Buried at Sea-Final
Well, I finally finished it. I ripped the old kite off, painted a new one and added different streamers to it, added a sheer ribbon border, stuck a fork in it and declared it DONE.
View ArticleJune 13th, 2014
Well, Pat's Porsche almost got me killed on Wednesday. My car was in the shop, so Pat wanted me to go to Easy Auto in Emeryville to get a couple of parts (seat belt holder broke). So, I got in the car...
View ArticleA Startling New Discovery
Well, I found out something VERY interesting today. It is possible to piece a quilt without making a mess! We're having the Porsche Christmas party at our house tomorrow evening, so I cleaned the...
View ArticleWWW.Academy of Quilting Class now Starting
Well, I'm back from judging and teaching at the Quilt Oasis Show in Palm Springs, the same with the Pacific International Quilt Show, I've successfully gotten through the holiday season, complete with...
View ArticleThe Hat Shop
Well, I just finished my currently favorite quilt, my daughter in a hat shop in Carmel. This was quite a fun quilt to make, with all of the hats, the tiny hats in the reflection, the creation of the...
View ArticleHawaiian Memories
Here's another quilt I just finished, a memorial quilt for Tom McCormick, using his Hawaiian Shirts to create most of it, but the bar scene in the center is an appliqued and hand painted version of a...
View ArticleSkyrockets in Flight
Hi! Well, this is what I have been spending my time on, lately, creating this fireworks extravaganza and writing a class for the Academy of Quilting on how to make this. I had to learn as I went...
View ArticleTangle Falls
Tangle FallsI met a photographer by the name of Mountain Mike at last year's Art and Wind Festival in San Ramon. He graciously gave me permission to make a quilt based on his photo of Tangle Falls,...
View ArticleCatching up
Hi! Just wanted to mention that my Elements in Fabric class is starting soon on www.AcademyofQuilting.com; I'm teaching January 18-21 at the World Quilt and Textile Show in Orlando, Florida; and my...
View ArticleAugust 20th, 2017
Hi!Well, now I know for sure that no one reads this blog, which is fine, it gives me a place to think by writing. I'm just about ready to rejoin the human race, now that it is 2019, and Justin has...
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