How To Use The Hex N More Ruler

by Jen | Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Last Thursday I introduced the Hex N More ruler as my cool tool of the week. And it is rather cool as it cuts 4 different shapes and each shape in 4 different sizes. Today I’m going to walk you through how to use...

Chevrons – Mug Rug #9

by Jen | Mug Rug Monday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Mug Rug Monday. February is over and onto a new month which means a new colour. And I am sure you guessed it – green for St Paddy’s Day. I’ve never been one to really go out and celebrate that day but I do remember when...

Stitch Along sunday March 2015 Week 1

by Jen | Stitch Along Sundays

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday. Crazy isn’t it? Two months of 2015 have already flown by. So it is now a new month which brings us a new stitch along. I really enjoy doing these little mini art challenges as they keep my creative juices...

UFO Spotlight: Granny’s Choice Quilt

by Jen | Colourful Friday, Stash Blasting Wednesday, UFO Spotlight

  Hey Everyone, welcome back to UFO Spotlight Saturday. It has been almost 2 years since I first posted the Granny’s Choice Quilt Block how to. This poor quilt has sat unfinished for a long time but not forgotten as it goes to all of my trunk shows. It is a...

Scrap Crazy: Going Beyond The Squares

by Jen | Free Motion Friday, Stash Blasting Wednesday, Technique Tuesday

  Hey Everyone, welcome back to Free Form/Motion Friday. The other day I finished up with the scrap crazy blocks looking like this. Still looking a lot like quilt blocks even with the contrasting strips shaped like X’s in them. I did like what I had but...

The Hex N More Ruler From JayBird Quilts

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. I’ve pulled another ruler out of the drawer – yep another one and I still have a few more left in there too. This one is the Hex N More ruler from JayBird Quilts and is a companion ruler to the Sidekick...

Curved Piecing From A Pre Cut Kit

by Jen | Stash Blasting Wednesday, Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stash Blasting Wednesday. I was checking out a bin in the back room that was full of kits I bought years and years ago. Of course none of them opened or anything out of the package. I guess in a way long forgotten as I moved beyond the...

Adding Contrast Strips To The Scrap Crazy Blocks

by Jen | Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. As you may recall from last week I wasn’t very happy with the blocks I had made using the scrap crazy templates. Yesterday I set to work experimenting with them by adding some contrast pieces. Picking the Contrast...

Pink Dahlia – Mug Rug #8

by Jen | Mug Rug Monday, Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Mug Rug Monday. We have had quite the deep freeze of temperatures lately and I am really wanting spring to get here. Being the last Monday in February this will be the last week for the pink theme. So I thought why not bring spring to all...

Stitch Along Sunday February 2015 Week 4

by Jen | Stitch Along Sundays

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday. The last sunday in February has arrived and along with it the final instalment of this month’s Stitch Along. If you recall last week – week 3 – I wasn’t thrilled with my piece once I had added...