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I promised you in January some tips and tricks for working on your Spring Bouquet Block of the Month.  Well, the next time I was able to get back to working on this project was during our staff retreat at …

So now that you have your design traced on your fabric (or you can use a light box with light-coloured background), you are ready to fuse your applique pieces in place.  The pattern does not have an “order of fusing” …

It’s time to get stitching! The pattern insert regarding the applique process is on the back of the pattern picture. But most of this information is presuming that you don’t have the already pre-fused and pre-cut Silhouette applique shapes. With …

I promised you Ta Da’s and here they are. And this is Kim’s Block 2 Ta Da. Send me your Ta Da’s, and I’ll post them.  Keep on stitching, Linda.

In 2013 we ran Spring Bouquet by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts as a Block of the Month with pre-fused, laser-cut applique pieces.  Everyone got to pick their own background, and many people chose dark backgrounds, instead of a …

Have a look at the pictures below.  What is wrong? Well, I hope that you noticed that part of the edge is worn right down.  So far down, that the blade is almost exposed.  Too close for my comfort.  I …

Everyone has one.  The quilt with an Issue.  I didn’t know that this particular quilt actually had an Issue though, until I got it back from Jane, my long-armer.  Matter of fact, I believe it was after it was bound …

I have months – ok, years – of back logged “notes to self” sitting at my desk.  They are things I know I should look into and handle.  Website optimization, insurance coverage,  websites I should visit, etc.  I’m actually making progress through the pile, …

This year, Judy and Judel came up to Heritage Park for the special display of Quiltworx quilts.  They also put on a display of their own of their Red and White quilts, many of which are featured in their Redesigned:  …

Six months since the last posting, and I’ve been able to catch my breath.  So what has happened? Well, after the Festival of Quilts at Heritage Park, we had our North Bow Lodge Customer retreat from June 8th to 15th.  …

Last November we had a show and tell of the student’s work from last summer’s class of Pictorial Quilting with Roxanne Nelson.   I thought you may like to see how Roxanne can lead a group of newbies to success.  …

Over the holidays, I worked a bit on my quilt journal.  Actually, I should call it my Quilt Photo Album.  While it started out being an AQS publication called a Quilter’s Registry where you write comments about your quilt and …