Spring Equinox yard cleanup day

Today is the Spring Equinox!!!!!!  From here on out, for the next 6 months the days get longer and longer, the sun returns farther and farther north and hopefully warmer temperatures will come with it.  If today is any indication, it might just happen. I always try to spend some time on the Spring Equinox … Continue reading Spring Equinox yard cleanup day

A quilt finish!

Finally, I finished a quilt!  It's been slow going this week, and this quilt had a lot of SID.  Most of the time now, when I SID, I am doing it freehand without a ruler, so it is very slow going and I need to have steady hands.  But it seems to be how I … Continue reading A quilt finish!

Landscape Series and Thread Painting Classes

I'll be teaching a series of Landscape classes at the local quilt shop starting this summer. Last fall and this winter, I taught "Overlook" in several classes. Overlook was based originally on a photo I had taken on the Blue Ridge Parkway to which I added a lake into the scene. This class had a … Continue reading Landscape Series and Thread Painting Classes