Sneak Peek: The Great WI Quilt Show

This morning with the help of a fabulous team of volunteers we hung 48 of Doreen Speckmann’s quilts at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show here in Madison, WI. These are just a few teaser pics. Come check them out Thursday 9/8/22 through Saturday 9/10/22! I’ll be at the show for a little bit everyday, butContinue reading “Sneak Peek: The Great WI Quilt Show”

Doreen’s First Quilt: Silky

First, a little of my quiltmaking history. In 1976 I had no intention of becoming a quiltmaker. My preconceptions of quilting were built upon myth and misinformation: Only Little Old Ladies on metal folding chairs in church basements made quilts. (I was 26 at the time, and 40 still looked like over-the-hill to me.) “ItContinue reading “Doreen’s First Quilt: Silky”