100 Days of Pantograph Design Challenge
Have you ever done a 100 day challenge? The concept is that you create something every day for 100 days to “explore the impact of daily repetition on creative output”. I’m in the middle of one right now, called the #100daypantodesignchallenge, run by @thequiltingmill on Instagram. I’m up to about day 30 (I’ve lost count already) […]
Gosh, a Ribbon!
Long overdue news… My piece called “Calm and Chaos” was exhibited at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in May 2023. IT WON A RIBBON!!! (Which means, I won a ribbon!!!) Thank you Aotearoa Quilters, New Zealand’s national quilting body, for giving me a context to exhibit within. And Tis the Season for the awesome […]
Teaching at The Great New Zealand Quilt Show
UPDATE 2025 At the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in 2023, I taught Improv Piecing. I had great students, lovely faculty, and the worst case of nerves ever. I was humbled that people wanted to learn techniques that I was using. It went really well! I received several offers to teach afterwards, and was even […]
Another Use for Improv Piecing
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Calm and Chaos – Finished
This piece, which I’ve called “Calm and Chaos”, is FINISHED! Yay!!! I love the feeling of completing something. It’s 52 x 45 cm of wild piecing and I am waiting to see if it’s accepted into the Great New Zealand Quilt Show. It’s a deliberately bleached photo, which is the only finished pic I’m posting […]