Announcing Virtual Trunk Shows and Workshops

Welcome back to Quilts by Jen. The past 3 years life has taken me in a different direction; I am still quilting however I haven’t been updating my blog and website. Now that we are living in this world of social distancing I have been spending a lot more time in...

Mini Bargello Sunflower Quilt Public Enrolment Workshop

by Jen | Uncategorized

Hi Everyone, welcome back. I am so excited today to talk a little bit more about my on-line Live Zoom quilting workshops and detail what is involved in them and what you will learn in this first one, the Mini Bargello Sunflower Quilt. Mini Sunflower quilt in golden...

Public Enrolment for On-Line Workshops Now Open

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Public Enrolment for On-Line Workshops Now Open Hey Everyone I am very excited to announce that registration is now open for the following on-line live Zoom workshops. Mini Bargello Sunflower Perfect precision is not required to create this stunning sunflower. With my...

Take Time Lap Quilt

by Jen | General News and Announcements, Magazine Project, Pattern Feature

I am very excited to share my most recent project published in A Needle Pulling Thread (ANPT) Magazine. The inspiration for Issue 61 was Tiles – so many great quilt ideas can be found in tile designs and their colours. Take Time is created with just one block...

Wild and Spectacular Flowers

by Jen | Events, General News and Announcements

Have you heard of the Global Quilt Connection? Its a website for quilting instructors and guilds to connect. It promotes instructors and the virtual speaking and teaching engagements they have to offer. Each instructor has a video promoting themselves and what they...

On the Other Side of the Picket Fence

by Jen | General News and Announcements, Inspirational Sunday, Pattern Feature

This is a piece I had so much fun making this spring for A Needle Pulling Thread (ANPT) Magazine June 2022 Issue. I was sworn to secrecy until the magazine was published last week. Now I can share it with all of you. And as you can see the theme was to make something...

How to Make Odd Angle Flying Geese – Step by Step

by Jen | Technique of the Month, Technique Tuesday

Welcome back to Quilts by Jen. Today’s post is all about odd angles. Odd angle flying geese are a bit tricky to figure out but by the time you read and follow the steps below you will be a pro. So let’s get started. This is a how to tutorial – it...

How to Cut Half Square Rectangles

by Jen | Technique of the Month, Technique Tuesday

Welcome back to Quilts by Jen. Today I am going to talk about cutting rectangles into half square rectangles which essentially create two triangles with one being a left triangle and the other a right triangle. The triangle created has 3 unequal sides which is called...

How to Create Appliqué Pieces with Fusible Web

by Jen | Technique Tuesday

Welcome back to Quilts by Jen. Today I’m highlighting the use of fusible web to create appliqué pieces. There are many different types of fusible webs on the market and for this tutorial I will be using a paper backed one. This tutorial came about because of a...

How to Paper Piece: Step by Step

by Jen | Technique of the Month, Technique Tuesday

Welcome back to Quilts by Jen. Today is all about paper piecing. Paper piecing is the perfect quilting technique for creating perfect points especially when the angles of the triangle are just a little bit off of 90 or 45 or 60 degrees. This tutorial came about...