Most people dread Mondays. After all, they mean back to work, away from home and family. And rainy Mondays are the worst – as it’s doing here in Georgia today (the photo is from Amicalola Falls on a sunnier day).
I’m deciding on a different outlook. Mondays present a great day of opportunity. Monday is a [...]
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Beautiful Mondays
Side Trip
We spent last weekend with family attending my father-in-law George’s funeral. My boys were dreading the long drive home, so I scheduled a side trip to break up the drive and work in a little history as well. I guess once you’ve been a homeschooling mom, you’re always looking for those teachable moments.
We decided to [...]
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 [...]
Art Week: Wood
It’s wood day in the Quilts & Creativity Art Week. I’m featuring 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 featured sculpture and glass.
The wood pieces in the Big Canoe Fine Art show [...]
Art Week: Glass
It’s glass day in the Quilts & Creativity Art Week. I’m featuring 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. Yesterday was sculpture and you can see it here.
The glass-blown artwork in the Big Canoe [...]
A Real Book’s Lasting Value
I want my work to last. Longevity is one of the three main goals I have for my books. The other two? A post for another day.
I realized long ago that it took just as long to write a book that was trendy and out of print after two years as it did to write [...]
Magical Moments
Sketching mesmerizes people. When people learn I’m a quilter, they often offer comments such as, “Oh, my grandmother did that,” or “I’ve always wanted to learn how to do that.”
But tell them I sketch, or even better if they see me sketching, and they are truly facsinated. They stop what they are doing to watch [...]
New Season, New Look
What is it about spring that makes me want to throw open the windows and swap out the winter pillows and fabrics for brighter, more light colors? Same goes for the blog. I’ve photographed a new header image and am trying a new Wordpress theme that’s easier on the eyes. Larger fonts, wider sidebars. I [...]
Instant Comraderie of Quilters
I had a lovely visit from a quilter from New York recently. Janet Root, SAQA member, quilt teacher, and avid quilter, stopped by to chat about quilting on a rainy day. We sat in the keeping room, fire blazing, and talked about teaching, our students, and where the best sales are (end-of-bolt sale at Little [...]
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 [...]
Alex Anderson Hopscotch Pattern: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
My mouth is watering from all the delicious goodies ya’ll shared with us in your comments. Beef Wellington, creamed onions, cornbread dressing, sands cookies, peanut brittle, raisin scones, homemade chocolate pudding, Brazilian Rabanada, and gingerbread people! My goodness we are gourmet cooks, and I know I enjoy eating every bite my friends and family lovingly [...]
Quilting on the White House Christmas Tree
Susie Brady of North Carolina was selected by her congressman to decorate an ornament for the White House Christmas tree, and look at what she did: a quilt! She said it represented life in her area of North Carolina. To see all the ornaments, visit the official site here. Wouldn’t it be fantastic to be [...]
Signature Thread: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
I’m so impressed with all the lovely gifts ya’ll have received, and even better, given. Thanks for your lovely comments and for sharing with the readers of my blog. If you haven’t read the comments, you can click on the title of the blog post, and you get both the blog post and the comments [...]
Ginormous Olfa Rotary Cutter: Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway
If you’ve ever coveted one of those large rotary cutters by Olfa, today’s your lucky day. I’m giving away the 60mm quick-change rotary cutter, so you can slice and dice through your fabrics just as if you had a Ginsu knife! Then you can change that blade with the press of a button, instead of [...]
Apron Pattern: 12 Days of Christmas
How about making yourself a gift of a new apron for Christmas? Now you can with Barbara Brandenberg’s new Apron Jazz pattern. It’s so much fun to sneak some time in for making yourself a sweet gift. Enter your comment by 9 p.m. Friday evening and you’ll be entered in the drawing to win this [...]
Michael Miller Charm Pack of 50 Fabrics: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
I’m so excited about today’s giveaway: a Michael Miller pack of 50 charm fabrics from their latest “Frosted” line, perfect for winter quilting! Michael Miller designs some of my favorite fabrics, and there’s no limit to the creative inspiration you’ll get from these fabrics. I’m posting this reaaaaally late on Wednesday – almost 9p.m., as [...]
Creative Grids Ruler: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
We’re starting off the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway with a bang: a 16.5″ Creative Grids Ruler! I love these rulers, as they have 1″ measurements on two sides, and 1.5″ measurements on the other two. They don’t slip around on your fabric, and they are one of my top tools. The Creative Grids rulers [...]
Christmas Comes Early
It’s been a whirlwind of activity here at the Willow Ridge Press family studios. Thanksgiving was a gourmet feast, as my husband and I both love to cook. He made Emeril Lagasse’s turkey recipe from his new show Emeril Green, and I made the traditional cornbread dressing, made with whole grain cornbread.
Then it snowed on [...]
2008 Best Craft/Hobby Books
I adore books. Really. I would buy books before food and clothes, and when I go into a quilt shop I always look at what the new books are. So I was excited to see USABookNews.com’s picks for best Craft/Hobbies books. Take a peek and see how many quilting and sewing-related titles are here.
Looking for [...]
Quilters Who Twitter
I have a new tool in my blog’s sidebar: a Twitter widget. I’m now on Twitter, which is a way of following what your friends are doing. It’s a micro-blog, of sorts. I’m still figuring it all out and exactly my strategy for using it. Looks like fun – a way to keep in touch [...]
The December issue of Mary Engelbreit Home Companion arrived in my mailbox, and my favorite part of the magazine is the artist profiles. But I had to share with ya’ll how much this magazine is now about quilting and fiber arts. Almost this entire issue is about fiber art of one kind or another, profiling [...]
Quilt Project Runway: Meg Cox, Quilting Evangelist
I profiled Meg Cox, author of The Quilter’s Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide, months ago here, and I attended her session at Fall Quilt Market. Meg is the new evangelist for all things quilting, her goal being to create new quilters in the 85% of American households that don’t have one. Can it really be [...]
Quilt Project Runway: Color Mastery’s Photo Man
Multimedia message, originally uploaded by Colorful Quilter.
Ok, so he’s The Photo Man for The Quilt Show too. Gregory took all the gorgeous photos of the quilts in Color Mastery, and he is a large part of why the book turned out so beautifully. After all, the colors in the quilts had to be not just [...]
