Ontario Travels

I've been travelling and teaching for a few weeks in Ontario. My first stop was in Sudbury where I met the quilters from the Sudbury & District Quilting & Stitchery Guild and stayed with my friend Janet Rice-Bredin of Botanical Art Quilts. Janet and I had a great time visiting and sharing 'designer' information.

The guild was very welcoming and creative!  I taught Too Easy Stained Glass and here are pictures from the workshop.

If you would like to learn this technique, join me at  Quilt University for my Too Easy Stained Glass workshop. Class starts on May 20th and is suitable for all levels. Hope to see you in class!

Too Easy Stained Glass

Registration for this class at Quilt University is available now.  You will learn my no-bias, no-glue stained glass technique as you make a small project. I will show you the Too Easy steps that set this approach apart from other methods.

Placing stained glass leading  over a fabric gives you a different view of the fabric. The clearly outlined sections will draw you into the focus fabric so you really see what is included in the fabric print. Scenic fabrics are available in just about every conceivable subject. You can find ponds, cottages and winter scenes. Join me in the classroom and learn a terrific technique that is almost too easy to be real!

Hope you will JOIN ME for this fun online workshop!

McCall's Qulting - America Makes Fast Quilts

Patchworks Studio is published again! This time in a special McCall's Quilting publication, America Makes Fast Quilts. And those of you who have joined us in classes or bought our patterns or our book know that Too Easy Stained Glass is THE simplest and fastest way to make a Stained Glass Quilt!

You will want to make our design called Stained Glass View. We have fabrics that are suitable on our website (not the exact one in the pattern - unfortunately that's long gone). I will be looking for more of these types of landscape prints when I'm in Houston for International Quilt Market in a few weeks. So, stay tuned to our website to see what I find.

Here's the project that you can make with our easy instructions and pattern in the magazine.

Registration Open

I have developed a new class for Quilt University and registration has just opened! You can take my class Too Easy Stained Glass without leaving home. Framing a fabric with stained glass leading lines creates an often surprising new view, drawing the eye in and giving greater attention to your focus fabric. You will learn a no-bias, no-glue stained glass technique. As you make your project I will show you the Too Easy steps that set this approach apart from other methods.

This class is suitable for all levels - beginner through advanced. It's a great technique with lots of possibilities. In the last week we will discuss some of these options. This is a three session class beginning on October 2. One lesson is posted each week and then the classroom remains open until November 7th. But I'm sure you'll have your first project done well before that. You will be able to work on designing your own stained glass and I'll be there in the Discussion Forum to help you along!

Hope you will join me in the classroom.

New Simple Stained Glass Quilts

Michael Miller Fabrics has produced a wonderful line of Flower Fairy fabrics and I've used the large panels in a design from my latest book, Simple Stained Glass Quilts. What a great way to showcase The Hawthorn Fairy

and The Christmas Tree Fairy.

You will find the pattern for the stained glass (and instructions on how to size the design for YOUR particular fabric) in my book, available for purchase on my website: