I am now the VERY proud owner of one of Geta Grama’s fabulous trapunto quilts. It is even more gorgeous in real life. It shimmers in the light because of the organza. And a close up… I’m still deciding on the perfect place to hang it. I’m thinking the cabinet doors in the sewing area, [...]

Did you ever wonder why I started this web site? What was behind me creating the Quilting Bloggers directory? What’s my vision for the Quilt Shop Locator? Find these answers and more as I’m a guest blogger at Women on Quilts: Michele Foster on her Quilting Gallery, Not an Anonymous Woman Anymore.

I have always been intimidated by free motion quilting, until now. My first attempts were awful: jumpy, inconsistent stitches, tension problems, stitches where I didn’t want them, etc. I was determined to improve this year. I have been working on six baby quilts for the local guild to donate to NICU babies. Pictures as soon [...]

Congratulations to #81 Regena Brennan who won the Quilting Designs: The Quiltmaker Collection Vol. 6 CD donated by The Electric Quilt Company in last week’s give-away. While I don’t normally allow any restrictions on give-aways, I hope you’ll understand for this one. This week’s Friday Give-Away is a one-year subscription to Canada’s very own, soon-to-be-released, [...]

Last year, I ran a contest here on the Quilting Gallery site, Charms for Charity. We raised 1,149 charms. Last January a couple friends and I started a charity sewing group and invited others to join us. We meet once a month. Several of the ladies in the group have never sewn before, never mind [...]

If you look around 40 seconds in, you’ll see me and Phyllis Dobbs, followed by a short wave by from Judy Laquidara. Video taken by Alex Veronelli of Aurifil. (Click into the blog post to see the video, they don’t show up on the home page of this site.)

Happy 142nd Birthday Canada!

The quilt I made and the one I received for the Spring Blooms swap, plus goodies and a fabric postcard from Norway.

The quilts I created for the Quilt Shop Locator booth at Spring Market.

I started working on my Spring Blooms Mini Quilt last night. Looking for some border ideas.

Enter the $10,000 Dream Sewing Room Makeover contest.

Judy’s just posted her latest FREE stash busting project. She’ll post the next steps every few days. Isn’t it gorgeous! I love it. The idea is to use up stash, so you can make room for more pretty fabrics. Be sure to check out the no waste flying geese tutorial [PDF file]. I haven’t tried [...]