Color Challenge Mini Quilt
In February the Central Ohio Modern Quilt Guild began its first member challenge, and I was excited that it was based on color. Each participant drew two crayons from a bag and combined them with...
View ArticleCrystalized Citrus: A Hoffman Challenge Quilt
Crystalized Citrus is my first Hoffman Challenge quilt, and I am thrilled with the result! I was cutting it really close time wise, so it was quite a relief when they extended the deadline by a week-...
View ArticleHills and Valleys: 2016 Riley Blake Challenge Quilt
This year’s Modern Quilt Guild / Riley Blake fabric challenge was one of the best challenges I have ever participated in, and I am very excited about the resulting quilt! The print that was selected...
View ArticleThird Quarter Finish Along Goals
It is (once again) hard to believe that we are heading into another quarter and that half of 2016 is behind us. The second quarter was filled with theatre work, and now that it is mostly tied up with...
View ArticleColumbus Skyline for the Row by Row Experience
This year Dabble and Stitch, a fantastic local quilt shop in Columbus, Ohio asked me to design their row for the Row by Row Experience. It was their first time participating in this event, and it was...
View ArticleCloud 9 New Block Blog Hop
I love designing new blocks and quilt designs, and I am so excited to work with the wonderful palette of solids provided by Cloud 9 Fabrics! Designing this block took me back to my undergrad years as a...
View ArticleColumbus Skyline: A Blogger’s Quilt Festival Entry
Every year The Blogger’s Quilt Festival hosted by Amy’s Creative Side brings tremendous inspiration to us all- I love seeing so much lovely work collected in one place! I am thrilled to submit...
View ArticleCrystalized Citrus: A Blogger’s Quilt Festival Entry
Crystalized Citrus is my second entry into The Blogger’s Quilt Festival hosted by Amy’s Creative Side. I hope you will all set aside some time this week to look at all of the amazing inspiration...
View ArticleHourglass Quilt Block
Have you received your fantastic Quilter’s Planner from Stephanie of Late Night Quilter? If you haven’t you can order a planner here. One of the amazing features of the planner is that there is a...
View ArticleOhio Star Quilt Block
I am so excited to share the instructions for a second traditional block which is in the 2017 Quilter’s Planner. The Ohio Star block is one of my favorites since I grew up, learned to quilt, and...
View Article2017 Planning Post
2016 flew by and now that we are just hours away from starting 2017, I thought I would share some of my Quilt-y goals for the coming year as well as some 2016 highlights. Yvonne of Quilting Jet Girl is...
View ArticleThe Collection Quilt (Round 2!)
Last year, I was thrilled to teach Carolyn Friedlander‘s Collection Quilt through a local quilt shop, Sew to Speak. The first version I made as a class sample is similar to the overall aesthetic that...
View ArticleBuilding Bridges: January BOM
2017 is going to be an exciting quilting year, and one of the projects I am most excited for is working with a local shop, Dabble and Stitch, on a block of the month program. Throughout the year we...
View ArticleQuiltCon Highlights
QuiltCon 2018 ended on Sunday, and I wish that I had been able to attend to see so many of my quilt-y friends. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of the photos and videos which were posted during the...
View ArticleCraftsy Quilt Designer Fellowship Finalist!
The finalists for this year’s Craftsy Quilt Designer Fellowship were announced today, and I am thrilled to be one of the top ten! The second round is public voting, so I hope you check out all the...
View ArticleSynthesized Slivers
A few weeks ago, I came across a call for entries for the Modern Mini Quilt Challenge hosted by Quilt Expo. It has been awhile since I have done a mini quilt, and I was feeling the need for a...
View ArticleI’m an Aurifil Artisan!
I am so excited that I am now able to tell you that I am an Aurifil Artisan for 2018! Aurifil is my favorite quilting thread, and I use it on both my domestic and long arm machines. White is probably...
View ArticleBeautiful Ohio Row by Row
The international shop hop, Row by Row, starts tomorrow! This is the third year I have designed the row for one of my local quilt shops, Dabble and Stitch, which is located in Columbus, Ohio. The...
View ArticleDiamond Placemat
The charity that the Central Ohio Modern Quilt Guild is working with this year is Meals on Wheels. We are making placemats that are distributed to recipients along with their meals to brighten things...
View ArticleQuilts Accepted into AQS Daytona Beach!
I have definitely caught the quilt show bug! When I first started entering, I would enter a show here and there, mostly if I thought I might be able to attend. But once my quilts started getting...
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