I am very pleased to have Victoria Findlay Wolfe as the next interviewee for the modern quilter series. If you have not come across Victoria and her amazing work before, you are in for a real treat. Her quilts are among some of my favourites and she is a inspiration to many. With a background as an […]
This month we are talking to Sandi Sawa Hazlewood from Crafty Planner. I first came across Sandi while listening to her amazing quilt (and craft/art) podcast – definitely my favourite! – The Crafty Planner. Trained as a city planner, Sandi has been crafty in various ways throughout her life. She grew up going to fabric stores, attending quilt shows and […]
Last month, my Project 48 partner Linden and I were part of the symposium that was run at the Making the Australian Quilt exhibit showing at the National Gallery of Victoria. If you are in Melbourne between now and November, the exhibit is an amazing curation of quilts that were made from the 1800’s to 1950’s. I will write about […]
This month we are talking to Vanessa Vargas Wilson from Crafty Gemini. Not strictly a modern quilter, Vanessa is much more! She is a seriously amazing teacher who loves all things crafty, from crochet, to sewing, gardening and cooking. Her roots in law were no match for her love of craft and now she has a successful online business which […]
I am so pleased to introduce Zak Foster this month in the ‘we are modern quilters‘ series. Based in Brooklyn, Zak is an incredibly talented modern quilter whose style I admire greatly. His greatest influence – the quilter’s of Gees Bend is evident, however, his own improvised style shines through in his portfolio of work. […]
A few years back, my best friend (also a quilter) and I decided we needed to get away for a weekend. We took the chance to go to the quilter’s retreat a few hours away, in a small town called Berry. We signed up months in advance, and as it turned out, it was a crazy hectic time […]
I have been following Heather’s journey with keen interest and have seen her transition (online) to an extraordinary quilter. Her 2013 Quiltcon lecture was quite simply inspiring to watch. In this lecture, Heather Jones explores her muse, which she finds in surprising places, from the Walmart parking lot to the corrugated sides of a grain silo. The way […]
How do I put this. Denyse Schmidt is kind of amazing. I’m stoked to ‘have’ her on the blog today, talking about being a modern quilter and modern woman. Denyse has been referred to as the mother of modern quilting and the Wall Street Journal called her ‘The Queen of the ‘Neo-Hillbilly’ Quilt’ With a background in graphic design and […]
I met Jen Kingwell at Quiltcon in February 2015 and was immediately drawn to her. Maybe it was the Aussie accent, which always feels like home. She was on the Moda stand giving out little prizes if you played a game. I think I won a tea towel… Jen Kingwell is a quilt designer from Melbourne, Australia and […]
I first came across the inimitable Mary Fons in 2013 while watching the Quiltcon Lecture Series. Mary’s presentation was titled ‘Notes from a Quilt Mafia’s Daughter’. If that kind of heading doesn’t suck you in an beg to be watched, I don’t know what does. Mary spoke to me on a new kind of level and […]