Welcome to Mountaintop Quilting Studio

This is where you find me exploring a variety of creative adventures mostly about but not limited to quilting. I'm a firm believer that one increases their creativity by being open to and playing with a variety of cretative endeavors ... at least that my excuse for today. Enjoy your sourjourn through my studio playroom. May you find encouragement and inspiration, and on occassion, a little pin-prick that may be thought-provoking or spark your imagination. Thank you for stopping by.

MISTLETOE MAGIC ALERT! Another teaser coming your way. This is a block kit all cut and ready for piecing together. I used the Tri-Recs ruler set, the Omni 96, and a regular straight edge ruler.

Since I'm making my quilt with scrappy blocks I'm keeping the background consistent ...

Ah a day for petting the fabrics, playing in the scrap bins, and getting a little bit ahead on the cutting for several different projects while I prep for Saturday's class using my pattern called MQS 112 DIAMONDS ON THE DOUBLE at Pumpkin Patch Quilts in Lee. Here's ...

Every day for the last two weeks promptly at 1:00 I have been at my desk phone turned off and been treated to the most amazing and inspiring interviews with host Jennifer Lee as I participated in a video summit for right-brained business planners. You may have even seen ...

It's almost time to jump on the plane and head down to Geogia for our Southeast Statler Retreat. I'm so excited to be going and mingling with all the great people who will be there. So much to learn from each other. I love going to retreats and ...

AJC 1: verb: PROCESS ...

When I received our word prompt for this week I felt pretty stumped so I just let the concept percoluate in the back of my mind and went on with other tasks that needed to be done. I finished my journal cover and my letter to ...

Looking for .... An easy way to add images to your art quilts ..An easy way to add printed text to your art quilts ...

Here's what you need:

• Goldens Matte Medium
• Brayer
• Wide paint brush (nothing fancy or expensive … sponge brush works well, too)
• Image on an ink jet transparency ...

What great combinations of fabrics the girls came up with from their stash for putting together their Star Table Mats. Everyone came with a collection of fat quarters for possible use and left class with a pieced mat all ready for quilting and finishing. Some of the techniques we covered ...

Today ... surviving the heat ... barely. Mike, bless his heart, added a window AC unit to the studio to help boost the cooling power of the larger roll-around floor unit we already had. We've never had the weather be so overwhelminly hot even during the night that we couldn't ...

As promised, here is the information about more piecing classes on my calendar. These classes will be held at Sharon's Attic in Hillsboro. First, I'll be teaching at Sharon and Steve's annual Spring Retreat this weekend. On Saturday afternoon and into the evening we'll be playing ...

It's time to start thinking about the new season of classes to be offered this spring and summer. You'll find me on the schedule for piecing classes at Pioneer Quilts in Damascus and Sharon's Attic in Hillsboro. Today is all about the classes at Pioneer Quilts located ...

The best part about any quilting conference or convention is the getting together with old friends you haven't seen since ... well, since the last quilt show! Innovations 2008 lived up to all I hoped for as I got see old friends and make new ones. Even with a heavy ...

Recently I taught a class at Pioneer Quilts based on my kaleidoscope quilt that is published as a pattern in Marti Michell's book Kaleidoscope ABC's. We had such a good time learning how to use Marti's Kaleido-Ruler making it much easier to complete the blocks.

Last week ...