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June 29, 2012 Have you ever considered flowers to be your inspiration for choosing fabrics for quilting? As I was weeding one of our flower beds this morning, I looked at all the beautiful colors and pondered the idea of how flowers can inspire us Quilters in choosing our fabrics. There are many colors right [...]
June 28, 2012 Sophie and Barb have one more quilt shop to visit on the “Shop Hop” before they can stop for lunch. The next shop cannot come soon enough, our stomachs are growling and telling us to feed them. We drove a few miles to an area with old vintage style homes. [...]
June 26, 2012 Quilters are well known for their generosity to share with others, whether it is their fabrics for quilting, quilter supplies, or their time. Quite often quilt lessons are not verbally instructional or written. They are sometimes things or events that just happen to come our way that also teach us a valuable [...]
June 25, 2012 Sophie is working her way through all the quilt shops on her first “Shop Hop”! Two more shops to go before we hit the half way mark…then we will take a breather and have some lunch. We didn’t have any idea what we would find in this quilt shop for it was in [...]
June 22, 2012 One of the biggest dilemmas for Quilters when not working with a specific quilt pattern, is determining how much to purchase when shopping for fabrics for quilting. Pat, one of our Lake Gogebic Quilters, recently asked me to cover this topic in my postings, and here it is. I would like to [...]
June 21, 2012 Sophie finds a quilt shop that carries many vintage fabrics on the “Shop Hop” and wants to buy everything! Thank goodness we left the second shop, I fell in love with all the vintage fabrics and decor…many fond memories of growing up in those years. The third shop was [...]
June 19, 2012 Let’s STASH those Fabrics For Quilting! Or should I say, “What a STASH You Have”? According to the Dictionary, the word “stash” is used as a Verb and is defined as follows: “to store away in a secret place for future use”. In our quilter vocabulary, “stash” is used as a Noun [...]
June 18, 2012 Sophie is experiencing a “Shop Hop” for the first time with her friend Barb. One shop done and nine more to go! The second shop we went to was just down the road a few miles. Of course, who do we run into…the same group from the first shop, still [...]
June 15, 2012 How do you select your fabrics for quilting when you are going to work on a new project? I think choosing your focus fabric is the most fun part of shopping for fabrics for quilting and should always be chosen first. I wonder if Sophie is in the habit of choosing a focus [...]
June 14, 2012 Sophie has just been invited by her good friend Barb, to participate in her first “Shop Hop”! Barb was right on time and when she gave me 15 minutes to get ready, she meant only 15 minutes. There are ten shops in this hop and it was going to take all day to make [...]
June 12, 2012 We all know that today’s Quilters use different sizes of rotary cutters, self-healing mats, and rulers. But we also know there are many more quilter supplies and tools that are crucial to our quilting journey. The following covers some additional basic items. Quilters need different types of thread and various colors. When [...]
June 11, 2012 Sophie has found the block she wants to make for the “Block Swap” and now onto finding the fabrics for quilting. Having found my block pattern, now comes the fun part…shopping for the fabrics for quilting. I had a hard time choosing the fabric for my lap quilt, but this should be [...]