Harnessing the color power of SKY Ombrés.  SKY makes us color mavens. Trust me when I say we all learn a lot about color when we just cut up a few SKY ombres, study them, play with them and sew them back together! It's that easy. Plus it's super rewarding and so much fun. March was a a big month for teaching. Today's post is about Empty Spools seminars, which takes place on the coast of California, a world away from Santa Fe and Georgia O'Keeffe of last month. .   The Lodge houses visitors. Designed by Julia Morgan in 1916. My room becomes home the instant I throw a quilt on th ..read more

I just got back from my third annual five day retreat called High Desert Hues, O'Keeffe style in Santa Fe, New Mexico where Georgia O'Keeffe spent the later part of her life painting the landscape. Santa Fe has a gorgeous museum that our class visits with a private tour. We also take a trip to the famed Ghost Ranch that further helped develop her modern style. As students of the Madeline Island School of the Arts, we are privy to getting the inside scoop to all things Georgia.  Quilt makers embark on learning about O'Keeffe, studying her art and how we can approach our own quilt making ..read more

The Hills Quilt Along: Have you signed up? It's FREE! If you are on Facebook or Instagram you may have seen my posts about The Hills Quilt Along. I am so excited to be presenting my very first QAL and honored to be doing it in tandem with quilty friend, Latifah Saafir! My Hills quilt is based on Latifah's pattern, Molehills.  I love the big arching fans and the ability to show off my SKY ombrés accompanied by my Chalk and Charcoal prints. I had started this quilt during an online class Latifah offered during the pandemic and when the quilt was finished, I was so smitten with the res ..read more

NEW YouTube videos out now!  SKY ombrés work magically with your stash. True statement, I promise. You may shake your head and say "That's crazy- She has never seen my stash....how the heck does she know?"  Go ahead, watch the video below My Ombre Color Teacher and see for yourself. Just a 1/2 yard of one SKY fabric blends with over 80 pieces in my own stash. My stash is wide and deep: Modern, vintage, antique, traditional and quirky as it represents 40 years of collecting...so this was eye opening and a bunch of fun. Can you imagine if I did 45 more videos highlighting every SKY f ..read more

Holding my breath... SKY Reflections is finally shipping!   It's Friday and I am boppin' over here. Over a thousand colors at your fingertips SKY ombrés make you feel like a color pro. Just found out this morning....New colors are shipping NOW!  We've waited since October 2021...And the time has come! Add these luscious 16 new, painterly fabrics to the original 30 and you've got 46 Ombrés that cover all your bases. They are amazing on their own or coordinated with your favorite fabrics.  Here are the differences between the NEW and ORIGINAL: You'll use them all. 1. New SK ..read more

Friends help Friends  ​Patty Murphy makes a super quilt with a few tossed in recos from an ombré nut (me!) who can't keep her mouth shut...Yup, this post is about Patty Murphy's Aether Quilt which will dazzle the honey bees and make rainbows jealous! She is a gem of a human and a color maven- once you study this quilt, you'll see why!  Patty working out the Orange Peels on the wall to ombre the florals. Patty and I are cofounders of Create and Sustain. We talk a lot via Zoom about the environment, how to help our industry be greener, be more conscious about our ..read more

Look at those elbows :) I love it more since the mend! .The holes got so bad at the elbows that I could no longer put my arm into my studio sweater without catching my hand. You could push a melon through it, it was so cavernous. After years of love, service and being run over by my studio chair wheels a thousand times; the soft, whisper light cashmere cardigan desperate pleas for  help were finally answered. I love this sweater. It was perfect for all weather. I would not dispose of it. I am trying to do a whole lot less of that! Plus I was about to guest teach on behalf of Create and ..read more

Morning Mirror. Emigrant Wilderness backpack trip with my dear friend. Summer has been beautiful... It's time to look back and reflect on a few highlights for this post. Today's focus is on color in nature and quilts...I hope you enjoy this photo montage. It's less about my words and more about what I see. Nature is at the core of my inspiration, what I design on fabric and how I am inspired through quilting. I also highlight makers who are simpatico. Our natural world is so incredibly precious...We must protect, preserve and promise to be better stewards to our planet.  Dawn Star made ..read more