Category Archives: Quilting

Happy to Be Canadian

Posted on June 22, 2020 by canucksfan

Back in the 1970′s I used to do a little sewing on the off season to supplement the lack of fishing income.  At first I only made clothes and put them on consignment at a little shop in Lantzville. In … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter

Posted on February 26, 2019 by canucksfan

At our Maple Beach quilt retreat last September Donna gave us each a fat eighth bundle of six fabrics. She challenged us to make something with it in time for our September 2019 retreat.  I had added this to my … Continue reading →

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Row x Row Experience

Posted on May 27, 2018 by canucksfan

My first Row x Row Experience was in the summer of 2015. The theme was H20, perfect for a west coast, ocean loving girl. MLQ organized a Vancouver Island Road trip to collect the rows offered by the shops on the … Continue reading →

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Free Motion Quilting

Posted on August 30, 2017 by canucksfan

I have a quilt top waiting to be quilted. I want to free motion the entire quilt using eight different patterns. In order to do this I needed to practice on smaller sections of quilts. <— This heart block was … Continue reading →

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Machine Binding

Posted on January 10, 2017 by canucksfan

Binding, it seems, is dreaded by many. I actually don’t mind binding quilts. But as I get older my hands have a field day with pain after I’ve bound a quilt by hand. Joan convinced me to learn to bind … Continue reading →

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Anchors Away, a memorial quilt

Posted on January 3, 2017 by canucksfan

It’s January 11, 2015 and we are saying goodbye to our father. We did so on a foggy, calm morning from Billy Bones Bay on Protection Island. He was a mariner all his life and it was a fitting way … Continue reading →

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Label Challenge: #jellybeanrow

Posted on November 3, 2015 by canucksfan

My label is complete! The label I chose was from a bottle of wine from the Auk Island winery in Twillingate, Newfoundland. Back in 2008 I was lucky enough to hang out in St John’s and thoroughly fell in love … Continue reading →

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The Life Before: Reflections

Posted on October 27, 2015 by canucksfan

During the Row by Row Road trip back in June there was a lot more fabric and patterns purchased (by everyone) than just for the Row by Row H2O quilts. I’m not your typical quilter when it comes to purchasing … Continue reading →

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Memorial Quilts

Posted on October 19, 2015 by canucksfan

Last spring MLQ received a request to make a quilt from shirts of a man recently deceased. His daughter requested the quilt to be  big enough to cover the top of a double bed for now but could then be … Continue reading →

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The Story of Business Time

Posted on September 29, 2015 by canucksfan

At our Maple Beach Quilt retreat in 2014 we learned that one of us was getting married the following September. When you’re a quilter the first thing that pops to mind is making a quilt to celebrate the occasion. Since … Continue reading →

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