Ever hear of a bed turning? It’s an old fashioned term for showing off your quilts – pile them on the bed and then turn them one by one. Here’s a bed turning featuring antique quilt tops I’ve collected and finished on my longarm. Click on the photo to watch the video.
Guest on Quilting Arts TV
Do you watch PBS? If so, check your local listings for the Quilting Arts TV series! This show is hosted by Susan Brubaker Knapp & my three segments focus on how to make a great quilt coat, improv piecing, and Native American Star quilt history. If you don’t have Quilting Arts TV on your local PBS station, visit the Quilting Arts TV site.
Quilter on Fire Podcast!
Episode 119 – Brandy Maslowski – host of the Quilter on Fire Podcast – invited me on her show to talk about quilts, books, magazines, travel, history… and it was great fun. The show is live today – June 6, 2023. Check it out. Go to quilteronfire.com/podcast
On The Road
Quilt research inside the archives of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. And of course all good quilt study requires a great photo. My research focused on a collection of mid-20th century quilts made in the Great Plains region. You can read more about these quilts and their makers in my new book “Sewing & Survival.”
Chasing Quilts
Every quilt has a story. My specialty is finding those stories and bringing them to life. Whether it’s for a lecture, or a book, I will travel just about anywhere to chase a great quilt and discover its story.