For quilters, vacation trips extend beyond the summer months. It’s a vacation every time we can go on a road trip and shop hop. Maureen H. and her husband took a few days vacation earlier this month and did some shop hopping. She sent me an email describing their travels. I’ll let her own words […]
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A few weeks ago, while surfing around in bogland, I came across a blog hop all about pin cushions. I know, pincushions aren’t very exciting. But the variety, and the tutorials to make some of them fascinated me. I’ll share some links to some of them below. Even if you don’t want to make any,
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I’ve had to change a few of the settings here on the blog. The biggest change has been to the comments sections. To those of you that leave comments here, or on other blogs, you know that there is this thing called “Word verification” where you have to type in the letters from a word,
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I received an email from Lorraine J. with information about some of the details for the program for this fall. The guild is pleased to be able to offer a number of workshops this fall. On Saturday October 24, Cynthia McNair is offering a workshop on Manipulated Fabric Landscapes. The workshop will run from 9
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This is the first set of instructions for the LFQG Blog Sampler. In this post I’ll give the instructions for the sampler square, as well as putting the whole block together. For the rest of the squares, I’ll give you the instructions for the sampler section, and then refer you back to this page for
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We all gathered for our first meeting of the year, September 10th. It is so hard to believe that the summer is over, and we’ve already had our first meeting. Time is going by so fast, I don’t even seem to be able to catch my breath. Anyone else feel like that? We were warmly
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Guild Sampler Fabric Requirements and Beginning Cutting Instructions This quilt is made up of 35 squares measuring 12 inches finished. Eighteen of the blocks have dark on the outside, and 17 have light on the outside. Feel free to change around the colours, or the numer of squares you make. For the quilt to be
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The first meeting of our year on September 10th is fast approaching. There will be a lot going on at this first meeting, and I wanted to give a bit of a heads up as to what’s going on, and what you need to remember to bring.First off, if you haven’t sent them in already, go
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Micki emailed me a couple of pictures that she took while on her travels through Europe. She says:“The first one was taken in England. We were visiting friends and were in Canterbury and saw a farmers market. As we strolled through it, I found this stall that was selling fabric from large bolts. Price was
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This year, I would like to present a sampler quilt for guild members and for others who are interested, to work on through the coming year. The instructions will be presented here on the blog and won’t be printed out. I’m hoping this will bring more members to check out the blog more often. I
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