What is agentic AI? What makers and creative business owners need to know
You already know what generative AI does. You’ve asked ChatGPT a question. You’ve watched Midjourney
The AI Quilter Blog
What Your Fabric and Your AI Have in Common
Happy Earth Month, quilty friends. Here’s an evironmental stat that surprised me when I read
Your Phone Is a Color Tool: AI Apps That Help Quilters Pick the Perfect Palette
I was in a convenience store in Poznań, Poland, when it happened. Not looking for
I Made The AI Quilter’s “Mrs. Banks (2024)” To Help Me Remember Why My Vote Counts
A Guest Post for The AI Quilter, by Cindy Olsen I came to the Mrs.
Can You Copyright a Quilt You Made with AI?
Here’s what the courts just said. There’s been a lot of noise about AI and
Why Quilting Is Art, Not Craft: And Why We’ve Been Told Otherwise
Every March, we dust off our “nevertheless, she persisted” (Thank you, Mitch McConnel for that
Water Runs Through Everything We Build
March 22 was World Water Day, and I want to use it to talk about
How Economic Displacement Actually Happens. (Hint: It’s Not Abstract)
Three mechanisms already in operation. None of them require intent to cause harm. The claim
OpenAI Said It Would Hold the Line. Then It Made a Deal.
Last Thursday night, Sam Altman sent an internal memo to OpenAI employees that was quickly
The Same Week Anthropic Held the Line, They Also Moved It.
The same week Anthropic refused the Pentagon’s demand to remove its AI safeguards, the company
The AI Tool You Use Just Drew a Line in the Sand. Here’s What That Means.
If you’ve been following AI news the last couple weeks, you’ve probably seen some version
“I Would Never Use AI”: A Few Questions Worth Asking
AI technology is decades old. It’s invisible. It’s part of our everyday life. I hear
Room for Everyone: Thoughts Before QuiltCon 2026
My QuiltCon 2026 presentation: Rewiring Tradition, How AI is Transforming Creative Endeavors I’ll be at
The Part of Design AI Can’t Do: Why Your Judgment Still Matters
You have an idea for some quilt blocks that you love. Or you have a
How to Photograph Quilts and Fabric So the Colors Stay True (Morning, Noon, or Night)
When you photograph quilts, if they never quite look the same twice, you’re not imagining
The Villainization Cycle: What Happens When Creative Communities Let Fear Lead
I didn’t plan to write this post. I had a different one queued up. A
