Some months ago, I woke up around 2 a.m., which is not unusual for me, and had a thought. At the time, I had just finished a week of intense studies about working in monochrome. The colour I had chosen … Continued
Melissa Marginet is an avid quilter whose passion is to teach and inspire other quilters. She is especially passionate about empowering quilters to quilt their own quilts on their home sewing machines. She has taught locally for many years and … Continued
One of the most beautiful buildings I’ve found in the United States is the train station in Seattle Washington. It’s full of marble, carved window casings and huge wooden benches. It’s also heavily trimmed with a gold and green mosaic … Continued
I’ve always love bright colours. I remember in high school wearing a bright coloured shirt my mother had made me. As a 17-year-old teenager, like everyone else I wanted to fit in, be cool. Well let me tell you, in … Continued
The fabrics used in the bricks, the border, and the words were made using the photocopier function on my INKJET printer. The fabric for the mortar and the binding are commercial prints. I used the bricks on my house as … Continued
This windmill block pattern is offered here in 3″ block sizes. Any of my blocks can be made smaller or larger than these by playing with the size options on your colour printer before printing. Download pattern. Read more in … Continued
My quilt, Edson House, was made in 1995 and it reflects my growing interest in genealogy at that time as well as my beginning steps of making a picture of something by using the designs that appear in traditional quilt … Continued
For the past few years I host an artist open house in my home as part of our neighbourhood artist studio tour. For two days I talk non-stop to people who are curious to peek inside my house. Then they … Continued
In 30 years of quilting I’ve certainly found myself suffering now and then from little aches and pains because I’ve spent hours stitching, binding, quilting or otherwise creating in my studio with no regard for ergonomics. So, I reached out … Continued
Two years ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Poland with my friend Debbie. At one point during the tour I went missing for a couple of minutes, a person on the tour noticed my absence. When Debbie was … Continued