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An Italian Cotton for an American Summer — Light, filmy Italian cotton finally became a summer dress after years in my cottons basket. I recount choosing a simple
A Fussy-to-Make, Fuchsia-Pink Silk Dress — A fussy fuchsia silk jacquard became my challenge and reward. Here I show how I turned four yards from Britex Fabrics in
A Long Silence — After a long silence, I catch up with a year in sewing and the small, treasured makes that kept me busy. Highlights: my
In Pursuit of My Very Own Classic Cardigan (aka Chanel) Jacket — Hunting for my perfect classic cardigan jacket sent me through vintage Vogue Pattern Book pages, a thread traced muslin
Fashion and Fabrics: More from My Couture Trip to Paris — Paris couture magic and fabric hunting on my tour with Susan Khalje. Visits included Yves Saint Laurent Foundation, Muse
Going Around in Circles — Could two yards of expensive jacquard become a wearable dress? Follow my process turning a 60 inch sateen jacquard with
Thinking in Color — Guessing Pantone's Color of the Year became a little obsession this December. I voted for the Red family and was way off
Pink Stripes — Bold bubblegum stripes made me change course. I mix horizontal and vertical panels to fix stripe fabric alignment, swapp
A Lovely Solution — What to do with leftover fabric? I started making padded hangers to match dresses and use up scraps. This post shows my
First Sculpt Completed — Ever finished a first sculpt and felt both proud and baffled? My first piece, Uncle Frank, is done. I posted final image
Sculpture Roundup — Behind on documentation but not progress. Three sculptures are in this roundup: Travis Bickell: Taxi Driver, a Gas Mask
The Biomechanical and Blast Face Zombie Sculpts — Four months, endless nooks and a Giger homage. Here I document two new Shapeshifter Sculpting pieces: a four month biome
Sculpting The Tooth Fairy — A twisted Tooth Fairy took four months to sculpt. This post walks through the character backstory, my Tooth Fairy sculpt
We Can Be Heroes — Remember the thrill of dressing as Wonder Woman or Batman for Halloween? I trace licensed superhero costume patterns fro
Sunset at Sea — A hidden coded message sits at the center of Sunset at Sea, my JOIDES Resolution Expedition 390 quilt. Final quilt #19 i
Three Legacy Ships — Three ships, one ocean story. My quilt honors CUSS 1, Glomar Challenger and JOIDES Resolution and traces ocean drilling
If It Was Only This Easy – a post-Election Day quilt — What happens when policy changes meet a sewing machine? My post-Election Day quilt If It Was Only This Easy joins my Ele
DataViz quilt – Versus — Meet Versus, my data visualization quilt mapping all 18 Penn State vs Nebraska football matchups from 1920 to 2020. Buil
Coastal Stories, brought to you by the letters… — What happens when coastal science meets quilting? I had students create coastal stories and draw fabric squares to build
I HeART Earth Science — Answered Lifeology's science communication challenge with my I HeART Earth Science quilt. My 19.5 x 19.5 inch quilt uses
Location, Location, Location — Map making meets quilting in my SciQuilt documenting the South Atlantic Transect from JOIDES Resolution Expedition 390.
Work-Life Balance — Onboard JOIDES Resolution my Expedition 390 quilt documents shipboard work-life balance. Half-triangles show HELLO name
A quilt on erasing female scientists from the internet — A stitch of protest became my HTTP 404 quilt after Election Day 2024. I stitched Women In Science letters with a red del
Drawing Down Towards Climate Solutions — Quilting became my way to teach climate solutions. I stitched ten mini quilts inspired by Project Drawdown and turned my
Learn why NOAA is critical to all of us — Can a quilt spark civic action about NOAA budget cuts? I hung a 24 by 24 inch NOAA mini quilt made from a NOAA Teacher a
Paper snowflakes — A small, cozy moment of cutting paper snowflakes and reflecting on how simple crafts bring a bit of winter magic indoors