As a professional in the quilting industry, I am always curious about other creative outlets. Spending the past fourteen months at home provided an opportunity to take many online classes. I have kept journals my entire life so venturing into art journaling seemed like a natural. I have dabbled a bit with it in the […]
I know I’m repeating myself, but I do have an ongoing love affair with bright colours. As the theme of this Issue is ‘neutral with a pop of colour’ it was only natural that I would submit a quilt for inclusion in this issue. I usually pair my bright coloured fabrics with a black or […]
The 3D-Pinwheels Wall Hanging was inspired by the whimsical colourful children’s pinwheel. The pinwheels are the pop of colour against a neutral (white) background offset by the micro pinwheel quilting design. The pinwheels are three dimensional, which adds to the pop of colour. When the quilt is constructed, you can choose to add fabric stiffener […]
While planning my project for the theme – Neutral with a Pop of Colour – modern quilting came to mind and to me nothing is more modern than quilting with embroidery! The 260 x 260mm, creativeTM Grand Quilters Hoop along with the free beautiful quilting designs that are available for it, made this theme easy […]
Black and white fabric with a little splash of red is all that is required to create a stunning simple quilt; or rephrased; a simply stunning quilt. One of my goals as a National Educator has been to get young people sewing and prepare them to carry on the quilting traditions of my generation and […]
When I was a child, my family lived in a post-and-beam house in the country, with 14-foot ceilings in the living room. At Christmas, my dad and brothers would go out to dad’s trapline, cut down the tallest tree they could find, and haul it home. The tree-top reached the ceiling, and our entire family […]
Depending on the region of Canada you live in, fall is full of leaves of many different colours, tones, shades, and hues. Last fall took me to different areas of our beautiful country. Starting in Kananaskis and Lake Louise area of Alberta, the Tamarack Pine turns a beautiful yellow and gold before loosing its needles. […]
Considering a project that reflects TREES the first thing that came to mind was the swing we had on an old cherry tree in our backyard. The tree and swing have long been gone but the memories live on! While on one of our morning walks, I found the perfect tree to use as inspiration […]
In 2016 I had the pleasure of attending a quilting retreat about improvising and composition hosted by one of my mentors, Ricky Tims. Ricky smiled when he saw me there being that our styles and process for making quilts are totally opposite of each other. When I start a quilting project, I have a rather […]
Can you see the forest for the trees? Initially, I was going to make a replica of a tree in some fantastic technique. After paying close attention to the trees on my daily walks, I saw some beautiful patterns on the tree trunks. More walking and daydreaming, and the concept of using the bark pattern […]