leann hileman art quilts

Phew! What a whirlwind I have had in the last month! First, my quilt Main Street Tonopah won Best of Show (Solo) and First Place...

Bloom where you're planted... and along with that comes grow in the space you're in. Here in Arizona's Valley of the Sun, we have two...

I know, it's a weird question. Especially for people like me who are technically retired even while working pretty much full time on my...

Happy 4th of July, Independence Day! Today seems like a fitting day to share some thoughts I've been cogitating on since I returned from...

Good morning all! A couple of months ago I said I wanted COLOR in my back yard so in went some roses and a yellow bells in a pot. This...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to re-connect with childhood friends. Our two families were farm neighbors and neighbors in a very...

In a time when we are bombarded with visual information, the ability to focus sometimes seems impossible - phew, so much energy being...

In response to this question, I'm going to simplify and oversimplify what I teach in a 3 day class. First of all, it's constantly...

"Shadowing" in my context, at least, and that of quilt show judges, is the showing through of a darker fabric on a lighter fabric. You...

Some days it seems there are just too many choices to make and not enough direction in how to make them. My little pup Joey was whisked...

I have a long history with Road, having rarely missed in the last many years. This year was the second year I had quilts showing at...

There is a certain amount of alchemy in what we art quilters do. For example, how do I portray vapor in such a solid medium as fabric? ...