Whenever I go to look at art, I play a game... which piece would I take home? It has nothing to do with whether or not I can afford the art, it's an acknowledgement of how much I'm moved by what ...
Last week I went to QuiltCon in SoCal. I've never made the schlep to Austin for the previous events, and being as Pasadena was old stomping grounds for me (I worked there for a while in a previou...
https://huntersdesignstudio.com/important-quilts-meeting-chawne-kimber/
Another quilt from the Portland Modern Quilt Guild community that was rejected from QuiltCon West 2016 was Red, by Teresa Coates (quilting by Jolene Knight): Red, by Teresa Coates (quilting by Jo...
https://huntersdesignstudio.com/acknowledging-the-contributors-red-or-another-important-quilt/
There are a lot of reasons to make a quilt. Many get made for the love of making and artistry, others are made for the love of the people they are given to. But sometimes they get made because th...
https://huntersdesignstudio.com/important-socio-political-quilts/
I'm so happy to be a stop on the blog hop for my friend Mandy Liens' luscious new book, Wanderlust Quilts. Mandy and I met a couple of years ago at Quilt Market, and I was privileged to see a few...
I have a bit of an obsession for making Sew Together bags. I've been working through a list of friends to gift them to, but had not yet settled on the one that would become mine. Well, last week,...
https://huntersdesignstudio.com/sew-together-bag-elastic-modifications/
It happens. The well dries up. Your creative mojo chases the sunset out of town and you feel like you've lost a dear friend. How to get it back becomes your next big priority. And lucky us, my fr...
Can I just say it thrills me to no end to see that the We Are $ew Worth It posts continue to be sent all around the world? Thank you! I really think we can change this game.... Fireworks, by my s...
Early in my college art education, an art history professor assigned us a museum trip. We were charged with visiting one of three specific paintings, and to spend 15 minutes with the work while w...
Last week I experimented with a different way of working... instead of just working one thing to the end of a logical step, I tried giving several important things a spot of focus in the same day...
https://huntersdesignstudio.com/filling-the-well-more-process/