I love getting to the end of projects. It's such a great sense of accomplishment! This Basket of Scraps quilt was found as I was sorting projects. I store projects in process in the scrap booking boxes. I like the clear ones as I can easily see what's inside. They stack nicely and hold mostly all I need for my projects. As I was sorting, I found a package of 2 1/2" cut strips. The fabric wasn't the best quality and I wasn't sure how to use it. I ended up sewing the strips to

I want to share a quilt marking trick. The trick is not just the marking, but the removal as well. I've loaded a customer quilt and spent some time before loading to mark the top. I don't often mark quilts, especially all the quilting lines I plan to stitch. I generally mark registration points or areas that I need to pay attention to. One of my favourite marking tools is a blue wash away pen. There are a number of pens available on the market. I recommend you test them to se

Last week I posted about my Alberta Lone Star quilt that I finally finished!!!! I want to share a bit more about the threads I used for this project. For the feathers and continuous curves I used WonderFil Specialty Threads Mirage #39, Before Dark. I've looked at this thread many times, but all I saw was brownish grey. It wasn't until I was teaching a Threaducation class and a student was stitching with this great thread that I saw shades of blue and yellow. Perfect for my A

I've just written a post about one of my latest finishes, Asian Stack-n-Whack. Its lovely reds, yellows and navys needed a quiet thread just to add a bit of texture to the quilt and to hold the layers together. I used WonderFil Specialty Threads' Master Quilter to achieve the look I wanted. I use MQ#52, Dark Blue instead of MQ#49, Navy because I did want the quilting to show a bit, but not too much. Master Quilter is a 40wt 3ply polyester thread. The thread has been cottonize