Chopstix Pattern – A New Modern Design

by Jen | Pattern Feature

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Quilts by Jen. Last week at QuiltX, where I was the featured artist, my new pattern Chopstix was unveiled which I designed specifically for the show. The vendors were encouraged to make their own version of the quilt to be hung in a...

Featured Artist at QuitX 2016

by Jen | Events

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Quilts by Jen. I hope you all had a wonderful summer, I know that I did. I spent most of it at the cottage enjoying the wonderful hot and sunny weather. My kind of summer. I did do a lot of sewing too. Because our cottage is totally off...

2016 Row by Row Experience

by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday, Story Time Monday, Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Quilts by Jen. A few months ago I was approached by Cynthia and Shannon who own Country Concessions Quilt Shop in Cookstown, Ontario to design their row for this year’s Row by Row Experience. This year’s theme is home sweet...

A Trumpet Lily from the Twisted Log Cabin

by Jen | Colourful Friday, Inspirational Sunday, Story Time Monday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Inspirational Sunday. I was experimenting with the Twisted Log Cabin pieces a while back and came up with so many different designs by using 3 left and 3 right twists. The original Twisted Log Cabin I did uses the same twist for all six...

Robin’s Egg Blue

by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday, Colourful Friday, Inspirational Sunday, Stash Blasting Wednesday, Story Time Monday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stash Blasting Wednesday. Well, I certainly didn’t blast much of my stash with this little piece but I did use up some of the leftovers from a piece I made a couple of years ago. The piece is only 6″ x 6″ and was made for a recent...

The Fons and Porter Fabric Glue Marker

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. I’m always very skeptical when it comes to gadgets and tools especially ones that could leave a mark or residue on my work. Last year when I was teaching one of my Bargello Sunflower workshops at Quilty Pleasures...

Needle Felting the Dandelion Puffs

by Jen | Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Today is Tuesday, where do the days disappear to because it was just Friday and now it is Tuesday and Tuesday means a new technique. This technique may or may not be new to you but it is certainly one that is a lot of...

Dandelion Puffs – Tissue Box Art – Part 2

by Jen | Colourful Friday, Free Motion Friday, Inspirational Sunday, Technique Tuesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Free Motion Friday. I was going to do a post about the dandelions this past Tuesday for Technique Tuesday but then realised that I would be one step ahead in the process because I quilted it before I put the dandelions on. The first step...

Dandelion Puffs – Tissue Box Art – Part 1

by Jen | Colourful Friday, Free Motion Friday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Colourful Friday. I know you have all been waiting with baited breath to see my first tissue box art piece and there it is at the top of the page. I thought I would wait for Easter to reveal it as the colours I have used remind me of...

Tissue Box Inspiration

by Jen | Inspirational Sunday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Inspirational Sunday. I belong to the Orillia Quilter’s Guild in Orillia, Ontario and they are having a C0-President’s Challenge – the current and past presidents teamed up together for this challenge. The past president...