I've spent the last few days working on quilt samples for 2 classes at once! Yep! I'm pretty smart! Not really, but making these...

Sometimes it's worthwhile to take a class. I take classes to learn new things, to update my skills and to see how other educators...

A few years ago I challenged myself to finish a quilt a month. I failed miserably. So, in planning and recording my list of "I want to...

I woke up this morning with a whole list of things that I NEEDED TO DO! It's after noon and I feel like I've accomplished nothing so far!...

I had some mixed bottles of dye and needed to use them up. I can't remember when I last dyed fabric (2-3 months) and these bottles of...

Last weekend was a busy time in the dye studio aka the laundry room in the basement. I did some ice dyeing and kind of got into the zone....

We've had some amazing weather in Calgary this fall. This past weekend, the car registered 0 degrees Celsius, so I just had to do some...

I was spending some valuable time last week watching YouTube videos. I came across this one from April's Craft Room. I thought the idea...

Welcome to the continuation of my COLOURED CABINS summer posts. We've looked at the 3 PRIMARY COLOURS and the SECONDARY COLOURS and now...

If you are playing along with my Coloured Cabins blocks, you'll have a few blocks pieced. Now it's time to start working on a layout. A...

This blog post is part of a summer 2021 series on colour theory and log cabin blocks. In previous posts I've shown you how to cut and sew...

We know that there are 3 Primary colours - RED, YELLOW and BLUE, but what happens when we start to mix these colours together? Let's back...

One of the best things I have ever done to help my quilting is to start dyeing my own fabric. It was a real eye-opener for me. I've...

This blog post is part of a series of Log Cabin and Colour theory posts. Today I'm going to show you how to make a simple 12" log cabin...

What do you value in your quilting? I'm not talking about how much you've spent on your fabrics and sewing supplies. I talking about the...

I'm starting a blog series called Coloured Cabins. There will be 2 parts to this series. Part 1 will look at some basic colour theory and...

Quick, What's your favourite colour? Don't think about it. Just shout it out! Have you ever thought about how that particular colour...

I've recently realized that it is important to occasionally look back. When I look back it's often easy to see where I've come from....

I've learned many hard lessons in my life. One of them was that I can say "NO". I can give myself permission to tell someone or a...

This past week we had some snow. Not a lot, but enough that my eye kept going to that expanse of white in my yard. I just had to do...

I've been thinking a lot lately about how our lives have changed in the past 12 months. For many of us, we've been stuck at home or...

I'm ashamed to say that a few years ago I was asked to make some memory quilts for 3 kids after the passing of their father. I was given...

I am not a fan of snow. I grew up in Winnipeg AKA Winter-peg. When the snow came, the cold came. But, recently, I have started to...

I was recently working on a customer quilt and as usual my mind tended to wonder. Thought I'd share the thought process with you!!! It...