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...
by Jen | Colourful Friday, General News and Announcements, Workshops
My answer to that question is a big huge yes. The hours just slip away when I am creating fabric runs and playing with fabric gradations. Ever since I made my first Bargello quilt I have had a fascination with fabric runs. In fact, you could say that I am really quite...
by Jen | Pattern Feature, Scrap Quilts, Stash Blasting Wednesday, Workshops
Hey, scrap enthusiasts! Remember the “Just Scrap It! Mastering the Art of Controlled Scrappiness” workshop from last November? Well, mark your calendars for another scrap summit happening August 15 – 18, 2024 – it’s gonna be epic! But hold up,...
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...
Bargello Sunflower Quilt Pattern
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Ticker Tape Parade
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