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Category Archives: Quilting
Happy to Be Canadian
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
Dark Matter
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
Row x Row Experience
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
Free Motion Quilting
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
Machine Binding
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
Anchors Away, a memorial quilt
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
Label Challenge: #jellybeanrow
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
The Life Before: Reflections
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
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
The Story of Business Time
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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