Author Archives: thomas

Perfectibility. When it comes right down to it, the entire quilt industry is predicated upon this one idea: that the greatest pursuit in the craft is to make our quilts ever more precise, ever closer to some platonic ideal of … Continue reading →

There are so many things I could write today. I could share the emotional impact of last night or my very real concerns about specific issues that will likely impact Matilda’s life directly, and Simon’s more subtly. I could write … Continue reading →

I never should have gone to Quilt Market. The fact that my body was trembling, shaking really, for the entire week before heading to Houston should have been a clear warning. The fact that I was not nervous about doing … Continue reading →

You know what the magic word, the only thing that matters in American sexual mores today is? One thing. You can do anything, the left will promote and understand and tolerate anything, so long as there is this one element. … Continue reading →

“So you’re saying that if your daughter were to walk around campus in a bikini and was later raped you wouldn’t blame her a little?” Those were the words spoken to me about five years ago by a member of … Continue reading →

I tried to watch the vice-presidential debate last night, but only lasted through the first hour before my body began sending the undeniable signals that continued consciousness would not be permitted. But before I pulled my bedraggled body off to … Continue reading →

Context. You have no idea how important that word is to me. Without context almost everything will be misunderstood. Without context we are doomed to ignorance. Politics, media, education, even medicine have thrown context out of the window in search … Continue reading →

For the past several years I have been a person divided, torn between two professional voices, only one of which actually reflecting the person that I am. Even as my quilts have grown increasingly direct in their advocacy for social … Continue reading →