I’ll be honest, I cured my toddler’s tantrums pretty quickly with bribery. Positive bribery…it was diabolical but it worked. 25 years ago, matchbox cars were about $1, or often less….and available nearly everywhere. My son and I would wheel ourselves directly to the matchbox and he would pick his favorite. And if he pitched a […]
How do you ship a quilt safely? Safety means a lot of things. Let’s go over my ways of thinking about shipping quilts safely, taking into account packaging, tracking, insurance, and lately, dealing with worrying about tariffs. What company should you use? There are several shipping companies, and internationally even more. The company you should […]
1/25/2026 update!! This quilt was anomalously returned via mail!! I have no information other than my address is pretty easy to find, and public pressure made this quilt too “hot”. What ever happened to bring it home, thank you!! It’s a sad day to report a loss of a quilt. Not a loss through mishandling, […]
My (unfinished) Budgie temperature quilt sure has gotten a lot of attention! I have not made a set of directions per-se of how to do a temperature quilt. However, my pattern Budgie Block Party includes four bird patterns, in both left and right orientations, including the one budgie that has individual wing sections. This pattern […]
I personally deal with a lot of weird fluctuations in my mood and my ability to attend to tasks. In particular, when I finish big projects (like filming a long class that took a lot of effort), I have numerous days or even weeks of “what do I do now?” Creatively I spin in absolute […]
Try this simple system for making a lovely blend of fabrics! You will need a jelly roll that already appears to smoothly blend from one colorway to the next, for the most part. Often these rolls are already arranged pretty smoothly, but sometimes will need a bit of a tweak to make the progression more […]
Has your quilting ever done a disappearing act? Working hard on quilting a quilt, and then not seeing the quilting, or having thread just lay on the top of a quilt like dead spaghetti, despite great tension is incredibly disappointing and leaves us flat. Choosing the right batting for your quilt is critical…and stressful…it isn’t […]
I have ABSOLUTELY lost my cool with some digitally printed fabrics! Have you been noticing more and more digital printed fabric on the market? Sure..it’s SO pretty. I basically love it….HOWEVER….you may notice there is a really negative uptick in the white flares of turned and broken thread making a white flare, or run, particularly […]
Firstly…hey. Wow, it has been a hot (checks notes) year and a half since blogging. Life man. Im going to try to do a short educational blog a couple times a month. For the most part…some of the same things in my newsletter, but a different format. If you are curious…I do in fact have […]
You’ve got to be sheeting me. ? Wanna make you local quilt group bananas? Just say you are going to put a bed sheet on the back of a quilt and watch them go apeshit. Why tho? Why so dramatic? Some sheets are so soft…fresh sheet night is my favorite nite (reminds self to turn […]