I have a point to make. It’s a very important point. We all go to quilt shows (well, pre-Covid we did). We love to look at the quilts. And though we are all genuinely nice people that appreciate great and lesser works of art, face it, we all have our pet peeves. You do, you know it. It’s okay to say it. There aren’t supposed to be any quilt police

So, I bet you’re wondering how this will all unfold? Well, it will unfold as a block of the month. There are 5 blocks, as opposed to 12. A year long block of the month simply drags on far too long. People tend to lose interest. A month is not a long time to get something done. In the quilt world a month goes by very, very quickly. What tends

Shot cottons are amazing. They are a type of weave that read as a solid. They are woven using two different colors of thread along the warp and along the weft. When you weave the different colors it gives a radiance to the fabric like nothing else. The fabric changes as you move, and as it moves. It doesn’t change color, rather, it changes the intensity and the appearance ever

If you have never ever worked with shot cottons, or you have but it’s been awhile, you need to revisit them or start soon. What are Shot Cottons? Well, first off, I want to show you the quilt that I made recently for Studio e Fabrics. I designed this quilt. It’s called Roaring 20s. There was little to be excited about at the beginning of 2020, and things seemed to