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By Camie Roper For a long time, I used too many colors in my quilts. I just loved color and wanted to use as much as possible. Then I learned about the value of a color scheme. How did I learn this? I viewed thousands of quilts: from friends, lecturers,
By Camie Roper If our eyes are the window to our soul, our quilts must be nearly as revealing. Are we traditional souls? Innovative? Playful? Quirky? Artsy/craftsy? Do we wish to put our viewer at ease, or do we aim to challenge? Maybe we even want to shock. Perhaps we
By Camie Roper Although I’ve been a guild member since 1997, I don’t remember when I entered my first quilt into a show. I was intimidated by the gifted quilters in the guild whose corners all matched and color schemes were impossibly radiant. Why would I hang a creation of
GAAQG Online Quilt Sale Benefits SafeHouse Center Purchase a Quilt in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month UPDATE: SALE ENDED DECEMBER 15. Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild and SafeHouse Center team up to offer the 2021 SafeHouse Quilt Sale during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The public can view and purchase
How are you? Are we done yet? Well, almost, right? What do you do with your quilt top? Do you use a longarmer and quilt by credit card? Do you put your Aviatrix on top the big pile of “I need to quilt these one day”? Do you hand
How are you? Assembly. How does that sound? Does it sound like accomplishment and satisfaction? We know, right? It’s this bright grin on your face. But don’t get carried away, let’s finish this nicely. This week’s task The rows get quite long and skinny. In case you
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”
“The soul of an artist cannot remain hidden.” Henri Nouwen How are you? Are you hunting eggs today? Well, we have some sort of square eggs in a square for you.
“I have decided to be happy because it is good for my health.”
