November 2008 - Quilting Gallery

Schools of Shame, Christopher Herodier (Snowboy)

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 1

Charms for Charity Contest

A friend and I, along with her mom and several other friends, will be getting together in the new year on a regular basis to make quilts for Victoria’s Quilts Canada. We need fabric. While we’ll all be donating fabric

Fran Kakegamick

Preying on the Powerless, Ena Greyeyes (Blue Jay Woman)

Last Day to Vote

Today is the last day to vote in the Falling Leaves Photo Contest. A new contest, with a twist, will be announced later today (or tomorrow).

Residential School, Claire Bourque

Pincushion Cuff Tutorial

If someone wants to know what they can make ME for the holidays, here’s a great idea. (Just remember I have tiny wrists and I’m partial to purple .) The Pincushion Cuff Tutorial is well written with excellent photos to

Diane Bear

Stack and Cut Crazy Placemats

Here’s a quick and easy tutorial to make six placemats. You’ll also need the Stack and Cut Crazy Squares tutorial too.

The Quilts and Stories from the Living Healing Quilt Project

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time Back in July when I was doing the month-long feature of charity quilts, I wrote about the Living Healing Quilt Project. This was a call to those affected by

Simply Santa Quilt Project

From Compuquilt comes this whimsical Simply Santa quilt. The Santa applique pattern and paper piecing patterns for the trees are included. Just be sure to download each of the PDF files for each section of the project. The finished quilt

Free Paper Pieced Block Patterns from Carol Doak

Carol Doak, the Queen of paper piecing in my mind, has some wonderful free patterns on her web site. The pattern in the photo is called May Flower. Carol has a blog too, Carol Doak’s Corner.

We’re Moving

I’m about to flip the switch to move this site to a new web hosting company. If you see a big red banner at the top of this page, that means you are seeing this site on the OLD server.

Testing WP-Polls

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Free, Quick and Easy Quilt Pattern, Mango Tango

Here’s a very easy and quick project, made exciting by the wonderful choice of bright fabrics. Mango Tango finishes at 54.5″ square. It’s a great pattern to use up coordinated fabric bundles, or make it all scrappy. I love patterns

Fabric Inchie Quilt Tutorial

Aren’t these little gems gorgeous? Carla shows you how to make them in her Fabric Inchie Tutorial. What are inchies you ask? Inchies are one inch quilts consisting of 3 primary layers: the backing, the middle layer and the top.

Hipster Gripster Tutorial

Here’s a great gift idea, the Hipster Gripster. The tutorial is well written with lots of detailed photos. I know my hands would appreciate one. Make up a bunch to have on-hand for those last minute gifts.

Inked Quilting Labels To Remember

Lynn’s written this great tutorial from on making Inked Quilting Labels. Remember: a quilt isn’t finished until it’s labelled! Please don’t forget this very important piece. Someone, somewhere at some time in the future will be thrilled to know who

ABC’s of Trapunto

Here are a couple of great videos from Patsy Thompson demonstrating how to machine trapunto. Hope you enjoy them.

Find a Cure

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Curved Binding Video Tutorial with Sharon Schamber

I love Sharon Schamber’s glue binding video tutorial, and was very pleased to find this curved binding tutorial.

I’m an Auntie times two!

My second niece arrived safely Halloween night. Alice Lynne McDougall-Foster was born at 7:52pm, weighing in at 8lb, 10oz and 21.5″ tall! That’s my mom, Alice and Lucy’s Nana, in the last picture. Big sister Lucy went trick or treating