In July 2024, I joined Zak Foster’s Quilty Nook, in part because I felt so intrigued by the Destroy This Quilt (DTQ) project that people in the community were doing…

I’ve made large quilts before that I thought would come out beautifully, but when they were finished the colors just didn’t blend well together! Over time, one trick I’ve learned is to make small color studies…

On November 28, Give Rise Studio will be hosting a Make It Market in Downtown Frederick, and I’m delighted to host one of the projects that attendees can choose to make! We will be making Tiny Wish Quilts…

2025 has not been a year of big quilts for me - I’ve been making lots of small pieces and really enjoying that. But there’s something so exhilarating about getting an idea for a new BIG quilt, and recently I got inspired to start one…

I had the distinct pleasure of hosting an experiential city-to-fabric workshop through my friend Hillary’s studio and the afternoon had such a lovely flow to it…

One of the things I’m noticing I really enjoy as a quilter is puzzling parts together - I love the challenge of finding ways to make a bunch of pieces fit…

Every year, my local quilt guild, the Clustered Spires Quilt Guild, hosts a challenge for members to create a quilt on a chosen theme. This year, the theme was “create a quilt that illustrates your favorite song.” It surprised me how challenging it was to come up with which song I wanted to use for my quilt!

My newest workshop offering, Worn to Warm: Upcycle Garments to Quilt Blocks was directly inspired by…

As quilters are making, very often stray quilt blocks accumulate - blocks that are slightly off, blocks that don’t end up being made into a quilt, or blocks that lose their interest for the quilter…

This fall I am joining my friend Hillary’s studio and my upcoming October workshops are live on her site! The first workshop, Hand Quilted Scrappy Mini Quilt, will be a combination of fast piecing and slow stitching…

I’ve been a member of the DC Modern Quilt Guild almost since I started quilting (2022), and during my second year in the guild, we started a Charity Quilting Bee initiative. The bee consists of small groups of 6-8 quilters in bees all around our region. We take turns…

I’m experiencing my first-ever slow down in my quilting process and production. Ever since I started quilting in 2022, I’ve felt so singularly focused on what’s next, chomping at the bit to sit and sew on whatever is pulling my mind. A few things have been going on for us lately…

The coolest thing happened when I started my website and newsletter: my friend Aynex Mercado who is both a quilt artist and a Senior UX Designer, offered to make me a logo! I first met Aynex…

This year for the first time my guild, the DC Modern Quilt Guild, participated in a cross-country mini quilt swap with three other guilds from around the United States. The swap was called SEWN: South East West North, and the participating guilds along with ours were Orlando, Denver, and Chicago. The theme for the swap was Abstract…

This is not a post I envisioned writing, but I’ve learned so many tidbits in the last week or two about getting a simple website and newsletter started and felt inspired to share my top 5 tips!

I had the most amazing experience last year working my way through the prompts for Zak Foster’s Destroy This Quilt process. Since my first version isn’t finished, I wasn't initially sure if I wanted to start a new one when the DTQ reboot started this year. Then my guild had a big secondhand fabric sale…