Seven Reasons Why I Love Quilt Kits
Interested in hearing this post as audio? You can do so here! I love a good quilt kit. In this too-busy life, a well-designed kit can give you fast success with a minimum amount of [...]
Does learning Adobe Illustrator make you a Professional Quilt Pattern Designer?
Note: I often write for my industry, and this is one of those such times. Interested in hearing this post as audio? You can do so here! This question came up recently in a conversation [...]
Last Minute Gifts
EEI have a few fast and easy projects for you that are perfect last minute gifts. Each take about an hour to make and can be made with scraps or a fat quarter. First [...]
Thoughts on Pattern Quality
Early in May I received an email from a reader who is quite frustrated with her recent purchases of patterns with costly cutting errors in them. She wrote to ask me to tackle this issue [...]
The General Organa Quilt
I have another Star Wars quilt for you! This one is the General Organa quilt, and is my homage to the late Carrie Fisher. The original Star Wars movie's Princess Leia Organa was one of the [...]
Quilt Talk® Bonus Pattern – Nevertheless
I made this quilt recently, and when I posted it on Instagram (follow me here) a few people asked for a pattern. This isn't exactly a pattern per se, but close! You'll need my book [...]
WASWI – One of My Patterns Has Been Plagiarized
I'm pretty steamed. I've discovered that someone who bought my Chunky Wee Zippy Pouches pattern has ripped it off, obviously believing the "just change 5 things or X percent and you're safe" nonsense. Whatever the nuts [...]
Hedgie Pincushion Pattern
I don’t like to dispose of sharp metal in the trash – I’m always worried that it might hurt someone. I usually put all my dead needles into an old pincushion – so I thought [...]
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 [...]
Rejected from QuiltCon
Rejected. I've been told I shouldn't use such a harsh word on myself, but it certainly is a clear statement of facts: I offered one of my quilts to QuiltCon, and it was not accepted [...]