Our qult is having our first quilt show in years!

As part of the Ridge Meadows Quilter's Guild, I pleased to annouce our first quilt show in years and I hope you can join us!   The venue is great - no stairs, parking is ample and so much more!  We have guests joining us - Fraser Valley Modern Quilt Guild, Fibre Art Network, the award winning fabric artist Judy Greenwood to name just a few as well as some great vendors!  So please join us in spreadng the word!
If you a traditional quilter, a fabric artist, a modern quilter or admire of all things quilted, this is the show for you!  Enjoy a weekend of pure inspiration and music not to mention the tearoom.

See you at the show!  Susan

Playing in the studio!

Well, I had some time with my friends to learn needle felting using my needle felting machine and boy is this so much fun, so much so, I think a small class on this is in the works. Of course I was supposed to do a peach, but you know me, I truly tried to do the peach, but to no avail!  Landscapes are in my heart soooo......, here is my piece. 

What I like about this technique, is you don't need a machine, you can do it by hand as well.  Clover sells 2 hand held felters - a 5 needle and a 3 needle felter.  At the moment I have been given a small electric felter made by Simiplicty to try.  I will keep you posted.  You can felt just about anything, wool roving, fabrics, yarns to name a few. 
Try it or join me at A Great Notion in the April - July session.  This is great to take anywhere, the cottage, the beach or getting together with your friends for a fun day of needle felting.

Victoria and Abbotsford Creative Stitches Show

I'm pleased to announce that I will be teaching my "Stitch explosion!  " and "What’s rubbing alcohol got to do with it?    at the Victoria and Abbotsford Creative Stitches 2013.  I hope to see you there!

Pattern Correction

It has come to my attention that there is an error in "Under the Tuscan Sun" and I sincerely appologize.  It should state that you need to make 18 identical blocks and 18  of the reverse.  Thank you Elyse for bringing this to my attention..

A Camera for Christmas

My dear husband Morgan gave my a camera for Christmas and I love it.  I spent New Years day taking pictures, trying to find a place where the fog had lifted was another challenge!  I finally arrived at Hayward Lake and trotting down to the lake from the parking lot feeling like a professional with my tripod and camera in hand.  As I was trying to set up the tripod, and man came over and said got a new camera for Christmas?  How did he know....then he asked if I had seen the eagles, I said no.  His reply was "You walked right past them....then I knew, a professional photographer would have noticed....oh well.  What is great about having a camera that has telephoto, wide angle, panoramic and micro is I can really see the world around me in a whole new way.  So.....when I didn't forget to take the lens cap off, these are a few of my pics!

Stitch Explosion

Here is a clutch purse made using my stitch explosion!

 

Well it's been busy in the studio with new patterns: Cottage Country, Seasons Change, Life's Tranquil Moment, Under the Tuscan Sun Bed Runner, Renaissance, New classes: Quilt As you Go, Row by Row, Stitch Explosion and Magazine Pattern in Quilter's Connection Magazine called After Eight in the upcoming December issue!