1/10/14 1/10/14

Improv Handbook Test Quilters

It's not to late to sign up as a test quilter for the Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters.

12/26/13 12/26/13

Happy Holy-Days!

Any special time set aside to be really present with family or friends is a treasured holiday or "holy-day" in my book.

12/18/13 12/18/13

Announcing The Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters

Contribute to the Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters, scheduled to be published by STC Craft, Spring 2015.

12/2/13 12/2/13

Talking 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!

10/16/13 10/16/13

Upcoming Events & Workshops

I'm happy to announce improv quilt workshops and an exhibition scattered across the country. I may be teaching in your neighborhood soon!

10/5/13 10/5/13

Talking 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!

9/21/13 9/21/13

Piñata Anchor of Hope ~ Happy Birthday Mom

Remembering a geo-psychic, temporary public art project for the city of Durham, NC, that marked the beginning of urban (and personal) renewal.

9/13/13 9/13/13

Talking 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.

9/7/13 9/7/13

improv from the heart ~ lessons learned in theater class

My improvisational patchwork process is getting a boost from taking an improv theater workshop. It also affirms my deepest values: discovery is the path to freedom, freedom is the path to connection, connection is the path to joy.

9/2/13 9/2/13

Talking 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.

8/23/13 8/23/13

sorting scraps like the bionic woman... i wish

8/19/13 8/19/13

Summer Heirloom Tomato Pizza

I sliced them up -- so juicy and delicious! Happy end of summer to all of you. Savor these last days!

8/14/13 8/14/13

I Ching Modern Quilt

The pattern of this all linen quilt was created by chance through a random process of throwing coins as prescribed by the I Ching.

8/5/13 8/5/13

Sneak Preview - I'm writing my first book!

7/29/13 7/29/13

Patchwork Scrap Doodling

Scrap Doodling is a playful improvisational patchwork process utilizing fabric scraps without concern over the outcome. It's like drawing but better!

7/22/13 7/22/13

Seeing 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.

7/17/13 7/17/13

Sunny Edwards Memorial Quilt (1918-2011)

Because Rowan's hands chose Sunny's clothes, cut them apart, pieced them back together and participated in the slow process of hand-quilting, the result is not only a memorial to Sunny, but it also embodies the living relationship between them that resides in Rowan's heart.