June 14, 2021
I belong to Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). SAQA provides outlets for members to display their Art Quilts in various venues. In the spring of 2020, SAQA had a call for entries for a book being written by Sandra Sider. I applied and “Pathways” was chosen to be included in the book “Quarantine Quilts: Creativity…
READ MOREDecember 11, 2019
Hello! It’s been a long time since I blogged about what I’m working on! The reason for this is since April I have been working on secret stuff. I can’t show you all of it just yet. But I can show you this! In January my friend Annette showed a Christmas quilt that I thought…
READ MOREApril 15, 2019
February dawned with a blizzard here at Cairn Carroll. Little did we know that the snow would keep on coming for 6 more weeks. Ugh! I’m not a fan of snow in my yard. Growing up in Southern California, snow was something you visited. I don’t need it my yard for weeks. But it is…
READ MOREFebruary 14, 2019
Last October the Tri City Quilt Guild hosted Ann Shaw for two classes. Ann is a certified teacher of Ruth P. McDowell’s technique. I signed up to take her one-day class and decided to make the poppy in purple. Then a friend who was also taking the class, mentioned that she would be making a…
READ MOREJanuary 25, 2019
Have you ever made a mistake? Yeah, me too. Lots of them. In fact, I have a quilt top on the shelf in my sewing room that is a mistake. The parts are nice, but together, not so nice. It’s pieced very precisely. The fabrics are very nice. But the composition doesn’t work. In my…
READ MOREJanuary 4, 2019
It’s been far too long since I wrote a blog post. You know how some years pass and you think “what did I do or accomplish that year”? Other years are remembered for all that you did or experienced. 2018 was a year I will never forget. It was a bittersweet year for me. I’ve…
READ MOREOctober 24, 2017
Early in October I joined some quilt friends of mine to dye Shibori fabric. Our friend Jo has the most wonderful dying backyard. A little pun there, as her backyard is wonderfully overgrown with plants, trees and bushes. Isn’t this a fabulous place to hang out for the day? Jo has all the tables, buckets,…
READ MORESeptember 28, 2017
Welcome to my website and blog! I love fabric, texture and sewing. I am always looking to learn new techniques so I recently signed up to take a class from Joe Cunningham sponsored by my local guild the Tri Cities Quilt Guild. You can check out “Joe the Quilter” here. Joe is a great teacher….
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