The Quality of Patterns – A Discussion
A friend forwarded a post from Marianne of The Quilting Edge this weekend, in which she invites discussion on the topic of poorly written patterns. Give it a look, and check out the lively discourse [...]
Dalek Quilt Tutorial – Who’s the Bad Guy?
So who's your favorite Doctor? I have to admit that I have a soft spot for Tom Baker's incarnation… he was the jelly-baby eating Doctor Who of my childhood in England. He was a big [...]
A new Art Geek App!
Early in my college art education, an art history professor assigned us a museum trip. We were charged with visiting one of three specific paintings, and to spend 15 minutes with the work while writing [...]
These Hands Make Things
If you follow any of the social media surrounding the current wave of feminism, you've probably noticed that we are beginning to see photographs of real people with little electronic alteration - a trend I [...]
We Are $ew Worth It: Keeping track while you work
The first step in being able to assess what you might charge to make a quilt is keeping good track of what went into it, in both time and materials. Anyone who has had the [...]
Great Exposure!
Image from the delightful Melanie Gillman of pigeonbits.tumblr.com As this lovely year comes to a close, I want to thank each and every person who has written me from the We Are $ew Worth It posts. [...]
Countdown! Advent Calendar Tutorial
This is a tutorial for Countdown, the advent calendar pattern I designed a couple of years back. It has roomy pleated pockets instead of doors or ornaments, and goes together really quickly. Like most of [...]
Tool crush – Moleskines… in COLOR!
Like a lot of folks in the arts (fine arts, writing arts, or otherwise) at one point in my career I discovered Moleskine notebooks. They are discrete little black numbers, made in several sizes, and [...]
Passion
I drive a Miata. I bought my first in 1996, and my second (and current) in 2001. I’m approaching 300K lifetime Miata miles, and I still look out the window, espy my car and think [...]