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Christa Watson is a quilter, teacher and designer based in Las Vegas, NV. I took her Craftsy class, "The Quilter's Path", having only ever taken a 5-hour quilting workshop with Linda Coolen Smith of our local modern quilt guild. I needed lots of help understanding the...
Tutorial: Quick Improv Pincushion
Remember the binge I went on last week that resulted in eight pincushions that illustrated a glossary of colour terms? Here's how I made them. These use the tiniest of scraps; each measures 1" wide and 2" to 3" long. And they're so quick and satisfying. I don't know...
Colour Post: A Glossary of Colour, in Pincushions
I have been following Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts for a little while now, and I have seen her produce pin cushions on a daily basis. What a great way to use up scraps. I was particularly enamoured with Day 8 of this current round of production and made one...
Pier 21: Individual to Collective
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts describing and documenting The Here & Elsewhere Bee, my project as the 2017 Artist-in-Residence at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. A list of the subsequent posts related to the project can be found at the...
Tutorial: No Waste Flying Geese
I hate wasting fabric. It's probably a function of my upbringing. The traditional way of making flying geese is pretty wasteful. And there is a better way. It's well-known, but I wanted to provide my own tutorial anyway. Time-saving techniques such as chain piecing...
Pattern: Canada Geese Flag
Happy 150th Birthday, Canada! Everything around us has been branded Canada 150 for months: coffee mugs, jerseys, soap, even granola bars. And we have finally arrived at July 1 of this sesquicentennial year. I will be celebrating at the Canadian Museum of Immigration...