More photos from my trip to Athens and Dragonfly Quilt Shop. As you walk in the shop you’re surrounded by gorgeous fabrics and samples that you can’t wait to make! Love the beautiful white armoire filled with goodies. The shop had a Kaffe Fassett table to get quilters excited about his workshop at Dragonfly. Deb [...]
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Behind the Scenes
After I shot this video at Dragonfly Quilt Shop in Watkinsville, GA, I gave a lecture to the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild in Athens, and drove home for a late-night arrival. The same day, my elder son attended a workshop at the local Apple store on how to use iMovie.
I’ve been the computer expert in [...]
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
I’m humbled and thrilled at the response from quilters and reviewers to Color Mastery. I’m giving lectures and workshops, producing videos on color, and building relationships with quilters across the globe on my blog, email newsletter, Twitter, and Facebook.
I’m starting to work on my next book, talking to shop owners, industry experts, and fabric companies. [...]
Georgia Quilt Council’s Fall Convention
Last weekend I attended the fall convention of the Georgia Quilt Council in Carrollton, GA. After all the years I’ve been quilting, this was my first time attending the council’s meeting, and I was impressed. These ladies know quilting and know Georgia. I met many wonderful quilters, appraisers, shop owners, historians, guild officers, and teachers. [...]
Facebook for Quilters
How would you like to have an exclusive one-on-one color consultation with me for your next quilt? My July 2009 email newsletter has a special section on social media for quilters. Today we’ll look at specific ways you can use Facebook to connect with like-minded quilters across the globe, and how you can win a [...]
Quilt Camp at Willow Ridge Press Studios
This week I hosted six children in my quilt studio to make Quillows. They were practically giddy they were so excited! We planted the seeds of lifelong sewers and quilters, and they were beaming with pride and tightly hugging their Quillows when they left.
On Monday we started by making a mini-Quillow. This turned out to [...]
Art Week: Gee’s Bend Quilts
Today’s the final day in the Quilts & Creativity Art Week, and I’m concluding with a bang: quilts from the Gee’s Bend quilters. I’ve featured works of art from the Big Canoe Fine Art show in honor of my own art quilts that are on display at the Ann Litrel gallery in Woodstock. Previously I [...]
Nesting
I feel like Dorothy after she dreams of faraway places and travels to Oz, only to find out there really is “no place like home.” I adored every moment of my book tour, all the women (and men) I got to know personally, their stories and quilts, and spring Quilt Market was a fantastic experience.
And [...]
May/June Email Newsletter
The latest issue of my email newsletter is out and is bursting full of color potential for your quilts and your fabrics! Here’s a sneak peek:
I answer the #1 question I received during my April/May book tour with a new video
I offer exercises for incorporating the 20 new hot colors for quilters into your quilts [...]
A Color Feast at Sew Bee It
First impressions mean a lot, and I was greeted with a feast of color and a warm welcome as I entered Sew Bee It quilt shop in Ringgold, GA. Owner Gloria Black gave me a warm hug, introduced me to her fantastic staff, and gave me a tour around her incredible shop.
If I worked at [...]
Color Lecture, Southern-Style
All we were missing was a glass of iced tea as I gave my Color Mastery on the front porch of Magical Threads in Dahlonega, GA. Pictured here with me are Betty, LeAnn, Anita, Cheri, and DeLynn. Anita and LeAnn were just starting out as quilters, having made several baby quilts, while Cheri and DeLynn [...]
March/April Newsletter
My latest newsletter is out and it’s bursting with all kinds of spring goodies, including all the details on the latest Color Mastery news: a book tour across Georgia. All the details are in the newsletter and over at the Color Mastery blog.
Every author dreams of doing a book tour, and I can’t wait to [...]
Chatting About Color at the Book Launch Party
I’ve got an entire gallery of photos from the book launch party over at the Color Mastery book blog. Here are the personal ones:
My younger son announcing the winners of door prizes. He was all smiles, sneaking sweet treats, picking out fat quarters, and giving me hugs throughout the evening.
My older son would quietly rub [...]
February Newsletter Hot Off the Press
February’s Quilts & Creativity newsletter went out this week, and I can’t wait for you to see it. It includes last-minute details on my book launch this Friday, an opportunity to win a color consultation with me, the scoop on fresh, innovative spring color palettes, a sneak peek at a new product I’ll be [...]
Top Ten Reasons to Independently Publish
One of the big questions any author considers is “who’s the best publisher for my book?” After writing eight books, being published by four different publishers, and independently publishing my own books, my answer has changed over time. I’ve been published by big houses like Tab and McGraw-Hill, I’ve had a literary agent, and I’ve [...]
Download a Sample Chapter from Color Mastery
I’ve made a sample chapter available from Color Mastery – all you have to do is visit the Book page of the website and click on the link. You’ll be well on your way to mastering the color in your quilts in no time. Because I published Color Mastery through my own indie press, I [...]
Everything You Wanted to Know About Color . . . .
Ok, well maybe not everything. After all, it’s only an hour. But what an hour it will be. I’ll be chatting with Morna McEver Golletz in the Professional Quilter Cafe, and of course the topic will be my favorite: color in quilts. What an artist date!
What I’m most excited about is having a one-on-one where [...]
Renaissance Baby Quilt
Here it is. The baby quilt that I presented to Lynne last week, along with a smaller version for little sister. Mother and daughter both have quilts to wrap up their babies in. There is something so gratifying in giving a handmade quilt as a gift, when nobody does handmade anymore.
The design is my Renaissance [...]
Color Mastery Now Available for Pre-Order!
It’s a big day in the Willow Ridge Press studio. Color Mastery is now listed on my distributor’s website at AtlasBooks.com. You can pre-order your own copy and be one of the first to hold it in your own hands. I decided to use a distributor for book sales and fulfillment so I can concentrate [...]
Olympics in China: That’s Not All!
The Olympics aren’t the only exciting thing occurring in China. This package arrived on my doorstep from Hong Kong: the bluelines for Color Mastery. I sure wish I knew what this said. I’m sure it’s something quite boring, like “folio 1 of 7,” but the writing looks so elegant.
I’ve been poring [...]
