Essays

Awake Under the Quilt

Menopause, Adolescence, and the Work of Cloth

May 26 • Pelican Quilts

Thinking Through Quilts

Tending the threads that pull me forward

Jan 13 • Pelican Quilts

Queens Quilt Part 1: The Wise Woman

How the wise woman of this quilt revealed her flaws and gave me the faith to teach again.

Nov 2, 2025 • Pelican Quilts

Straight Enough

How to Sew Straight Seams (and Why It’s Harder Than It Looks)

Oct 16, 2025 • Pelican Quilts

The Raw and the Stitched

The Journey from Inspiration to Fabric and Thread: Designing the Antigone Quilt

May 4, 2025 • Pelican Quilts

The Quilt and the Stain

Stains and the Strange Doctrine of Original Sin

Mar 30, 2025 • Pelican Quilts

Faith in the Language of the Quilt

On Quilting, Rigidity, and the Miracles That Take Shape

Feb 16, 2025 • Pelican Quilts

The Unnatural Dyer

What drives us to create quilts, colors, and culture?

Dec 3, 2024 • Pelican Quilts

How our wounds lead to the poetry of the quilt

Oct 29, 2024 • Pelican Quilts

How to write about quilts

Sep 4, 2024 • Pelican Quilts

The Quilt and the Pigeon

Quilt in the home and the museum

Jun 23, 2024 • Pelican Quilts

A Hysterical Quilter

The Birth of the Scandinavian Ohio Star Quilt

May 5, 2024 • Pelican Quilts

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