Kimberly, owner of Essential Journeys, is an avid bicyclist. When she isn’t making her wonderful soaps she is usually out on the road with a group of friends riding around Asheville, or off leading a group of bicyclists on an Alaskan adventure. So to combine her two passions she...
I love working with pen & ink and ink wash. Something about dipping a pen in ink and setting it to paper, watching as you draw a line how subtle changes in pressure and angle manipulate the flow of ink, puts Zen in my day like nothing else. Weird...
Every once in a while I finish a quilting project ahead of schedule. This quilt, made as a wedding gift, was actually done before the wedding and yes, I gifted it beforehand as well. I just couldn’t wait! This was the first time I used the “stack and whack”...
Yeah, I loved creating posters for our local roller derby team, the Blue Ridge Rollergirls! The theme for a 2010 double header was “Sibling Rivalry.” I immediately pictured two young girls being, as sisters can be, bratty. Perfect for my children’s book illustration style. So, some time at the drawing table,...
Participating in the Asheville Cotton Company’s Quilt Club has helped me a great deal in learning about piecing and all sorts of tricks of the trade. There are some amazing quilters in the group. The first year I participated I chose to do the holiday color option: red/green/gold. Each...
