by Jen | Pattern Feature, Scrap Quilts, Technique of the Month, Technique Tuesday
Do you struggle to line up the blocks of a quilt that has sashing with no cornerstones? I know I do and it takes a lot of fiddling with the fabric, pinning and eye balling to get everything lined up perfectly. I made this quilt for my niece way back when lockdown was...
by Jen | Colourful Friday, Scrap Quilts, Stash Blasting Wednesday
Many years ago Moda came out with the Grunge fabric line and I fell in love with it. I have managed to collect many of the colours over the years and wish I had them all but sadly I don’t. I specifically bought a set of fabrics to create the blocks in my...
by Jen | Inspirational Sunday, Scrap Quilts, Stash Blasting Wednesday
An orphan block is a block that didn’t get used in a quilt – it could be one leftover block or it could be many. It could be a block that was used to test out a design, size of pieces or a set of fabrics and colours to see how they looked together....
by Jen | Magazine Project, Scrap Quilts
I had a great time designing these little postcards and I used scraps & pre-cuts to create them. These little landscape postcards measure 5 x 7 inches. I created them back in January when I was in Tucson surrounded by the majestic Saguaros of the Sonoran Desert....
by Jen | Colourful Friday, Events, General News and Announcements, Scrap Quilts, Stash Blasting Wednesday, Technique Tuesday, Workshops
My workshop motto, “Let the fabric & quilting do the talking,” encompasses the simplistic feel of my Minimalistic Landscapes – Less is More. It speaks to the idea of allowing the materials and techniques themselves to enhance the design and make...