messygoat

Ok, so this blog has gotten backburnered, and I think I know why. For reasons I don’t really understand, I had decided that I should only share long posts about finished projects and triumphs, ...

http://messygoat.com/2019/07/22/beginnings-again/

Warning: Lots of photos ahead! This is Part 3 of 3 about my current favorite quilt that I’ve made, “Fusion,” pictured below. I made it in 2017, after letting it percolate for about 18 month...

http://messygoat.com/2019/03/28/the-story-of-fusion-part-three-finishing/

This is Part 2 of 3 about my current favorite quilt that I’ve made, “Fusion,” pictured below. I made it in 2017, after letting it percolate for about 18 months. If you haven’t read Part ...

http://messygoat.com/2019/01/07/the-story-of-fusion-part-two-construction/

This is Part 1 of 3 about my current favorite quilt that I’ve made, “Fusion,” pictured below. I made it in 2017, after letting it percolate for about 18 months. 2015 was a rough year for my...

http://messygoat.com/2019/01/01/the-story-of-fusion-part-one-idea-and-inspiration/

Social media is kind of the “fast food” of blogging and interactions online. I gave up blogging– without really meaning to do so– back in 2016, and spent my time posting little bites of l...

http://messygoat.com/2018/12/26/2019-slowing-down/

I’m part of the Color Inspiration Club at Pink Castle Fabrics, and every month they send me ten half-yards of different solid fabrics. Before I put them on cards and store them in color order ...

http://messygoat.com/2017/02/18/pearls-on-the-clamshell/

Last winter, it was gray and gross for a really long time. Or at least it felt like a really long time. Mostly because it’s always gray and gross all winter here so I can get kind of cranky. Si...

http://messygoat.com/2017/02/15/the-plan-without-a-plan-an-improv-quilt/

Last year in January, a friend of mine sent me this screenshot, with the comment, “Here’s your next quilt.” My reply back: “Damn you.” Turns out it’s a well-known illusion first intro...

http://messygoat.com/2017/02/13/vertigo/

I was a member of the Color Inspiration Club at Pink Castle Fabrics last year (and will be again– I signed up again), which meant I was sent 10 solid fabrics a month from a collection of colo...

http://messygoat.com/2016/07/20/twenty-strips/

Very early on June 12, 49 people died and 52 more were injured in a dance club in Orlando at the hands of a crazy man.  Soon after, quilters all over the world started making blocks to send to t...

http://messygoat.com/2016/07/04/quiltsforpulse/