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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Day Three at Penland ~ Cage, Limits, Scores and More!
It’s nearing the end of day three at Penland and it’s hard to comprehend all that has happened so far. No one’s wasting any time! Day one of the improv quilting workshop began with conversation and brainstorming on the definition … Continue reading
Day One at Penland
What a great group of students! Eight plus me. Everyone is engaged and excited about the material. Today we brainstormed about improvisation, explored cultural and personal responses to making mistakes, and began working with randomness and decision making. The first … Continue reading
Rules vs Limits in Improv Quilting
Welcome to Improv Mondays, a weekly series exploring improvisation in quilt making. The last two weeks I’ve posted about THE RULES. This week I want to talk about limits. Is there a difference between rules and limits in improv quilting? … Continue reading
Social Networks for Quilt Makers
Yes, I’ve caught the knitting bug! It started with socks but now I’ve graduated to sweaters. I’ve joined two local knitting groups and the online knitting community, Ravelry. Someone on Ravelry recently asked if there was an equivalent online quilting … Continue reading
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A Quilt Maker’s Memoir of Rules
Welcome to Improv Mondays, a weekly series exploring improvisation in quilt making. I began as a self-taught quilt maker after years of sewing clothes. I learned the techniques and internalized the proper rules of sewing sturdy and professional looking garments, … Continue reading
Passage Quilting™ with Ruth Anne
Yesterday Ruth Anne came to the studio to quilt with me on a memorial quilt made from her mother’s clothing. I finished the quilt top last month, which was started by Ruth Anne in a Passage Quilting™ workshop, that I … Continue reading
THE RULES of Quilt Making
Welcome to Improv Mondays, a weekly series exploring improvisation in quilt making. The topic of rules is HUGE. Traditional sewing epitomizes feminine obedience. When I was growing up, home economic was required and there were rules that had to be … Continue reading
