I have an item of housekeeping before I write about this week’s Honoree. A shout out to Dale Drake, who edits my rough drafts so you don’t have to be subjected to word salad, half-cut pastes and poor grammar. I try very hard to grammatically follow the rules, but she always finds something that can…
I wondered when I’d get a chance to say “It’s not rocket science” here. And then I came across Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. This Honoree has a PhD. in aerospace engineering! But as intriguing as that might be, it’s not what she’s known for among quilters. Dr. Mazloomi is an author who has written a dozen…
In our continuing conversation, Jack Edson talks with Deb Geyer about his fabric collage of Ellen Carey and what to expect in his Fabric Collage Workshop. Workshop Saturday, September 26, 2020, 10am – 5pm Registration cost: $50 Jack’s formula: “Take things you love, cut them into hundreds or thousands of pieces, and put them back…
I told you last week that we received a quilt donation from Honoree Donna Wilder, but maybe you don’t know who she is. Well, if you know Kaffe Fassett, Tula Pink, Kathy Doughty, and Jane Sassaman, or if you drooled over last Fall’s collection from the original (William) Morris Company, you should know Donna. She…
In addition to writing this blog, I am also a member of the Quilters Hall of Fame Collections Committee. At our annual meeting a few weeks ago, something came up that started me thinking about quilt collecting. The Collections Committee reviews potential donations and recommends to the Board which items to add to our Permanent…
Did you enjoy the 2020 Virtual Celebration? I sure did! While nothing takes the place of seeing quilts “in the cloth” and getting together in person with quilting friends, it was still a fun experience. Maybe you bought something in the vendor mall or bid on an auction item—thanks for your support of The Quilters…
If you were quilting in the late 1970s and 80s, you were lucky to have Eleanor Burns; she made quilting easy. She pioneered the use of time-saving devices like rotary cutters and specialty rulers, and showed you how to make a quilt in a day. And if you didn’t start out with Eleanor, she’s still…
When I first started quilting, my guild buddies talked me into taking a workshop to learn how to appliqué. Even though I was–and still am—drawn more to geometric rather than organic shapes, they suggested that I should have this skill in my wheelhouse. Having heard other piecers refer to appliqué as the ‘A’ word”, I…
I’ve been writing every week about Honorees of The Quilters Hall of Fame, but this time I’m going to switch up and write about people who haven’t been inducted—yet. My inspiration, if you can call it that, was my sewing experience earlier today. Did your mother ever say, “Don’t sew on Sunday or the Devil…