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Month: May 2008

71 Reasons to Buy Fabric

“Oh, it’s not for me! I’m buying it for a friend!” Because it’s on sale. It keeps without refrigeration, and you don’t have to cook it to enjoy it. Also, you never have to feed it, change it, wipe its

Mishka May 31, 2008 Other Stuff Read more

Heart Strings

From Mary Quilts comes this free pattern, Heart Strings. What a great way to use up scraps and strips. I have loads of strips left-over from making my Stitch and Flip quilts years ago.

Mishka May 23, 2008 Free Projects Read more

Cathedral Window Quilt Tutorial

Ever tried the Origami-style of folding fabric? Here’s a great tutorial on making the Cathedral Window Quilt. The instructions with photos are very well done, and the finished quilt is simply gorgeous using the jewel-toned fabrics.

Mishka May 22, 2008May 22, 2008 Free Projects, Tips and Tricks Read more

Marking Quilting Designs with Freezer Wrap

Here’s a very interesting idea on using Glad’s Press ‘N Seal Freezer Wrap to mark quilting designs. I might give this a try on the quilt I need to finish this weekend. Have you tried it?

Mishka May 21, 2008May 21, 2008 Tips and Tricks Read more

Double 4 Patch

Here’s a free pattern from Mary Quilts, Double 4 Patch. The piecing is very simple, yet the overall effect is gorgeous.

Mishka May 20, 2008May 20, 2008 Free Projects Read more

Country Wall Hangings

Here are a couple of wall hangings that are in my living room/sewing area. They are pre-printed fabric, which I quilted (not easy to see). In the centre of the panel, I did my first free motion meandering that wasn’t

Mishka May 19, 2008 My Quilting Journey Read more

Table-Top Ironing Board

I found this old table-top ironing board someone had left beside the garbage bin downstairs. It needs some new padding, and a new cover, but I think it’ll work nicely on my table beside my sewing machine for certain projects.

Mishka May 16, 2008June 5, 2008 My Quilting Journey, Tips and Tricks Read more

The Winner Is …

The winner for my 6-Month Anniversary Celebration is… *drum roll please* Number 17, Amy, from Wisconsin who wrote, I am from NW Wisconsin. To answer my “favorite” thing about quilting…GOLLY! That’s tough. I enjoy ALL stages, but the quilting stage

Mishka May 15, 2008October 10, 2008 Other Stuff, Site News Read more

Binding with Elmer’s School Glue

I came across these three video tutorials created by Sharon Schamber where she shows using Elmer’s School Glue for attaching binding to a quilt. It sure looks easy when she does it. Yesterday afternoon, I picked up some of the

Mishka May 15, 2008November 2, 2008 Tips and Tricks, Videos Read more

2008 Ottawa Tulip Festival

Here are some pictures I took at the Ottawa Tulip Festival this past weekend. My friend and I walked from Lansdowne Park up to Commissioners Park and took photos along the way. I’m hoping to go to Major’s Hill Park

Mishka May 13, 2008November 21, 2008 Other Stuff Read more

Lots of Hour Glasses

Here’s a quilt I made for my sister’s birthday that I gave to her a couple of weeks ago. I had hoped for it to be a Christmas present, but that didn’t happen. It uses 168 hour glasses. I used

Mishka May 12, 2008May 26, 2008 My Quilting Journey Read more

6-Month Anniversary Celebration

Today is my 6-month blog anniversary. It’s been a lot of fun and I really enjoy working on this blog. I love reading other blogs, so gathering my huge list of Quilting Bloggers has been amazing. The massive amount of

Mishka May 10, 2008 Other Stuff Read more

Vintage Quilt

From De Quiltkat here is their 2007 BOM project, Vintage Quilt. The Vintage Quilt has 12 foundation-pieced block patterns measuring 6 inches square. The finished quilt measures 36″ x 45″.

Mishka May 9, 2008October 6, 2010 Free Projects Read more

More Fabric

At the end of April, my Mom and I attended the CreativFestival in Toronto. We had a great time, even if it wasn’t Paducah. I was a little disappointed not to see any “new things” being demonstrated. Didn’t stop me

Mishka May 8, 2008February 6, 2018 My Quilting Journey Read more

Easy Appliqué with a Dryer Sheet

Christina over at A Few Scraps has written a great tutorial on using a Dryer Sheet for Appliqué. I used to have a stack of used dryer sheets that I was saving to try this technique, but they’ve long since

Mishka May 7, 2008May 7, 2008 Tips and Tricks Read more

Crafty Postcards

I have been intrigued by hand-made fabric postcards that I see popping up on various web sites, and was delighted to find this wonderful Postcard Tutorial. I’m not sure I’d trust the Post Office to such a beautiful work of

Mishka May 7, 2008May 29, 2008 Free Projects, Tips and Tricks Read more

Pay It Foward, Again

It’s time to resurrect the Pay It Forward game on my site as I’ve seen it popping up on various quilting blogs lately and I received a notice on the weekend from Caron at Michigan Quilts that I won her

Mishka May 6, 2008March 31, 2016 My Quilting Journey, Other Stuff Read more

Touch the Stars Sampler

The Blue Mountain Quilters’ Guild has a wonderful Block of the Month in progress, Touch the Stars Sampler. Be sure to check out their other Block of the Month projects, they are gorgeous.

Mishka May 6, 2008 Free Projects Read more

New Fabric

A couple of weeks ago, one of the local quilt shops had an anniversary sale. Here’s what I bought. A good friend is getting married in June, so I’m going to make her a quilt based on the Charm Square

Mishka May 2, 2008May 2, 2008 My Quilting Journey Read more

Scrappy Cartwheels

Here’s a great quilt for using up scraps, Scrappy Cartwheels AKA Whirlygiggles. The instructions are well done.

Mishka May 1, 2008 Free Projects Read more
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