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…