2/19/15 2/19/15

QuiltCon Day 1 ~ Riding High

Learning from the Gee's Bend Quilters, lecturing, signing books, making mistakes, all in the midst of community! Riding high on the mechanical sewing machine in the sky.

2/18/15 2/18/15

Got QUILTCON!

2/11/15 2/11/15

Improv Handbook PRE-ORDER GIVEAWAY!

Pre-order or purchase the Improv Handbook by March 16, 2015 and enter to win an original mini-quilt, and Aurifil thread inspired by the book.

1/19/15 1/19/15

How do you fold your quilts?

The act of opening and closing a quilt whispers some sacred truth about the revelation of life's moments and the hiding away of memory.

1/6/15 1/6/15

2015 Focus ~ Listening

As the patchwork unfolds I will listen without agendas of planning, perfecting, or pleasing. I will allow the patchwork to show me what it wants to become.

12/29/14 12/29/14

2014 Review ~ Acceptance

Filled with accomplishments and maturity. I'm excited to see where this new found embrace of everything in my life will take me!

12/21/14 12/21/14

Cultural Fusion Quilts Winner ~ Ruler Roundup

Many quilters have a love for precision piecing and improv patchwork, and are able to move between working with rulers or going ruler-free.

12/8/14 12/8/14

Cultural Fusion Quilts by Sujata Shah

Sujata Shah gently opens up an exciting path for first-time and beginning level improvisors to explore the expressive qualities of the freely cut line.

11/29/14 11/29/14

20th Century Comfort Room

It's an interior space that speaks about the confinement of imagination. Installed at the Headlands Center for the Arts, 1998.

11/12/14 11/12/14

Camp Stitch-Alot and Chicago MQG Here I Come!

Packing for Camp Stitch-Alot! I've got my long johns, heavy boots, winter coat, and lots SCRAPS for the cozy cabin quilting retreat!

11/5/14 11/5/14

Alien She at YBCA

Alien She at YBCA and Ladies Sasquatch by Allyson Mitchell rocked. YES! I am WOMAN! I am BEAST!

10/24/14 10/24/14

The Quilt as a Contemporary Tradition

If you are in the Bay Area join me at the opening this Saturday from 5-8PM for the opening reception! New Quilts from The Improv Handbook the will be on show.

9/25/14 9/25/14

Improv Round Robin ~ Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association

The Improv Round Robin workshop was super fun. I was so impressed by the cohesiveness of the group. They listened and responded with skill and courage!

8/17/14 8/17/14

La supposition où je suis ?

Guess where I am? Yes I'm in Paris!

6/20/14 6/20/14

QuiltCon Choices - Which class to take?

Wondering which QuiltCon workshop to take? I'm debuting three improvisational workshops and a lecture based on projects featured in my forthcoming book

6/6/14 6/6/14

Teaching! Spoonflower, QuiltCon and more!

On the road teaching for the next two weeks at Spoonflower, in Beaufort, SC, and Baltimore. QuiltCon 2015 workshops announced!

6/1/14 6/1/14

38,564 words and twelve new quilts!

It's as if I've been on a boat for the last year and a half and I've just been dropped off on a new shore in my life. Everything is new. Everything is YES! Many thanks to all who've been on the journey with me.