Try a Little Tenderness
Friends, sewists, quiltmakers, lend me your ears! The last few weeks of political upheaval in the United States has definitely shortened a lot of fuses, and sadly, it's bleeding out in how we're treating [...]
WASWI: Asking for better than you get
Here's part of an email I just sent to a company that buys patterns from me. Yet again, my payment was not made in a timely fashion. I sadly deal with more than one company [...]
The Personal and the Political
Yes, I've been quiet of late. It's been one helluva season... I moved house and studio in early December, my delightfully dodgy heart landed me in the hospital (again) during the holidays, I'm sore and [...]
I’m on the Crafty Planner Podcast!
Woohoo! I had the privilege and pleasure of being interviewed by Sandi Hazlewood, The Crafty Planner, for her podcast. It was SO COOL to talk about all the things that matter to us both. And [...]
I Got “Snowflaked” – The Sam I Am Quilt
I belong to a private Facebook group of lovely ladies. We've been together a while (close to four years now) and in the way that only seems possible through the marriage of quilting and on-line [...]
The Space Squilt
No, that's not a misspelling. SQUILT is a valid word in my family - it means Special Quilt, and is reserved for the most honored quilts: the "loveys," the "woobies," the ones that achieve Velveteen Rabbit-like [...]
Well Loved Quilts
Last week, I visited my son and daughter-in-law in Michigan for their wedding. We had a lovely, too-short time, and I was sent home with three quilt projects to work on! The first quilt is one [...]
BIG Hearted – modifications for #QuiltsForPulse
Last week, I made an adapted version of my new pattern, Big Hearted, for #QuiltsForPulse, a project spearheaded by the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild to get quilts of rainbow hearts into the hands of those [...]
Born For This
One of the cool things about moving to Portland is that there's a huge entrepreneurial community here. Within days of unloading the moving truck in 2013, I found myself at a holiday party with local followers [...]
Spring Clean Your Studio 2016 – Come On In!
Welcome to my studio! When Cheryl Sleboda asked me to join the Spring Cleaning hop again, her timing was perfect. I'm in the middle of #SewingAtTheSpeedOfSam for Spring Quilt Market, and she caught me on [...]