Month: January 2008


  • Here’s a great tutorial on making Circles from Anna Marie Horner. Use your newly found knowledge to create this yummy Lollipops [PDF] quilt.

  • Some beautiful photos from the TOKYO International Great Quilt Festival 2008. My favourites so far, Colorful, Colorful Days of Life and Tea Party.

  • I made this Purple Magic Tiles quilt for my parents this past Christmas. It’s a Kathleen Bissett pattern, and was pretty easy to accomplish. On the other hand, the binding I did was rather difficult. 2.5″ pieces separated by 1″ black pieces, stripped together. I had pressed towards the black strips, which resulted in a…

  • I took this photo at the Upper Canada Village 2007 Quilt Show.

  • A simply gorgeous quilt, brought to you free by the All People Quilt web site. The quilt designer is Lynette Jensen of Thimbleberries, from American Patchwork & Quilting, December 1999. View the Instructions | Download the full PDF version

  • Here’s a great tutorial on making a log cabin block quickly. I’ll have to try this technique one of these days.

  • Teddy Bear Fun

    I took this photo at the Upper Canada Village 2007 Quilt Show.

  • Inner Light

    A beautiful quilt by Deb Karasik of Quilt Mavens.

  • I have long since lost, misplaced, or filed somewhere unknown, the original instructions I had for making a Quillow. So, imagine my delight when I stumbled across these instructions, How To Make A Quillow. I might just make one for myself now. Updated: Here’s another set of instructions on how to Make A Quilt In…

  • Shoo Fly

    I took this photo at the Upper Canada Village 2007 Quilt Show.