Curved Piecing: It Is Easier Than It Looks

by Jen | Stash Blasting Wednesday, Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday on Friday. Yep, I am a little out of whack with the days this week but hey it really doesn’t matter because it is summer. Summer is a time to relax, enjoy the outdoors and not work too hard. Right? Well, the real...

Stitch Along Sunday – July Week 2

by Jen | Stitch Along Sundays

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday. This week the rules are very simple and quick. All I have to do is draw something that represents Christmas and it cannot be any larger than 4-5 inches. To see the exact rules visit Ruth’s blog at Rules –...

Stitch Along Sunday – June Week 3

by Jen | Free Motion Friday, Stitch Along Sundays

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday and Free Motion Friday. Now that I am home and have lots of time to spend in my studio I am trying to play catch up with the June Stitch Along Sunday piece. I really like this piece and the way it is shaping up so I...

How To Make The Square-In-Square Block

by Jen | Stash Blasting Wednesday, Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stash Blasting Wednesday. Last week at QUILTsocial one of my old posts on turning orphan blocks into pot holders was posted. The orphaned blocks I had were square-in-square blocks leftover from when I was creating my pattern called Woven...

Stitch Along Sunday – July Week 1

by Jen | Stitch Along Sundays

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday. I have finally returned to my studio and figured I had best get started on Stitch Along Sunday for July since the first Sunday has already gone by. I still need to finish up June’s stitch along piece since I...

Saskatchewan – A Very Flat Place

by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Coffee Talk/Snapshot Saturday. It has been a week since I wrote a blog post and I apologize. Life here in Saskatchewan has been kind of busy getting my mom ready to move to a personnel care community. It has been a while since we moved...

Sewing Machines – New And Old

by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Coffee Talk Saturday. The other evening my sister and I checked out our Grandmother’s sewing machine. The machine is an Improved Seamstress from the National Sewing Machine Company with beautiful scroll work covering it. I actually...

Shades Of Blue

by Jen | Colourful Friday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Colourful Friday. It has been awhile since I posted anything about colour even though everything I do is colourful. I am at home visiting family in Saskatchewan so am not in my studio which makes it a bit of a challenge to do blog posts....

What Is QUILTsocial?

by Jen | General News and Announcements, Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Today I am not going to talk about a technique but rather about a new website that I am very excited about because I have joined their team as a monthly blogger. The name of this website is QUILTsocial.  What is...

The Measuring Gauge From Dritz Quilting

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. I was teaching a class last Saturday in Shelburne, Ontario and was introduced to this great little measuring gauge. I decided that I had to have this gadget as it was perfect for measuring a ¼″ seam allowance with no...