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 by Kim Buchmann on March 29th, 2012
Lenore Crawford is a master at making a fabric “painting” combining fused fabrics, raw edged appliqué and fabric paints. Her “Port of Cassis” won Best Wall Hanging at the 2011 American Quilters’ Society show in Paducah using these techniques.
Keep reading » Picture This!
 by Kim Buchmann on March 28th, 2012
Vikki Pignatelli’s class “Creative Self-Expression: Curves, Improvision & Dimension” included the basic concepts and construction methods for all of her techniques: Crazy about Curves, Improvisation with Curves, Manipulations/Dimension, Openings and Color.
Keep reading » Bringing Out What’s Within
 by Kim Buchmann on March 25th, 2012
You don’t have to be from the Lone Star State to love Jan Krentz’s modern take on the traditional Lone Star pattern!
Keep reading » Lone Stars
 by Kim Buchmann on March 23rd, 2012
The Chicago School of Fusing came to New Braunfels with Laura Wasilowski’s class, “Translating Ideas Into Fabric”.
Keep reading » Iron Maidens
 by Kim Buchmann on March 20th, 2012
Flavin Glover realized long ago that log cabin patchwork could become a design foundation that offered versatile pattern options, depth, movement and opportunities for color play.
Keep reading » Log Cabin Comes Out Of The Woods
 by Kim Buchmann on March 17th, 2012
If Jane Sassaman’s class was one side of the garden, Melinda Bula took her students to the other side with realisim in her “Fabulous Fusible Flowers” class.
Keep reading » The Other Side of the Garden
 by Kim Buchmann on March 17th, 2012
Nature is an endless source of inspiration. In Jane Sassaman’s class “Abstracting From Nature”, students examined a wide variety of artists interpretations of nature before beginning to manipulate natural forms themselves.
Keep reading » Drawing Impared? Tragically Literal? Hardly.
 by Kim Buchmann on March 17th, 2012
For this year’s Spring Seminars, we invited returning students to bring quilts from classes they took in prior years for Show & Tell.
Keep reading » Show & Tell
 by Kim Buchmann on March 14th, 2012
Meet Doris! She celebrated her 92nd birthday this week during our Spring Seminars and was an inspiration to us all.
Keep reading » Happy Birthday Doris!
 by Kim Buchmann on March 12th, 2012
Deanne Quill — owner of The Quilt Haus which provides our on-site store during our quilting seminars — found out today that she made the cover of Simple Quilts & Sewing magazine’s latest issue. Congratulations Deanne!!! You can buy Deanne’s original designs/ patterns at www.creativesewlutions.com.
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