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Title of Thenotsodramaticlife: "The (not so) Dramatic Life | Quilting, Sewing, and Textile Arts from a Theatre Designer's Perspective"

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QuiltCon 2027 Entries open soon, and the contest deadline is just over two months away. I’ve been plugging along on my entries, and I’m excited to share a few works in progress with you today. Everything is at a different stage of production, and I’m cautiously optimistic I can finish all of these projects by the end of October.


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In Summers of odd-numbered years, The Dairy Barn Arts Center hosts Quilt National, the renowned biennial art quilt show. The rest of the time, this venue hosts exhibitions of all types, but textiles and fiber are frequently featured. 


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The first thing most quilters think of when you mention The Dairy Barn Arts Center is Quilt National, the impressive biennial art quilt show. However, this venue hosts fantastic exhibitions year-round, and right now all three galleries are hosting quilt and fiber-based work.

Today, I’m s...


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Minimalism is a popular way to abstract an image. Taking inspiration and distilling it into key components can create a dynamic composition, regardless of whether the source image is readily apparent in the final artwork.

In the final quilt in the Telephone Tag Series, I have employed minimalism to (hopefully) tell a simplified compositional story with the source im...


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