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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 …

Yesterday was lots of fun with the trunk show from Joanie & Kelsey Morrow from The Stitchery in Olds.  Jo came too, and it was a good time.  It was wonderful to see the patterns they designed, and the quilts …

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.  …

Alison Dean Cowitz is artsy.  And she has the confidence and verve to try different things.  No wishy-washy dialogue such as, “Do you think I should?”, “Where will I put it in my house?”, or “The colours just don’t match …

I’ve been up to something new – and modern.  And I’m loving it.  It has been awhile since I’ve personally made some pieced blocks, and since they are all different, and in bright colours, I’m in rainbow nirvana.  They are …

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 …