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First of all, you’ll need to watch this four-minute video to understand my comments that follow:  Creative Bug’s Kaffe Video In this video, I found many of Kaffe Fassett’s ruminations resonated with me. Particularly his reference to textiles, “The only …

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 …

Wow, the weekend retreat is woefully over, but the fun lives on in the photos.  Here’s a catch-up of Day 2-4 of the customer retreat out at North Bow Lodge. To start with on Friday, Alice finished her quilt using …

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 …

A great introduction to Bargello is making a pattern that is, essentially, bargello-by-the-block.  And in the case of our Bargello Table Runner and Placemat’s class, that is what you are doing.  These are designs from the book, Twist-and-Turn Bargello Quilts by …