Category Archives: creativity
Ordinary Women
I don’t think that I know any – ordinary women that is. Just home from our Guild Banquet and feeling very fortunate to be in a community of such talented women. Women who quietly step up and do what needs … Continue reading
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Tagged art, colour, creativity, fibre, Flowers, friends, inspiration, journalling, quilting, Spring
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Mid Winter Musings
Happy Valentine’s Day to all. (No piece too small) February 14, 2018 sees watery sun just breaking through the snow clouds. Snow coming down more lazily now and wind has let up. A good opportunity to bundle up and get … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, friends, quilting, winter
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Easter Greetings
At last the sun is out and the snow is melting. No actual flowers yet but the scylla stalks are above the ground and I have high hopes. I hope you enjoy my collection of “bunnies”. they were collected over many … Continue reading
Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art
Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art, Colour, Texture and Distortion by C. June Barnes I discovered this book in our guild library. The author is an award winning quilt artist and teacher from the UK. This is evident in this … Continue reading
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Tagged art, colour, creativity, dyeing, inspiration, mixed media, quilting, wool
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Machine Appliqué
Last June I had the privilege to attend Quilt Canada in Mississauga. Two classes were taken with Jane Sasseman. The first was on machine appliqué and the second on simplifying nature, ie. flowers in particular. Jane Sasseman’s strong graphic … Continue reading
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Tagged appliqué, art, colour, creativity, dyeing, Flowers, inspiration, quilting
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Happy Valentines Day
It has been a very long time since I have had time to write a blog. Today really isn’t the day either as I am just putting the final touches on a presentation for the Edmonton District Quilters Guild for … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, friends, inspiration
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Glorious Autumn Day
Today was a surfeit of delights. Cool crisp morning walk with my sister along the top of the river valley. Day bloomed into a bright blue and yellow. Leaves to crunch as I walked to my friend’s home for … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Autumn, colour, creativity, fibre, food, friends, inspiration, quilting machine stitching, wool
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Many Hands
This is a story of a quilt. It begins once upon a time long long ago. In the early 1990’s there was a group of women, probably eight or more who met each month going home with a project. One month … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, creativity, fibre, friends, inspiration, journalling, quilting, textiles
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Red
My efforts at creating an annotated bibliography from my library of textile books has stampeded along to the second book I think. Red by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn is the book I have been reading most recently. It is … Continue reading
Art Quilt Campus 2016
My summer vacation was spending the last week at St. Peter’s Abbey in Munster Saskatchewan. It is my third year at Art Quilt Campus. It is a week that I enjoy thoroughly. It is spending time with other women who … Continue reading
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