by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. I have an awful time using a thimble – in fact I become all thumbs when one even comes near me. I’ve tried all kinds – metal, leather, silicone but still all thumbs. As a result I often have sore...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. For years I have been making Santa Sacs with a box bottom and using the same method over and over again. Before Christmas a friend was over and we were making the One Hour Basket which also had a box bottom and I...
by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday, Colourful Friday, Free Motion Friday, Inspirational Sunday, Snapshot Saturday, Stash Blasting Wednesday, Story Time Monday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stash Blasting Wednesday. I blasted my stash a bit this week by donating some fabrics for a quilt the Orillia Quilters’ Guild made for the Syrian refugee family that will be coming to live in Orillia. I donated a few pieces and a...
by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday, Colourful Friday, Free Motion Friday, Inspirational Sunday, Stash Blasting Wednesday, Story Time Monday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Quilts by Jen and Stash Blasting Wednesday. Happy New Year everyone – I know, only a month late in sending out these wishes but 2016 didn’t quite start as planned. I am now just getting my creative juices flowing again and I...
by Jen | Story Time Monday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Story Time Monday. A good 6 weeks or more ago I went to Lake Tahoe to take a class from Sandra Bruce called Material Matrix at the Artistic Alchemy Retreat. You may recall the blog post about Being Creative in Lake Tahoe. I had promised...
by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday, General News and Announcements, Story Time Monday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Quilts by Jen. Yep, it has been a long time since I wrote a blog post but it was a much needed break. Over the past 4 years I have been working on my business and kind of forgot to live. One can only do that for so long and it catches up...
by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday, Inspirational Sunday, Story Time Monday
Welcome back everyone to Quilts by Jen. Yes, it has been a while since I posted anything – a month in fact to the day. The break was fantastic and I spent most of it at the cottage. I’m still not back in my studio but rather I am in Lake Tahoe at Zephyr...
by Jen | Coffee Talk Saturday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Coffee Talk Saturday. It’s been a wonderful relaxing summer so far and I’ve decided to spend the rest of it relaxing at the cottage. This means that I’m going to be off grid for the rest of August as there is no power...
by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. I’m always looking for ways to make my life easier in the studio and the other day I discovered this new cutting system from TrueCut which includes rulers and rotary cutters. I brought it home and gave it a...