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Jan T., a participant in our Block of the Month of the 100 Modern Quilt Blocks from 2013-2014 graciously sent me pictures of her finished quilt.  I asked her if I could post them to which she so eloquently replied, “Sure …

FriXion pens have been sold by many quilting stores as the answer for marking your quilts.  I never trusted them; never sold them; and am very thankful that someone – Jenny Lyon – took the time and did some serious …

Myrna is an instructor here at the store, who is an afficionado of Judy Niemeyer patterns (aka, Quiltworx).  So much so, that she has taken many classes from Judy and completed 9 of her patterns.  Well , 10, now that …

Sandy W. brought in her Inner City quilt to show the students in Kim’s most recent class what she had done with the blocks. As you can see, she floated hers on a background, instead of bordering straight to the …

My last post generated an inquiry as to whether waste water is treated when printing fabrics.  I don’t know the answer to this, and can only imagine that it is entirely dependent on the country where the fabric is being …

Over 2013 to 2014 we ran the 100 Modern Quilt Blocks by Tula Pink as a Block of the Month here at the store.  Each month, for ten months, customers were mailed or picked up their package of 10 blocks.  …

The ballots have been tallied and the 2015 Quilt Challenge results are in!  Before I show you the winning quilts, I’ll  give you a recap of the contest we run each year. In the spring, we sell 30 kits of …

In last year’s Fall mystery classes, Laura asked the participants to bring in their quilts and quilt tops from past mystery classes.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get pictures of all of them, but I did of a few which are shown …

We had a customer drop by late last year to show us the quilt from the Rat Race class she had taken with Leslie.  This quilt was made as a gift, and no names were to be divulged.  It was …

Another Stampede winning quilt we current have hanging in the store right now is Myrna M.’s Bali Wedding Star.  This is a Judy Niemeyer pattern.  This quilt glows where the colour pops. I don’t think the picture really does the …

Alison C. took Roxanne Nelson’s Pictorial Quilting and Lorraine Stangness’ Machine Quilting classes at our store since last summer .  She put both to good use and decided to enter her “Ozzie” in the Western Lifestyles Creative Arts & Crafts Competition at the Stampede …

Roxanne Nelson is teaching Pictorial Quilting again this summer at our store and today is the 3rd class where the students are messing with fabric and constructing their pictures.  We had visitors from the previous years’ classes drop by with their works …