Here’s my little contribution to Sew Mama Sew’s scrapbuster month of tutorials. A Scrap Nest No, not this nest of scraps . . . This one! Made from strips cut off and left for the trash. Now freshly weaved together to make some little body warm. Want to see some amateur tutorial photos? Well, brace…

This week’s Time Tip has a few steps to it. The Basic Idea: Little Steps Add up Quickly! Who will benefit from this tip: Any quilter who: works on more than one quilt at a time makes quilts with lots of pieces in each block unit has little blocks of time to sew wants to…

Happy Thanksgiving Canadians! I’m away eating today:)But I have been busy!My Picnic Quilt for my niece is finished. I am delivering it to her today so I will have pictures to show later this week.I finished one more Lady of the Lake block. I also played with some leftover triangles to make this star block.…

Welcome to my blog!EDIT: I am now finished this quilt! Thanks to the Festival and all the positive responses, I have worked over the last week to finish this quilt. It was hand delivered Oct. 12, Canadian Thanksgiving. I have changed photos to show the completed front and back. Enjoy! This is a first birthday…

creamer teacup I have started on my blocks for Pat Sloan’s Madhatter Tea Party challenge. The challenge is over, BUT, I knew I was going to do this project from the get go. FUNKY was how she described colour choices for the teacups. How could I not!:) Originally the teacups were a swap followed by…

This is for all of us who would love to and NEED to find time everyday to quilt. To create. To make something new! This is a first attempt. Check back next week. No promises! Enjoy. Time Tip #1 : Do NOW what you can’t do LATER! For instance; my goal right now is to…

October has started slowly around here. Mostly with rain outside and trying to catch up on sleep inside! My design wall has changed recently. The blue and purple squares are the background to a block I’m designing. A spring block. I’m optimistic it will be ready then:) Another lonely Lady of the Lake finished. One…

The sunflowers are huge and glowing brilliantly in the cool fall air. My grandfather died this week. I find myself reflecting on the change of seasons in Life. I see more beauty in the small things.Hear more joy in the children’s laughter. Feel more love in the cuddles and hugs. My grandfather was Mohawk. Step…

Well, it is fall now, and I am not getting done what I *planned* to get done. But, there are more excuses than hours in the day right now. So let’s roundup what I did manage to accomplish.:) I finished a second September stocking. Pat Sloan and Emilie Richards are enticing people to make up…

Happy BIG 3-0! Glad you like your present. Now I can finally blog about it!! This mini quilt (14×14 inches) was made by participating in Cherri’s Little Bouquet Quilt Along. I’ve never completed an art quilt before. I made a few attempts when I first started quilting, but didn’t have enough techniques or the internet…