So many fabrics to work with! Colours of every tint, tone, and shade. Bold prints, quiet prints, stripes and dots, blenders and solids. Different genres. Lovely collections. From Sharon R ... Just finished putting on the bindings for my rainbow scrap quilt (I made enough bindings for a king size quilt which this isn’t, so … Continue reading Staying Connected #43

Here are some projects from our quilting spaces. Maybe after our January presentation by Brandy Maslowski, some of those spaces are "studios magnificent" now! From Chris ... I’ve had this table runner pattern for several years, bought it on a cruise to Alaska. Finally got it done. Some Valentine masks I’ve made for some of … Continue reading Staying Connected #42

Welcome to this week's online show and tell, with a special treat for pet lovers! From Jo-Anne ... My completed 52 blocks CQA quilt. It was quilted by Wendy Margerm. Also, two wheelchair quilt tops just finished from Mystery Quilt block of the month by Nicholas Turcan. I decided not to carry on with the … Continue reading Staying Connected #41

Here are some more projects from our quilting spaces. Hope the new year finds you planning or enjoying a quilting project, too. From Chris ... Over the holiday I turned my Christmas block (from Glennis) into a wall hanging. From Diane ... Finally completed my 52 blocks in 52 weeks quilt from CQA. I used … Continue reading Staying Connected #40

Here are some of Donna's pre-Christmas creations, in her self-described "whirlwind of sewing!" Lots of ideas for year-round sewing. Dog blanket This is a great pattern. Self mitred. Takes no time to do. Good for baby blanket. It is for my grandson’s favourite dog cousin for Christmas. Cat grocery bag My aunt is a major … Continue reading Staying Connected #39

A wonderful chocolate box of quilting this week ... From Maureen ... after I got Yoskyl’s email, I decided to check out my (vintage) Dresden Plates quilt again. Interesting. The plates are not appliqued. They are hand stitched as you can see from the back. So the plates must have been zig zagged to prevent … Continue reading Staying Connected #38

In November, the Programme/Workshops Committee organized a Christmas Block Exchange. Members made a block for another member and sent it to them with a Christmas greeting. Here are some of the lovely blocks that arrived in mailboxes. Received by Judy P ... Received by Diane ... I received this block from Arlene T and found … Continue reading Staying Connected #37 – Twelve Blocks of Christmas

Welcome to another show and tell post. From Moira ... Here are a few things I've been working on. I made these bibs for my granddaughter double-sided so they can be used after Christmas. I made the second smaller table runner from the leftover half square triangle. These two placemats were made to donate to … Continue reading Staying Connected #35

The first snowflakes appeared this month and the local mountaintops are white. Winter quilting projects may be coming to mind. From Linda F ... This is a pattern from a 2009 Fons and Porter magazine. Ten years ago, Connie W made a lovely version of it that I always admired. She planned to make another … Continue reading Staying Connected #34

Quilts, past and present ... From Maureen ... This quilt I found in the cat bed. Small detailed hand stitches made from my Grandma’s aprons. The fabric is thin, not very frail. Consistently detailed in every block. Notice the round corner which was the tradition. Maybe Yoskyl can comment on that? Very thin quilt, wonder … Continue reading Staying Connected #32

Welcome to our online show and tell. From Maureen ... From my grandmother in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. Queen size, all hand stitched. Binding was machined and hand finished. About 1973? There were a group of women on the prairies who quilted together in small towns. They always called each other by their married names. Mrs. Wharington, … Continue reading Staying Connected #31

From our quilting spaces ... wherever they may be! From Diane ... Up at Lake Osoyoos in the camper. Just sewing all the mistake pieces and substitute pieces I made and cut offs into a random back for my Boxes and Beyond quilt top I just finished. It's from 2010. At first I thought it … Continue reading Staying Connected #30

Keeping in touch through our quilting ... From Linda R ... I am working on some Halloween/Harvest Placemats for my Grands. From Genevieve ... This is my latest. I call it Roger's Cars. From Sharon ... I picked these two fabrics up the day we had our Floral Collage Workshop and the instructor brought a … Continue reading Staying Connected #29

Welcome to the first post of autumn. Finishing UFOs, mining our stash, making face masks ... there are lots of things on the go. And behind the scenes, there are mug mats being created and popped in the mail to a fellow quilter. Have you got some fall and winter projects in mind? From Diane … Continue reading Staying Connected #28

Greetings, everyone. This has turned out to be mostly a "Linda-Lynda" post, all the way through to the last words, with a little "Barb" and "Judy" in there, too. Funny how things happen. From Lynda G ... a new member ... This blue/geometric quilt is a gift for my niece who just turned 40 and … Continue reading Staying Connected #27

More projects from our quilting spaces ... From Esther ... a snail trail quilt ... From Marilyn ... This runner is made from crumbs found in my box of blue scraps. I started it on the SOSAH Day that had links about crumb quilts. The quilting was done with my walking foot. I did one … Continue reading Staying Connected #26