"Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts" from the collection of Joanna S. Rose is now on exhibit in NYC. One o...

When I say I quilt, it is very common for people to say, "Oh, I just don't have the patience for that!" Now, I don't think...

As a traveling quilting teacher, I have occasionally woken up with that " where am I?" feeling. But, I can say, if the wallpaper ...

For those of us who love fabric, we recognize that fabric is a perfect souvenir. When we completed the Alaska cruise this summer I said to R...

Around 10 years ago, Richard and I went on a quilters cruise to Alaska for the first time. I taught on a cruise sponsored by Dee Lynn and Au...

Catching up with technology … or trying! That is, we took these pictures in May at the Wisconsin Fiber Arts and Quilt Museum University Da...

If you like ice cream and you are nostalgic about the "good ol ' days", you'll love Klavon's .  We discovered it when ...

I finally had to admit my camera was lost and I didn't think it is ever coming home! Unfortunately, I had not yet downloaded pictures fr...

For most people, baking two cakes isn't news. For me, I'm sure it was the first time I'd done any baking in this century! I actu...

I quilt in inches, but a lot of students in my classes both here in the U.S. and abroad are metric quilters. After many years of observation...

I'll be teaching in New Zealand and Australia late this summer. I've taught at events in both countries almost annually for many yea...

Around the beginning of May, I was in Beaver Dam, WI, for presentations at Nancy's Notions. The groups are large (50-200 people), so the...

My best Mother's Day present came a few Sundays early. It just happened that all the Michells (Stacy, Richard and I) were going to be in...

The back-to-back Chicago and Paducah shows created travel and logistics nightmares for many quilt show vendors, and we were no exception! Ou...

Atlanta is blessed with perfect weather and climate for azaleas and dogwoods. Blossoms begin to peek out the last week or so of March and an...

On Sunday, Bettina and I went to the Bulloch Hall Quilt Show. Bulloch Hall , in Roswell, Georgia, was the childhood home of President Theodo...

For some years, six or seven traveling quilt teachers, including Bettina and me, got together for a December slumber party in Iowa. It was a...