It's funny that this post should follow my previous one about soft colors :)  This is some of my progress for the Ann Arbor/Chicago MQG mini swap.  My partner likes bright colors and improv - I wrote about beginning the project here. I made some...

I picked up Lotta Jansdotter's Sylvia collection when I was at Quilt Market last fall.  I mean, black and white print?  Yes!  Lotta?  Yes!  Who could resist? I had an idea about some large leaves and an applique method I wanted to try; I added...

Teaching classes at QuiltCon was such fun!  I taught Machine Appliqué on Friday, Hand Appliqué on Saturday and Bias Appliqué on Sunday.  I had a classroom volunteer for each class which was wonderful!  Rebecca, Jody and Deborah were all such lovely and helpful people I'd...

QuiltCon was such a fantastic experience!  Today, I'm linking up with Lee's WIP Wednesday to tell you a little about the class I took with Jacquie Gering.  The class was called Building Bridges based on the techniques Jacquie used to create her awesome Bridges quilt....

The Modern Quilt Guild has a linky party over on their blog for people going to QuiltCon to get to know each other a bit. If you've clicked over from their site, welcome!  My name is Debbie and I love to make quilts!  I'll be teaching...

Some of Brenda's quilts ready to be admired Besides making quilts and fabric shopping, what is more fun for quilters than talking to other quilters about quilts!  Brenda from Pink Castle Fabrics and I visited the Log Cabin Quilters in Kalamazoo earlier this week to talk...

The Modern Quilt Guild announced all the classes and lectures for QuiltCon yesterday.  I am totally blown away by the amazing people they have on the schedule.  I am even more in awe that I'm one of them! More about my classes in a minute, but...

Did you see my Facebook on Tuesday or the Modern Quilt Guild newsletter?  I'll be teaching at QuiltCon!  It is going to be so much fun I can hardly stand it :)  QuiltCon is the first national quilt show by the Modern Quilt Guild.  It...

The Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild met last Wednesday night.  Most months we have some sort of swap going.  Sometimes it is just a fat quarter swap and other times it involves things we've each made. Our theme for this month's swap was "Frank Lloyd...