I have just returned home after spending a wonderful week at Saskatchewan Stitches in Muenster, Saskatchewan. This gathering is unlike any other—a unique blend of sewing, learning, creativity, and friendship that unfolds over eight inspiring days. While quilting certainly has its place, Saskatchewan Stitches is much more than a quilting retreat. Participants come together to…
Last year I began a new textile book. I wanted to try a new-to-me way of binding, following Anne Wood, but instead it became one of those projects that demanded patience, pauses, problem-solving, and more than a little stubbornness. There were starts and stops along the way, experiments that worked beautifully and others that definitely…
It’s blog time again… and I’ve just realized it’s been about a month since my last post. That doesn’t sit very well with me, but the truth is, the past few weeks have been full – really full. In the lead-up to Paducah, my days stretched into 14–16 hour marathons of preparing kits, refining instructions,…
I’m sitting and my computer today … and you know what that means.Blog day. It’s been one of those weeks in the studio where one idea quietly leads to another, and before I know it, I’m surrounded by some finished and some half-finished pieces, new directions, and a growing pile of possibilities. I finished the…
Another quiet week in the studio – but a satisfying one. I’ve been spending my time working on samples using the new fabrics and panels that will be coming to the website soon. It feels good to finally see them come together. I’m making a series of 12″ x 12″ pieces – there will be…
And definitely worth it! I didn’t write a blog last week. I was just back from Daytona Beach for AQS QuiltWeek Daytona Beach – teaching two classes and, for the first time, stepping into a new role: vendor. Not just any vendor, but there representing WonderFil Specialty Threads as one of their designers. It felt…
There is a particular kind of joy that comes from doing work you truly love. The kind where hours disappear, your hands are busy, and your mind is quietly content. That’s where I’ve been lately, stitching twenty pages for a little fabric book I’m making following Ann Wood’s instructions. The hand-stitching was finished. Every page…
This week was full – classes taught, lectures given, ideas shared – but today I don’t want to write about all of that. I want to linger on one small, beautiful pocket of time that filled me with quiet joy. On Saturday, I taught a handmade journal class in my studio. We gathered around the…
This past week didn’t come with any big milestones or shiny accomplishments. No finished pieces to photograph, no major announcements to make. Instead, it was one of those weeks filled with the necessary but invisible work: supply lists, class descriptions, schedules, notes, updating my website… The scaffolding that holds everything else up. And stitching. Lots…
As the year begins, I find myself returning to the studio — to paper, cloth, thread, and the quiet rhythm of making. After months of planning, gathering, and imagining, I’m happy to share three new classes that invite you into that slower, more intentional space. These classes are about process over perfection, about noticing texture,…
When I began this daily stitching journey back on January 1st, I had two long strips of fabric laid out in front of me, each marked with six months of the year. The days ahead stretched out endlessly — full of promise, curiosity, and possibility. At the same time, it felt a little daunting. All…
A couple of weeks ago I noticed that no one seemed to be receiving my blog posts by email. After a bit of investigating, I discovered that this had actually been going on for quite a while. For some reason, a payment hadn’t gone through, and as a result the emails simply stopped being delivered….
November is history and we are in the midst of getting ready for the holidays. Do you also wonder where the year has gone? I am NOT organized yet. I’ve been dealing with all kinds of stuff that was not fun. The latest in a series of issues has been discovering that nobody has been…
It’s the end of the week again, which means it’s time for another blog post — and this week I’m continuing the thread from last week’s reflections on working in a series. Sometimes, when you spend a long time immersed in a theme, something unexpected bubbles up from underneath. That’s exactly what happened with my…
This past week went by in a blur again – not because nothing happened, but because so much of it happened quietly behind the scenes. I’ve been busy filming videos (the kind that somehow take much longer than you expect!) and preparing samples for a new workshop (more on this at a later date). Of…