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Trade Show for Crafters
I was invited to the H&H America crafter trade show in Chicago May 1-3 2024, to do a book signing. What an exciting visit! I wasn’t able to buy anything, as this show is meant for quilt shop owners, and other business professionals. Pricing was wholesale. I thought I’d have a peek at what would…
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Learn to Love Bleach
I often use bleach to expand my fabric stash, and I’ll show you why! Here is a quilt I am working on right now. I am not sure where this is going, but I love the teal/aqua fabrics and I need MORE! When you soak fabric in bleach, it is difficult to guess how your…
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The sky’s the limit!
These are my favourite kinds of quilts to make right now! Below are images of the fabrics I had prepped, and the quilt starting to come together! Here is an earlier version- this one is in my book! And (drumroll……) the winner of a copy of my book is Evelyne C. I will be mailing…
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Novelties Part Two
I am one of those people who cannot resist those modern novelty fabrics. Brightly coloured, with images of typewriters, glasses, apples, tea cups, Coca-Cola and more! What was I waiting for? I decided it was time to start using them. Since tumbler quilts are so easy for me to make now, I decided to use…
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I love Novelty… fabrics!
I have managed to accumulate a collection of novelty fabrics which I love. I almost hate to use them! I decided it was time, and have put some of the blocks on my design wall. So fun to work with these.. they were never really meant for kids were they? More images when I get more…
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Evolution of a quilt design
I have a lot of Kaffe Fassett fabric that I love, and almost hate to use. But I had decided it is time to work through my fabric collection.. This would definitely be a tumbler quilt, and if I love it I may use it as an example in the tumbler workshops I am working…