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Thursday Thread - OMNI-V
It's Thursday and I've promised myself to write a blog post each week to highlight some of the threads I use in my studio. This week I've...
Jan 4, 2018


End of 2017 and what's in store for 2018 at Meadow Rose Quilts
Welcome to the last day of 2017. It has been a year of great successes and not so great successes. Not gonna say they are failures, just...
Dec 31, 2017


Time in the sun
We are smack dab in the middle of our late fall-early winter time in the sun. We've been heading to Mexico for 4 years now in an attempt...
Dec 3, 2017


Thursday Thread - Superior threads
I'm going to spend some time looking at the wide range of threads from Superior threads. I was recently in Houston for the Houston Quilt...
Nov 16, 2017


Thursday Thread - DecoBob part 3
It's Thursday and time for this week's Thursday Thread. Each week I highlight a thread that I use in my studio and give some information...
Oct 26, 2017


Thursday Thread - DecoBob part 2
It's Thursday and time for this week's Thursday Thread. Each week I highlight a thread that I use in my studio and give some information...
Oct 19, 2017


Flying Geese - a tutorial
I'm working on a few projects and all require that I sew Flying Geese units. Flying Geese are not my favourite block to sew. I find them...
Oct 16, 2017


Quilting Classes - fall 2017
I've got some classes booked at Pinheads Quilting Company in the next few weeks. I thought I'd write a post to promote these great...
Oct 12, 2017


Thursday Thread - DecoBob part 1
It's Thursday and time for this week's Thursday Thread. Each week I highlight a thread that I use in my studio and give some information...
Oct 12, 2017


Thursday Thread - WonderFil Fabulux
WonderFil's Fabulux is this week's focus for Thursday Thread. Fabulux is a 3 ply, 40 wt polyester thread. 35 of the 40 colors are random...
Oct 5, 2017


Thursday Thread - Superior King Tut
Superior Thread's King Tut is this week's focus for Thursday Thread. King Tut is a 3 ply, 40wt cotton thread. Superior recommends a...
Sep 28, 2017


Thursday Thread - WonderFil Mirage
WonderFil's Mirage thread is a random dyed 30wt variegated Rayon thread. Lovely colors. This is a blue-yellow variegated thread. The...
Sep 21, 2017

Thursday Thread - such a difficult choice
I'm starting a new weekly blog post series. I'm going to share some information and images of the threads I use each week. I am hoping...
Sep 18, 2017


Challenge 2017 - # 25, 26, 27 - a whole lotta scraps!
I've had a busy summer. Hubby and I spent a week visiting my parents in Winnipeg. We brought my mum back with us for a week. Mu and I...
Aug 28, 2017


Challenge 2017 - #24, Wedding Rings Quilt
Growing up, there were 3 couples with 8 daughters between them,. These couples had no immediate family near by and joined forces to...
Aug 28, 2017


Road Trip!
We are in Winnipeg visiting my parents. We took 2 days to get from Calgary and took the north route through Yorkton. Unfortunately, no...
Aug 3, 2017


Wowza! Look at those colors!
I'm on a fabric dyeing craze lately. I've been dyeing fabric almost non stop and I'm loving it! I found a new to me book on hand dyeing...
Aug 3, 2017


Challenge 2017 - #23, Marina's Quilt
Shhhhh. Can you keep a secret? Don't share this post yet! Actually, it's OK. By the time I post, the quilt will have been gifted....
Jul 27, 2017


Challenge 2017 - #21 & 22, class sample quilts
I'm not counting weeks yet, but I know I still have some catch up to do on my Challenge for 2017. 52 finished quilts/projects in 52...
Jul 24, 2017


Challenge 2017 - #20, Giant Star
Whew. I've made it to 20 quilts finished this year. But I'm more than halfway through the year and the challenge is to finish 52 quilts!...
Jul 24, 2017


Facebook live with Kim at Chatterbox Quilts!
I spent some time yesterday afternoon with Kim Jamieson-Hurst from Chatterbox Quilts. She has a regular Facebook Live event every...
Jul 14, 2017


Fabric Dyeing Classes
Join me and explore the wonderful world of dyeing your own fabric! I've had so much fun lately, playing and mixing and making a mess!...
Jul 8, 2017


Regrets, I have one.....
I have only a single regret in my quilting life. I sold a favorite machine. In 1990 I took my first Free Motion Quilting class and it...
Jun 29, 2017


Challenge 2017 - #19
Woot! Woot! Another project is done! I made this pink and black chain quilt top as a sample many, many years ago. It has been sitting...
Jun 27, 2017
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