is a labor of love quilt. Free Spirit Fabrics asked me to create a kit using one inch hexagons and the English Paper Piecing method. I saw it as a challenge. I fell in love with the idea of using a timeless shape and a very traditional method of piecing to create something that felt new and fresh. I knew I wanted to steer clear of the traditional flower motif and create a texture with these shapes. Being so limited in size and shape was an exercise in real creativity for me. It took a lot of moving around and adjusting until I got it just right but I was crazy happy with the results. Hex on the Beach is a great marriage of old and new and that's what I really love about it. I made this one completely by hand as well. It seemed like the best way to pay homage to the craft of English Paper Piecing.
. The song is about a sailor who eats his spinach, makes no apologies for it and doesn't like people who do bad things. I have always liked that about him.
Q:
If you could live in a movie, what movie would it be?
A:
If I could live in a movie it would probably be
The Life Aquatic. That boat has everything on it and all of the fish are supernaturally beautiful. I think I could be happy working for Steve Zissou. I like his kind of logic and those blue and
yellow adidas everyone wears are pretty sweet.
Q:
What do you get nostalgic over?
A:
I don't get nostalgic. I try sometimes but it never really works out. Well, I had this super rad jacket when I was a kid that was red and white with Scandinavian style hearts knitted into it. If I found one today that was my size I might have a moment about it.
Q:
What is your favorite TV show of all time?
A:
Haha! You ask this every time and the answer is never going to change.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Forever.
Q:
If you could be a modern day fictional character, who would you be?
A:
My head is in the ocean right now with Salt Water coming out so I would say being Dory from
Finding Nemo would be pretty awesome. She always seems to be having a really great time even when the situation is getting a little hairy. I would love to have that kind of blind enthusiasm for all of life's situations and a short memory would keep the stress levels low and really enable that whole living in the now thing.
Q:
What’s the strangest compliment you’ve ever received?
A:
Once someone asked me if I had nightmares, because my imagination was so vivid. I was never really sure what that meant or if it was even a compliment but I decided it was and ran with it.
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