Tag Archives: quilt challenge
An inspiring weekend – 2015.10.18
Earlier this month I spent an inspiring few days with fellow members of the Fibre Art Network (FAN) at our annual retreat. This year, it was held at the Edenvale Retreat Centre near Abbotsford BC. We spent five days sharing … Continue reading
Workshop and other news – 2015.05.31
It’s been a busy couple of weeks since I last posted. On Sunday, I taught my Circles Circles Circles workshop for Vancouver MQG. It was a technique workshop to design circle blocks, and to sew curves and circles with flat … Continue reading
Weekend finish – 2015.05.17
‘Autumn Leaves’ is the theme of the current Quilting Arts Magazine reader challenge. I love the colors of fall foliage, and I often take photos of leaves and trees with the idea I will someday use them as inspiration for … Continue reading
On my design wall – 2015.04.13
Last week I spent a delightful and productive couple of days with my sister Anne working on our collaborative quilt. We wanted to add some embellishments and hand-stitching. It’s so much easier to make design decisions when there are two … Continue reading
Off my design wall – 2015.03.26
Thanks to everyone who commented on the possible background fabrics for my Royal terns – that was very helpful. I found myself agreeing with those who preferred the fabric in the bottom right photo, so that’s what I used. I … Continue reading
Trunk show and work in progress – 2015.03.20
On Wednesday morning I packed up about 40 of my quilts in my rolling cart, and headed to North Vancouver to do a presentation and trunk show for the Seymour Quilters’ Guild. The members of the guild seemed to … Continue reading
On my design wall – 2015.03.04
I have lots of projects on the go right now – some in the construction phase, and some in the design phase. The VMQG block lotto this month is a hashtag block, done in black & white. It’s a pretty … Continue reading
On my design wall – 2014.09.10 – CQA ‘It’s Time for Colour!’
The Canadian Quilters’ Association (CQA/ACC) has invited award winners of their annual National Juried Show to donate a 12 x 16 inch quilt for a traveling quilt show. As an award winner in the Modern category in 2014 with my … Continue reading
Published in Quilting Arts magazine – 2014.07.27
A little boasting here. My copy of Quilting Arts Magazine arrived this week, and it was a treat to see my ‘Kids in the Park’ quilt in the Readers Challenge section. And how cool is this? When I … Continue reading
Off my design wall – 2014.07.23
This is my second entry to the MQG Michael Miller Petal Pinwheels fabric challenge. You can see my first entry here. Inspired by these two quilts – Paul’s entry to the Common Threads Indigo Project and Lisa’s Fractured Pi quilt … Continue reading
