The Future Leaks Out
May 19, 2026
The Gift of Creative Deconstruction I pick up the quilt and hold it. I’ve had it for years — made it during a particularly hard
Every project here starts with a small, stubborn feeling: a color that won’t be quiet, a scrap of an old quilt with a wish for a second life, a memory or idea tugging at me, all to be reimagined in words, thread, color or texture.
From hand quilting to embroidery to improvisational fabric collage, this blog traces the meandering path of my fiber art journey and the thoughts stitched within it. Through this journey and my career as a life coach, these experiments lead to surprises and life changes.
Here you’ll find quilts in mid-dream, tiny stitched experiments, and honest reflections on what it means to build a creative life from tattered scraps.
The Gift of Creative Deconstruction I pick up the quilt and hold it. I’ve had it for years — made it during a particularly hard
On Curation, Rebellion, and Authenticity My family had a beautiful quarter-sawn oak coffee table. Through my entire childhood, it was the tidiest part of our
Finding My Way Home through Grief Three Facts: 1. He died. 2. Since then, I have done all the “right” things. 3. Still, I feel
Embracing our wild, broken and beautiful world Some days I wonder if I can hold the contradiction at all: the world is both a mess
Stitch by stitch, I’m excavating my ancestry. Carrie May was my grandmother. She died when I was four, and I have only one memory of
The world is on fire, and the internet won’t stop talking about whether art even matters right now.Why make beauty when everything feels like it’s
Experiments for Dreamers and Doubters Some of your ideas will flop, some will bloom, and all of them are invited to the party. Let’s revolt
Hands and Arms in Thread and Life What is it about hands and arms, and why do they show up over and over in my
Cloth, Color and the Long Goodbye I’ve been thinking about how women, for millennia, have put their joys and sorrows into their hand work. I’m