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I started this quilt not long after I took my beginning quilt lessons.  I had joined the Quiltsitter’s Club of a local quilt shop here, Quilter’s Cabin (now closed).  At one of the monthly evening get-togethers, they handed out a …

Last night at our Hockey Night in Canada Widows Club, one of our beginner students came in to get caught up on her homework.  She asked if we knew of a quick table topper pattern she could get done in …

The 2014 Quilt Challenge results are in!  And before I tell 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 fabric for the Challenge.  …

Our store is heavily stocked with batik and bali fabrics.  They are my favorite fabrics to work with, and since I’m doing the buying, I get have lots on the shelf.   I was approached by Cador Textile/Parkside Fabrics in March …

In case you thought otherwise, let me admit that quilt shop owners also have Unfinished Projects – even when they are store samples and the kitting of that store sample. I started the Walk About quilt three years ago, based …

Each year in the springtime we sell kits for our annual Quilt Challenge.  There are only 30 kits sold, and they sell fast!  Each kit contains the exact same fabrics, with the same quantities of each fabric.  The basic rules …

We finished inventory today, and what an eye-opening experience that was.  Our store has approximately 1900 bolts of batiks and bali’s!  So while they don’t solely define our store offerings, the count confirmed that I am truly smitten by them, …

Yesterday we hung Maureen Wood’s quilts and boy do they look fabulous!  They are all Judy Niemeyer designs, and Maureen is a certified instructor coming to our store to teach this June. On June 13 & 14, she is teaching a …

The great reveal. Perhaps you’ve seen this quilt on the cover of The Canadian Quilter or American Quilter magazines.  Or have you read an article in the International Festival Quilt Scene or Bird Talk?  Maybe you even seen it live …

Here’s looking at you babe. Do you recognize the quilt this is from? Or know who the quilter is? Linda (I’ll reveal all later, but take give me your best guess now – serious and funny!)

Each May we sell fabric kits to our customers for our annual Quilt Challenge.  We limit the number sold and for the past 4 years this number has been 30.  Each kit has a variety of prints, but every kit …

Back when I took up quilting, I was using invisible nylon thread in the top and cotton thread in my bobbin.  Invisible thread solved the issue of what colour to use for quilting on the top side, and hid any …