The first thing that I taught the students to make was masks. 3 types of no-sew tie masks and 3 types of sewn masks. I drew patterns and ...

One of the things we do for students is check out their sewing machines. Many of them have machines that have skipped a generation and be...

Now that we have moved the studio I can begin the process of unpacking my fabric, button and bead boxes. I am finding a whole lot of surp...

“And in the pink of dawn, she saw the could be's and would be's of the coming day and she knew that it would all be good.” G. Bella

Blues from that magic box of remnants that never ends This time the pieces in the blue packet were all strips from mens button down shirt...

I have this box of fabric remants. Its kind of like a magic lamp it never empties out and always gives. It doesn't matter how many pieces...

Today is a studio organizing day. I sort and organize on a regular basis but sometimes when I am creating I have less time and then stuff...

What do flowers symbolize? Flower symbolism originated in Asia and the Middle East, where certain flowers, such as the lotus, were consid...

Twilights are the time intervals happening between night and day, before sunrise and after sunset. The sun is below the horizon, but its ...

When upcycling a button down shirt there are already existing features, collars, cuffs, button plackets and pockets. There are many diffe...

I have that box with packets of remnants. It doesn't matter how many times I have taken strips out to make wave or fragment art pieces th...

I think every season has all the colors of the rainbow in different depths and shades. Winter has red which becomes an aubergine purple, ...

I have created that dress shirt/jacket tutorial and I decided to use it for revamping some of my own shirts. I have had this too large, a...

A while back I was commisioned to create a wedding quilt as a gift for a couple using whatever technique I liked, as long as the colors w...

Every time I work on something new my students want to be part of it. I made this paper pieced mini quilt a while back. This pattern is c...

Working on my next tutorial. Scarves. Mori girl, boho scarves from scraps. I worked with this color palette this week and made a number o...

My fabric supply is neverending. I opened one of the boxes yesterday looking for a particular piece of fabric and I found this selection ...

A while back I sorted through my autumn box of fabrics and this was the color mix that I chose. "The word autumn /ˈɔːtəm/ is derived from...

There's something about greys that draw me to create with them. They contain all the colors, like life. Blue grey, green grey, pink grey ...

I worked with my new fragments quilting technique today. The first thing I do when planning a new project is to choose a color family fro...