and he invited me to his home to see his collection! Continue reading →
View ArticleSeeing Green ~ Geek Love Review
Green is the color of the heart chakra. It's the color of growth as well as decay. I suppose there are as many meanings to green as there are shades of the heart. Continue reading →
View ArticleTalking Quilts with Eli Leon
Announcing a fabulous, EXCLUSIVE blog series - Eli and I discuss a different quilt from his African-American patchwork collection each week. Continue reading →
View ArticleTalking Quilts with Eli Leon ~ Signature Quilt
With its visual field of deep black velvet and twinkling white stitches this African-American signature quilt is as powerful and mysterious as the universe. Continue reading →
View ArticleTalking 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! Continue reading →
View ArticleTalking Quilts with Eli Leon ~ Sarah Turnage
There is so much motion in this African-American improv quilt by Sarah Turnage that it borders on optical illusion! Continue reading →
View ArticleAlien She at YBCA
Alien She at YBCA and Ladies Sasquatch by Allyson Mitchell rocked. YES! I am WOMAN! I am BEAST! Continue reading →
View ArticleCultural Fusion Quilts by Sujata Shah
Sujata Shah gently opens up an exciting path for first-time and beginning level improvisors to explore the expressive qualities of the freely cut line. Continue reading →
View ArticleCultural Fusion Quilts Winner ~ Ruler Roundup
Many quilters have a love for precision piecing and improv patchwork, and are able to move between working with rulers or going ruler-free. Continue reading →
View Article2014 Review ~ Acceptance
Filled with accomplishments and maturity. I'm excited to see where this new found embrace of everything in my life will take me! Continue reading →
View ArticleFreddy Freckles Meets The Spoonflower Handbook
Full of lots of fun projects - thirty of them. The project that caught my eye was the Doppelgänger Dog Pillow. Continue reading →
View ArticleWomen In Espionage Trading Cards
Brilliant limited edition trading cards on a topic and cast of characters who have long been under the radar in popular culture, female spies! Continue reading →
View ArticleQuilt Local by Heather Jones
Heather Jones isn't afraid of working big and being surrounded by large spaces! Her quilts and book unclutter the mind and restore the soul. Continue reading →
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