by Jen | Inspirational Sunday, Memory Quilts, Stash Blasting Wednesday, Story Time Monday, Sustainability
What do you do with old linens especially ones that have been embroidered on by a loved one. I had this bag of embroidered pieces to do something with so in November 2020 I pulled them out and added them to the big stash of fabrics I took to my pandemic abode for the...
by Jen | Pattern Feature, Scrap Quilts, Stash Blasting Wednesday
On my travels this past winter I pulled up to a quilt shop in a town that I was visiting and as I walked up to the shop I saw this quilt in the window and went holy cow that’s my quilt. It’s so much fun when I see one of my designs hanging in a shop and...
by Jen | Events, Workshops
In mid December an e-mail arrived in my in box announcing that I was chosen to be a presenter at the virtual event Layered & Stitched: An Art Quilt Experience. I was jumping around with joy, dancing on my tip toes and just overall thrilled to be chosen to share my...
by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday, General News and Announcements, Inspirational Sunday
Back in January a friend from home told me about this store in Tucson called The West and said I had to go and check it out. She said they had a very impressive array of embroidery threads and hand stitching threads plus a whole lot more including gift wares, toys and...
by Jen | Colourful Friday, Inspirational Sunday, Story Time Monday
I made a couple of TV covers for my friend who has an Airstream and wanted to cover up her TV’s with some textile art and add some colour to her space. It was a little over a year ago that I made the pieces for her. Then last fall she went and bought a larger TV...