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Sue J. sent me a picture of the runner she made in class with me.

Sue says: "I enjoyed your course at Kaleidoscope Quilt Company awhile ago and have completed the table runner using the curved ruler. Now I'm looking forward to using the ruler on another project."

We used the Quick Curve Ruler for this project. Have you tried it yet?  There so many wonderful quilts you can make with this ruler!

I'll be teaching Chic Flowers again this fall.

 Join me at Serge & Sew in Nanaimo on Friday, November 18th for this 1-day workshop.

Class is #578 - 10:30 am - 4:00 pm

Contact the store to sign up.

TELEPHONE:
250-390-3602

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I received this picture from Kathryn C.  This is the Crosstown Path Mystery quilt.  Yes....there's another Mystery coming.  I have the design almost finalized and now I need to separate it into parts and write and test the instructions.

One question........how big would you like this Mystery to be?  My preliminary idea is a LARGE quilt - approximately 81" square.  Too big?  Email me to let me know your preferred Mystery Quilt Size.

And be sure to sign up for my FREE newsletter - I'll announce the new Mystery in the Newsletter FIRST and spaces will be limited.

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I am so pleased to share these photos from Sheila Hancock.  

This quilt was made and donated the the Stony Plain Fish and Game Club and Wabamun Gun Club, for their dinner and silent auction.

The pattern is True North and the fabrics are Oh Canada from Northcott. Read below the pictures for more about Stony Plain and it's Sister City in Japan.

Here is the story of this quilt sent to me by Sheila:

I live in a town called Stony Plain. In our community there are several murals painted on buildings throughout the town.   This mural was made and painted on the Town Office Building to honour the Friendship between the two communities.  In the mural are both Mayor of Shikaoi and the then Mayor (Donna Cowan) of Stony Plain.

The Town of Shikaoi, Hokkaido, Japan, and the Town of Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada have been sister city's for 30 years. The year 2015 marked the 30 year anniversary of our two towns twinning, and I had the pleasure of traveling to Shikaoi, Hokkaido, Japan, as an adult delegate. February 2015 22 people from our town (Our current mayor William Chow, a couple of Councillors, past mayor Donna Cowan, Representative from the County of Parkland, Town employee's and 11 selected people from our community) travelled to japan, to join in the 30 year anniversary celebration. While over there, our experience was amazing, and the community and all of their people treated us like royalty. They are very hospitable people, loving and kind. Their town is a population of 5,000 and they have a farming community surrounding them.  They have seasons and weather very similar to ours, but I believe they receive more snow. They are in the mountains, but not like our rocky mountains. The views are amazing.  They grow a lot of lavender and a lot of potatoes, the skins are light/thin, amazing flavour. Dairy is also a big industry for them.  I am not fond of dairy, but their dairy is amazing; the yogurt tastes like ice cream. I could go on forever about the experience.  The memories will live a lifetime in my mind and with the thousands of photo's I took. ANYWAY.... That is why I selected that area of our Town to take the photo, to have the beautiful mural in the background.

Thank you so much for sharing the pictures and the wonderful story Sheila.

If you would like to make a True North quilt you can buy the pattern here.

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Colleen M. from Parksville sent me this photo of the quilt she made - my Crosstown Path Mystery quilt.



About the mystery, Colleen says: " I liked that it wasn’t too big, and it wasn’t too complicated!"





I'm still planning to do another Mystery.  I'll have something for you in a few months......so........stay tuned!

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I can finally share something that I made earlier this year.  My granddaughter, Brooklyn, turned 1 year old on April 17th and I made her this fun dress and hat to celebrate.

Fabrics are Northcott Topsy Turvy
Here's a link to Northcott's Website.

 

 

I used the Petal Dress & Hat pattern from Sew Baby! It was very easy to sew - just 3 pattern pieces for the dress and 1 for the hat.

 

This multisize pattern fits 6 months - 2T so I'm sure I'll be making it again.

You can buy the pattern here.

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Brooklyn enjoyed blowing out the candle on her cake with a bit of help.

 

 

 

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Sue J. sent me this picture of the New York Beauty runner that she started in a workshop with me.  

This pattern is from my book Give & Take Fabric Appliqué. 

Buy the book HERE.

No, this is not PIECED, it is APPLIQUE. With this method you get perfect curves and sharp points.

I love the colours Sue used for her runner - anything with Lime Green excites me!

As my 'Thank You' for sharing her picture Sue selected my Fandango pattern - another Give & Take Appliqué design.

Would you like a FREE pattern too?

Send me a photo of a completed Patchworks Studio pattern (or book or workshop project) to share on the blog, in my newsletter and on social media and I will send you a FREE pattern!

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Gladys W. sent me this picture. It was made using the Rose Window project from my book Simple Stained Glass Quilts.


Here is what Gladys told me about her project:

The quilt now hangs in my church. Three of us in my quilt group each made one circle and then we pieced them together to make the wall hanging.

Great job Gladys and friends!

You can see more images from this book here.


As my 'thank you' for allowing me to share her photo Gladys received my Crisscross pattern for free!



Would you like to learn how to make a Simple Stained Glass quilt?  Sign up for my Too Easy Stained Glass workshop at Academy of Quilting. This is an 'on demand' workshop. You can start anytime!


You will learn my no-bias, no glue stained glass technique as you make a small project. I'll be with you every step of the way as you make your first project.

I used a 'pond' landscape fabric for this class project.

You can use a printed photograph to 'see' in your window!

ENROLL TODAY!

See you in the classroom.

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Carol O. sent me this picture of her version of my Crosstown Mystery Quilt. This was an Online Mystery, exclusively for my free E-Zine subscribers last February.

I love the fabrics Carol used for her quilt!  

Speaking of 'mysteries'.  Do you like doing them?  I'd like to get feedback from you - is this something you would like to do again this year?

Leave a comment on this post - or email me.  My contact info is here.

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Here is another quilt made with one of my patterns. Audrey G. showed her Ebb Tide quilt (and table runner) at our Victoria Quilters' Guild meeting last month.  Great job Audrey.

(Patchworks Studio Pattern PS327 Ebb Tide)

As my 'thank you' Audrey received my A Walk in the Woods (PS320) pattern for FREE.

Would you like a free pattern too? Send me a photo of a completed Patchworks Studio pattern to share here and in my e-zine and you can select a free pattern too.