Author Archives: thomas

So… I can’t tell you anything about the book, or when it will come out, or what might be in it, but there is going to be a book. I’m really excited and I’ve been making so many quilts for … Continue reading →

So, I have a new book coming out soon — October 15th to be exact — and I am really excited about it. It is a departure from my past books; there are no patterns, no designs to try out. … Continue reading →

This was supposed to be a lazy QuiltCon: do some book signings, maybe have a quilt in the show. Honestly, it was supposed to be a bit of a vacation after the ill-effects of this last Quilt Market. But I … Continue reading →

Most of the time I feel invisible. There are dozens of hours of video of me out there. My quilts and Net.Art pieces have been in exhibitions around the country and the world. My books reside on shelves far and … Continue reading →

He calls himself a big-M Modern quilter for now, but he’s out to rename the genre, and perhaps even revolutionize the quilting world. -Rachel May in Quilting with a Modern Slant A few years back Rachel May wrote those words … Continue reading →

I am tired. Perpetually and existentially. The last eight years have simply pulled me down further than I could have thought possible. I slowly lost my sense of self beyond the illness; more and more I felt stripped of my … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking a lot about the problem of normativity for a while. Part of this stems from my ongoing struggle with chronic illness (and the depression that followed in its wake). But more specifically I have been trying to … Continue reading →

I am not really sure what I am going to write tonight; I just know that I need to write. And not just write, but write to someone, everyone; the real need is to write words that I know someone … Continue reading →