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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
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How a creative community attracts savvy shoppers and diners
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Vietnamese Iced Coffee
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The Great Gatsby style inspiration
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5 keys to clean teeth, plus win an electric toothbrush
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quilting
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Pincushion mania with the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild
Turns out I’m not the only one besotted with pincushions. The Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild (VMQG) is taking part in a multi-guild swap that brings together quilters from all over North America and unites them in a single cause: to make and trade some of the loveliest pincushions in the world. Yesterday, I had a chance [...]
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Book review: Japanese Quilting Piece by Piece
Japan has some legendary quilters and one of the most renowned quilt shows in the world: the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival. So it’s no wonder needle arts junkies get excited when a new Japanese quilting book hits the shelves. Japanese Quilting Piece by Piece by Yoko Saito (Interweave, 2012, softcover, $26.95) recently hit my [...]
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Fall back on quilting
September is one of my favourite months. It’s the perfect time to start over and do something new. When I was a kid, I always found back-to-school time exciting. The first day of each new grade was an opportunity to try on a new attitude, or even attempt a personality overhaul. I remember trading in [...]
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QuiltCon is coming!
As you might already suspect, I’m the biggest quilting nerd of them all. So when I heard that The Modern Quilt Guild is holding its very first juried quilt show and conference, I nearly hyperventilated myself into oblivion. QuiltCon will bring together some of the most talented modern quilt creators and teachers from around the planet, including [...]
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Thinking about summer quilts
One of my favourite things about summer is switching out the big duvet on my bed for my light summer quilt. It’s the first quilt I made – a Canadian Living pattern that I pulled out of the magazine in 1995 and carried around with me for years before actually sitting down at the sewing [...]
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New online sewing community
The knitters and crocheters have Ravelry, so it’s only fair that we sewists (OK, I know that’s not a word, but “sewer” always looks wrong) have our own online gathering place. Enter Threadbias: a new online community for people who love to sew, quilt and embroider. All of the content is created by the site’s [...]
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How do you prewash quilt fabric?
I just got back from a delightful trip home to see my family for Easter. One of the highlights was stopping in at Metaphor Yarns and A Notion to Quilt in Shelburne, Mass. And look what I got! I was partway into cutting the pieces for my Bento Box Quilt when I realized I’d be needing [...]
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Quilting Modern winner
This is one revved-up quilting community! Thanks for all your entries in this week’s giveaway of Quilting Modern by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen. We were even treated to some affectionate back-and-forth commenting from Jacquie’s proud aunt Arlene and Jacquie herself. (Hi, ladies!) I’m so proud we’re supporting some terrific talent with Canadian roots. But you [...]
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Book review and giveaway: Quilting Modern
Sometimes all you need is a little eye candy to inspire your next work of art. Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts (Interweave, 2012), by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen, has plenty of visual sweets to inspire a lifetime of quilts. These ladies really know their stuff. The introduction outlines the basics: tools, [...]
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Spring fever quilting!
Like Lisa, I have spring fever. Bad. I know global warming is terrible. And I know Mother Nature probably has an April snowstorm up her sleeve. But all the sunshine and warm temperatures in my part of Canada is making me think that maybe, just maybe, we’ll have a gorgeous, extended spring. And to what [...]
