A Bit of Yellow

Today I received a copy of  Color Play, Second Edition , a "hot off the press" book by color expert Joen Wolfrom.  My quilt, Chr...

I love old world architecture and  was toying with the idea of a collage-style quilt when a piece of art caught my attention.  I loved ever...

What better way to welcome the first day of summer than a touch of yellow.  It reminds me of the hot summer sun.  My sister, Becky, has a c...

In nature, texture is everywhere.  The bark of these two trees have highly contrasting visual texture.  One is silky smooth and the other de...

Machine Quilting Unlimited   magazine is a real treat with glossy pages of colorful, inspiring quilts and articles about machine quilting...

"The resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone to a worldview that provides the perspective to all of life."     Josh McDowell ...

In praise of flowers ---  yellow, of course! Flowers in quilts . . . And the real thing in nature . . .

Fabric generally steals the show in quilts but I'd like to focus here on thread and the credit it deserves in our quilts.  Threads for ...

Yesterday I attended a "Chocolate 101" lecture/tasting by a local chocolatier and got to sample several varieties of my favorite t...

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”  This motto was a way of life especially during the Great Depression. O f necessity man...

The characters on this tiny wall quilt spell "thank you" (" Xie Xie " in Mandarin).  Click on this  earlier post  and...

Celestial Splendor is a quilt with a lot of lines and shapes going on. All of them are appliqued (yes, even the straight lines) with my pre...

One important design principle is the use of repetition, whether in shape, fabric, color or quilting. Canterbury Cathedral's central ce...