English Paper Piecing

When the nice folks at FreeSpirit invited me to be participate in the True Colors blog tour, I wanted to freeze time and make…

Hello! I’m taking a quick break from end-of-the-semester grading to invite Grand Rapids-area crafters to a series of free workshops I’m hosting with nice…

Here’s a preview of the fun projects, stories and recipes featured in this issue: Crochet wrist warmers by Lisa Gutierrez from goodknits.com. A stylin’…

Finishing this quilt project came down to the wire as expected, but boy am I happy to be done. Crossing the finish line…

Doodle, doodle almost done. I love scribbling on fabric with thread. I machine quilted panels four and five of my charity ArtPrize quilts…

This is what my ArtPrize quilt looked like yesterday morning. It was a box of 127 hand-stitched, paper-pieced hexagon blooms organized by color.…

Hi. I’m back from an excellent trip to Seattle and busy catching up on all my projects. I spent the day stitching my…

Finally updated with video Oh my word, I’m so tired! I’ve been stitching like mad lately and wanted to give you folks an…

This bloom was made with a necktie that once belonged to Lewis William Seidman. It was sent to me by his niece, Allison…

I spent Friday afternoon and evening deconstructing neckties and making more hexagon kits for my ArtPrize entry. This is the part of the…

NO DIVING – that I can handle. But -NO SWIMMING – well, that’s a bit more of a problem. My favorite YMCA lap…

It’s official. I entered ArtPrize 2010, the international art competition based here in Grand Rapids. I’m working on a hexagon quilt called “Power…

My oh my. I’m insanely busy and kind of loving it. I’m exhausted and I don’t really know what day it is, but,…

The latest issue of Petite Purls went live today and includes a couple of my paper-pieced ornament projects. There’s still time to make…