DreamWeaver's Quilts Quilt Epiphany Weblog

I’m delighted to tell you that the Stars In My Hand quilt was awarded 3rd place in the Traditional Large Pieced Quilt category at the Road to California Quilt Show this last weekend. How exciting! I spent some time this morning on the Road to California website looking at all the winning quilts, and there [...]

I spent Saturday morning at the Gussy Goose teaching six great ladies to machine quilt. It’s so inspiring to teach, really, because it’s just so great to see the light go on in people’s minds when they learn something new, or pick up new tips and tricks, and you can almost see their thoughts beginning [...]

I spent part of the morning yesterday trying to figure out what to do with the sashing on the UFO Dresden Plate quilt, with no success. I finally started thinking about other projects that I need to do shortly here, and reluctantly put the big quilt aside for a bit. This is why UFO’s are [...]

I’ve made my plans and reservations to go to A New Tradition in Quilting workshop with Diane Gaudynski at the Museum in Paducah in the beginning of March. Three whole days of quilting with my quilting idol! Woohoo! Not to mention a whole week in the States with my buddy Dawn since she’s taking the [...]

Here’s where I am with the quilting on the UFO Dresden Plate quilt (click for a bigger pic!): I’m almost done with the feather quilting around the plates, and I’m ready to start on either the sashing or the stippling between the plates and the feathers. In the planning stages, I thought I’d quilt a [...]

I have these lovely throw pillows on my couch and loveseat. Not quilted ones, just your average throw pillows with feathers inside, some in burgundy and some in jade green. These are luscious fabrics, too; the burgundy ones are taffeta, and the green ones are (were) silk dupioni. Therein lies the rub: the silk dupioni [...]

Just a reminder for those of you in the Stuttgart area, I’ll be teaching the Machine Quilting—Master the Basics Workshop at the Gussy Goose on Patch Barracks, January 20 and 27, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. both days. There are only two or three spaces left! You can reach the Gussy Goose on 0711-680-5270 to [...]