Scroll to the bottom for the giveaway details featuring designers Carolyn Friedlander (Tangelo photographed above); Allison Harris of...

As always, I am in awe of what the quilters of yesteryear accomplished without the tools we have today. Thank you, Bill, for inspiring...

(Or, Attempting That HUGE Leap From Cute Sketch to Marketable Pattern) Do you remember those paper-pieced holiday blocks I designed last...

I first met Pati about 15 years ago while teaching a beginning quilting class at a local shop. We reunited two years ago at Quilt Market...

Live from NYC: Anita Grossman Solomon’s quilt featured in Times Square–photographed by Dale Riehl of The City Quilter. Meet Anita sharing...

Putting money to artistic use: Candace Kling* showed me how to make tiny origami shirts out of currency. (The heart and shirt w/tie were...

Detail from a Jan Van Huysum still life included in “Memory of the Netherlands” exhibit, Mauritshuis, The Hague. As you may have surmised...

It’s always wonderful to hear of quilts being recognized in a gallery setting, and even more so when the quilter in question is a...

Verna in her studio; photo courtesy Gregory Case Since taking her first quilt class in 1996, Verna–in her own words–was hooked. “I knew...

I always like to open on a floral note–an anemone I photographed about 100 times trying to catch the incredible fuchsia color. Clearly,...

How wonderful are these pretty blossoms? I absolutely love the satiny texture of the ribbons and their colors. 1. Candace Kling, the...

Good enough to eat? Candace Kling’s delicious “Eye Candy” may fool you, but the confections are made of fabric! I don’t think it’s a...

Back in 1993, I designed a Sunflower-themed wall hanging for my series “Tradition with a Twist” in Quilting Today magazine. (If you’re a...

A rhino in Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park photographed by William Rounds. Indeed not fabric, but inspiration for the wonderful prints...

The series showcases dozens and dozens of quilts, both vintage and new. The WQM website provides an Image Resource Guide to identify...

A behind-the scenes moment in a company of French ballet dancers captured by 19th century Impressionist Edgar Degas–do you get the idea...

I always like starting my posts with flowers, especially “quilt-able” ones. A few posts ago, Darra gave us a rundown on texture depicted...

Yes, I’ve since fixed my crooked earrings and yes, I did finish that most delicious cupcake made by Kim Butterworth from a Paula Deen...

The multi-talented Nancy Mahoney Over the years, Nancy Mahoney and I have crossed “professional paths” many times. I’ve edited a number...

When I was living in the  North Carolina mountains, and my quilting friends and I were in need of a little “uptown infusion,” we hopped...