What's a quilter to do? We buy fabric for the express purpose for which it was intended, that of making it into something else. We make it into something else, we sell it or give it away; sometimes we publish a photo of it, either on the internet or ...

I had an interesting experience today, one that I'm sure most of us have had. And the "interesting" I’m talking about wasn't of the "Wow, what an enlightening phenomenon that was!" sort. Rather, it was more in the realm of "Why don't you just shoot me ...

I'm in a state of mourning. The quilt shop in Miami, where I've worked since day 1 of its existence, is going out of business. The last day is Saturday, which owners, employees and customers expect to spend partying, but which I'm sure will also include some ...

When I started quilting no one, at least no one I knew of, was machine quilting. In fact, members of the quilting circles in which I traveled would never have considered it. Of course, that might be partially because the "circles" consisted, for about the first 10 years, of myself ...

Just when I was wracking my brain for a blarticle idea, this fell into my lap. Regular readers of the Urban Elementz newsletter probably know that Cindy, our "office manager" has been working on her first quilt. (If you're wondering why I'm using quotes, it's because Cindy ...

Years ago I often entered my work in local quilt shows. A friend and competitor who did the same frequently asked, in frustration, "What do the judges want?" She was willing to tailor her work to their requirements, if only she could understand what those were. While I understood her ...

Periodically I wonder why I love quilting so much when there are so many separate aspects of it that I don’t love. I don’t love the cutting, the quilting or the binding, though I don’t really hate them either. Don’t love any type of appliqué at ...