I just returned from Bald Head Island, at the southern tip of North Carolina. This island is blessedly slim on commercial buildings, and dev...

I have been reading all the recent postings about copyright issues to the QuiltArt Yahoo group with interest. Many members hate the idea of ...

Nearly all quilt shows require a 4" hanging sleeve for quilts exhibited. This 4" size accommodates most hanging rods or slats used...

I am feeling the need to create some art quilts that convey my opinions on weightier issues. “The Bluest Eye” does this (racism, and my beli...

My daughter Lea made this flowerpot at Campology Science Camp this past week. She is a very talented budding artist. I just love how she did...

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evi...

Today was the last meeting in a six-month needleturn appliqué class called Appliqué Academy that I've been teaching at the Quilters Loft...

A friend, Meg Kimmel, just gave me these quilt tops. The first is made entirely of silk neckties pieced by hand and then beautifully embroid...

Before the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) conference last month, participants were asked to bring with them "studio droppings,...

My friend Grace Howes made this little quilt from one of my designs and it turned out beautifully! I just love the colors she chose, and the...

I spent this morning with a new friend, fiber artist Melinda Schwakhofer, who is visiting the Mooresville area this summer. Melinda is an A...

I made this quilt, "Ducks in a Row," for my neighbor and friend, Victor Marquis. Vic is a very talented wood carver, and about a y...

A group I belong to, the Pandoras, a group of creative quilters interested in thinking outside the box, dyed fabric today. We had great fun....

Ooooh! This is Lumiere fabric paint on black fabric. It is so wonderful. I just bought some today, "Metallic Silver" and the one s...

I love the look of beading, and started this piece as an experiment, but really have no idea what the heck I am doing! I am using a book tha...

Just made these cool bead earrings this afternoon. I started with two felted beads I'd made earlier from wool roving, then added beads, ...

“Beach Vacation” is one of my new patterns, made to celebrate the wonderful summer vacations we have enjoyed with my extended family at Nort...

I made this quilt, “Ducks in a Row,” for my friend and neighbor, Vic Marquis, who does wonderful duck decoys and other folk-art-style wood c...

The 2007 Barnful of Quilts will be held Saturday, Oct. 13, at Fox Farms in Waxhaw, NC. This is a quilt and fiber arts show to benefit Waxhaw...

The quilt I created for Quilting Arts magazine’s 2008 calendar competition didn’t get into the calendar, but I just learned from the editor ...

“Harbinger’s Hope” is a piece I started this spring after a prolonged battle with Duke Power, who threatened to cut the 70-year-old sugar ma...