After quite a few years, I finally returned to the Central Alberta Quilt Show in Red Deer held on May 9th and 10th. Thank you Gail for the invitation to join you and for the driving! As one of the quilting shows in the province, it plays an important role in keeping our quilting community…
From inspiration to final piece. The process of designing in PowerPoint by adding, subtracting, changing things around until you get a piece you are happy with.
A post to let you know where I’ll be in the next few months. I hope to see you in some of my classes.
It’s been awhile! Time flies when you are keeping busy. Some news from me: I went on an Alaskan Cruise with my daughter Sabrina and had a great time teaching some workshops and visiting the sites. Met wonderful people, made new friends, shared stories, did some shopping and visited new places that spoke to me…
Life goes on when you are not looking … and the days seem to fly by! Houston came and went, and it seems that it happened eons ago, when it’s only been a few weeks. I promise to post a few photos in the next few days from some of my favorite moments at Market…
From Quiltingdaily.com: “Discover the eighth annual issue of International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene Magazine. This publication celebrates everything you love about today’s quilting scene. It features interviews with fiber artists, fun projects and quilts perfect for your home, and a dazzling gallery of quilts from the halls of the show.” I contributed with an article…
The International Quilt Festival in Houston is a few months away, and the catalogue of classes has been released. You can check here for more information: http://quilts.com/quilt-festival-houston.html Join me for the following classes: Class No. 162 – Monday, October 31st – 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Free-Motion Quilting – Adding Text – In this free-motion quilting class,…
Quilt Canada 2016 will be held at the International Centre in Toronto this year. Everything in one place, on one floor and under one roof! More than 50 workshops and 9 lectures will be taught between June 15th and June 18th. I am teaching 4 workshops, two of which I am happy to say are…
Have you seen these fabrics? They are the Blueberry Park Collection by Karen Lewis by Robert Kaufman. Do you love them as much as I do? I had a shiny new pile of fabric this weekend to work with. Oh, the possibilities, the options, all the blocks I could make … But I settled on…
On December 23rd, I posted my 100th post in Instagram! It was very exciting so I decided to have a give-away to celebrate! It’s quite simple, really. Find the post with this photo in Instagram, then follow me, like and comment on the post and your name will go in the hat. You have until 11:59…
I went to a quilting retreat with members of the Millarville Guild at Pioneer Camp close to Sundre. I had never been there before as the retreat usually falls on the same weekend as the International Quilt Festival in Houston which I did not attend this year. So, off I went to the retreat. The…
Another new sample, this time using 100% Tuscany Wool by Hobbs. The fabric is silk Dupioni and the thread is Wonderfil Rayon, 40 weight. I used a deep burgundy to quilt the feather and a color close to the background for background filling all in straight lines. Everything was done with a free-motion foot and…
Good afternoon, Some more photos of the “Dawn Over Heritage Park” workshop I taught at Pictou Lodge this past week. This is the Juliana Room: Here are some of the blocks that Ann, Fiona and Linda put together: And a class photo taken outside with my quilt: The last photo I have to share was taken…
Good morning, The weather has turned a bit cooler in the past few days, but it’s supposed to get nicer again by the end of the week. I can’t believe it’s mid-September already … and that means that I am getting ready to leave for Nova Scotia. Almost 2 years in the making, and the…
Northwest Territories news/north – Monday, February 9, 2015 Thank you Sydney for sending me a copy of the newspaper. Below is the article that was published on my visit to Fort Smith at the end of January. The article reads: “An internationally-renowned art quilter recently shared her expertise with a half-dozen Fort Smith Women. Calgary’s Ana…