Where color, fabric and fun intersect!

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Nature Unfiltered

In our busy world, it’s easy to overlook details in nature that we see everyday. This collection focuses on a few of my favorites, from sparkling stars to little leaves to rainy day puddles. Simple line drawings transform ordinary outdoor objects into modern fabric designs in a variety of unexpected colors - fuchsia puddles, aqua suns, green stars and navy leaves.
It’s nature at its best, unfiltered and bright.

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Psst…Coming Soon!

Fabric design is a never-ending job! While my current Nature Unfiltered collection is in shops and I’m sharing it and my patterns with quilters, I’m working behind the scenes on fabric line #3!
Here’s a sneak peek at my upcoming fabric line - Refresh.

Watch for this collection in quilt shops in late summer 2026!

Featured Patterns

Wonk Around the Block

$11

Follow the Rainbow

$20

closeup of rainbow heart quilt

Strippy Improv Halloween

$11

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More about LISA

Hi! Thanks for stopping by!
My name is Lisa and I'm a quilter. :)

I was bitten by the craft bug early on in life, and have dabbled in drawing, beading, photography, and fabric. I learned to sew as a young girl, making clothes for my Cabbage Patch Kid, and then got into quilting about 24 years ago and never looked back. Modern quilting is my style of choice, and I particularly love improv piecing. I currently freelance in the quilting industry, designing, writing and editing patterns, and I also design and sell my own quilt patterns. Outside of work, I spend time hanging with my husband and three boys, ideally outside or playing sports, and yes, the boys all quilt too! 

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“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” - MLK Jr. Two years ago, I visited the Mart
Nature Unfiltered Print 2: Treeline. This just might be my favorite print in the collection (although I can’t promise I won’t say that again!) This stripe is a nod to the perfectly straight pine tree rows from my childhood in WIsconsin.
Nature Unfiltered Print #1: Starlight🌟🌟🌟 This fabric came full circle. It started as an abandoned quilt design several years ago. I simplified the design and turned it into connected stars, and then “echoed” the star shapes. Add color,
Have you seen my Nature Unfiltered fabrics in your local quilt shop? If you have, or if you want them to carry it, tag them below! I drew all of these designs myself (which is why they’re simple, lol!), and I love how they turned out. I hope
Meet Stan! ⛄️ Stan the Snowman is a fun, wintry wall hanging - and it’s a free tutorial for you! Stan started with a snowball block challenge and morphed into your friendly neighborhood snowman. ⛄️ Hope he makes you smile! Find the link in my
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