When I create a new technique I research a lot. I first envision something, lately I am waking up with seeing pictures in my mind. I do a...

I spent all day today choosing fabrics for my next tutorial. I ended up choosing fabrics for 2 tutorials. My table is full of fabric...

Well I finished creating my Birds of Paradise. I had a day or 2 where I needed to intellectually rest. I wonder if that happens to other...

I finished quilting and binding the Wave Landscape Floral Garden piece and finished writing the tutorial which ended up being 51 pages....

I finally finished creating the piece. This has been floating around in my head for quite a while. First I dreamt it and then I drew it...

I am getting there. What I envisioned is becoming a creation. Its one thing to see it laid out like this and another to go to the sewing...

I woke up with this. I saw the picture and went to the box of crayons and took these out Sketched this As an artist or actually I think...

I have been having what I call Artist's block. You know like Writer's block. I see something in my mind's eye and I just don't manage to...

I have been working on more wave technique tutorials. I have 2 ready and there are 2 more in my arsenal. The next will be called The Wave...

i don't throw remnants away. I sort them according to color and fabric and I have a separate organization for t shirt scraps. I sort them...

I always work on a number of projects at the same time. They are usually sized according to the remnants of the largest project that I am...

I am glad that I followed my first choice of thread color for quilting. When I look at fabrics I instinctually feel what is right. I see...

I wrote the first wave landscape patchwork tutorial, the introduction to my technique more than 5 years ago. And that was after sewing...

I am participating in an instagram sharing called IGQuiltFest2023 with a different prompt for the sharing for each day. I am late to the...

This is a crazy quilt I started 25 years ago and I am just getting around to finishing it off. I never purchase fabric. Always upcycled...

When working on projects I keep all of the remnants. I store them according to size so that they are easily accessible for my various...

I love when people share with us the products they create incorporating our techniques. Joanne Self participated in the Road To...

The children call them fluffy quilts. They name them very aptly. Taught a rag quilt class this week. I always create a sample while...

I have been playing around with this idea for a while. To create wearables using my landscape patchwork techniques. My process takes a...

Today I played with pleats and will show you what I did. on my table today