Welcome to Something Sew Fine Quilt Design!

Here you will find:

My new book "Moon Dance - a Quilter's Creative Journey"

Non-traditional quilt patterns

Expert Photo Editing and Transfer Services
Custom designed photo "Memory" Quilts

Information about my Quilt Classes and Guild Workshops

"Mandalas" and other unique photographic images.
Information about new ventures and new directions for my work (see below)

The following quotation sums up how I feel about my work as a quilt designer and photographer:

"Let the beauty you love be what you do."
-Rumi

I will be developing new quilt patterns and classes, so come back often!

All commissions and purchases may be paid for on-line through Pay Pal. You may also pay by check. Any purchase made by check will be shipped after the check clears. Please contact me for price estimates for commission work. Shipping will be added at actual cost for all purchases.

To find out more about me and my work, please click About Me. Feel free to Contact Me with any comments or questions you may have, or to discuss a project that may interest you. I would love to hear from you!

New Ventures and Directions:

"Moon Dance - a Quilter's Creative Journey" Has Been Published!

April 14, 2009: I am very excited to announce that my new book is finished and available! It feels like the process has taken forever but it is in reality just a year since I first began transforming my ideas into actual diagrams and text.

The book is stunning and has already been received with great excitement among both quilters and quilt shop ownersl! I am so pleased with the work that Nancy Dill (QuiltWoman.com, my publisher) and her professional staff did with my rough draft. The photographs of the 28 featured quilts are wonderful, the layout is great - I like everyting about it!

Please visit www.QuiltWoman.com for more details and to purchase the book.

New Book Update:

My book, "Moon Dance" is progressing very well. The text is in the process of being professionally edited and formatted. More than fifteen wonderful quilters have been working diligently to complete the many beautiful quilts that will be used to illustrate my patterns. The quilts that have already been completed will soon be sent off to Quilt Woman.com for professional photography. I am planning LOTS of wonderful color photographs of quilts and more quilts!

Since most of the quilt makers involved (including me) are members of the same guild (Amoskeag Quilters' Guild, Manchester, NH), we had a huge "Show and Tell" recently with more than a dozen of our quilts on display. What fun!

Don't forget to visit my quilt designers' blog (The New England Quilt Designers' Cooperative)- one of my recent posts shows one of the quilts I am making for the book. I will keep you posted.

New Book Venture!

I have been working on writing a quilt book of my quilt designs and have a book contract with Nancy Dill Designs dba QuiltWoman.com who will publish my book in early spring 2009. It will be introduced to the public at Spring Market in Pittsburgh, April 2009 and I will be there in person to introduce it! I am very excited!

The book is a series of quilt patterns and shows how a design idea can evolve and change in exciting ways. I have gathered a wonderful group of quilting friends from my guild to help me make lots of quilts for the book. I am very grateful for their enthusiastic participation and support for this new venture!

I also have a group of dedicated professional quilters who are testing patterns for the book, making samples and giving me valuable feedback on both the designs and on the book itself. I am very grateful for their help. Many thanks to Peggy Welchert, Kari Lippert and Diane Reichle.

Stay tuned for more details...

New England Quilt Designer's Blog!

The New England Quilt Designers' Cooperative, of which I am a co-founder, now has its own Blog site: http://nequiltdesigners.blogspot.com

Each of our six professional designers post regularly about their work - providing information about new designs, photos of work in progress, announcements of upcoming vending opportunities and other activities or events we may be involved in.

Please check back often to see what each of us is up to!

New "Partnership":

My patterns are carried by a wonderful online shop selling both imported and domestic batiks. I especially like their Traditional batiks hand made in Indonesia.

Please go to www.batiksbydesign.com to see the wide range of fabrics and patterns they have available on their site or visit their booth at any of the major quilt festivals around the country.

Pattern Publishing:

My quilt patterns are published and distributed by Nancy Dill Designs, Inc. d/b/a QuiltWoman.com publishing Co. This means I have more time to create and design! I write all the instructions myself and provide all the detailed diagrams that go with each pattern, but I no longer have to take time away from my studio for publishing and marketing my patterns. This is a BIG step forward for me and is turning out to be a wonderful partnership!

Go to my Patterns Page to see my patterns. They may be ordered both retail and wholesale directly from QuiltWoman.com.

Please see my Classes page for my new winter/spring teaching schedule.

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