Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas everyone and have a wonderful New Year!

My computer crashed just before Christmas and I'm now typing on my laptop.  My husband is fixing my computor and it's amazing how dependant you become when you don't have use of  your desk top computor.  Of course all my designs on are on desktop, so until it' is fixed the designing will have to be done on my laptop. 

I have designed two patterns for  Trend-Tex and 6 new designs for Northcott which will be released in the new year starting in January 2014. 

It's exciting to see them on their websites and of course you can pick them up at your local quilt shop or on my website. 
Trend-Tex the desgins are:

Hoo's in Technicolour
Big Fish, Little Fish

Both of these are using the soft "Fireside" on the back and the front of the quilt in bright colours.

Northcott Fabrics

Raspberry Dishes
Hoo's Garden
Happy Sailing"
Beneath the Earth's Crust
Log Cabin Beauty
Down by the dock by the Bay

So keep checking our website so see the new patterns and have a wonderful 2014!

Sue


Susan J. Jensen of Quilted Escapes

Help Sue Celebrate the news of her first Grandchild with her new design "Hoo's Cabin"

We are going to be new grandparents and of course what does a designer do when she is told it's going to be a girl you ask?  Design a new baby quilt of course and here it is, "Hoo's Cabin".  I will be teaching this at A Great Notion, Abbotsford, B. C.  in 2014, so if you are interested in joining me, check out  www.agreatnotion.com for the dates at the end of December 2013. 

 

Meandering Feathers

Okay, so I need to finish a quilt with lots of white space.  Using the pre-cut hexagons and of course you know me, I don't do y-seams, so the next best thing is to applique!    Now that they are appliqued on, it was time to machine quilt it and get it done but how, so why no meandering feathers!   The more I do the more relaxed I become......I love machine quilting!

Here's what's happening here in the studio!

Well, it's been busy, here at the studio, I'm designing a new quilt using the fireside fabric for TrendTex called "Hoo's in Technicolour"   I think it's going to be a series of my family of "Hoo's"!

So here is a sample of what the "Hoo's in Technicolour" looks like in progress, there is fireside fluff all over the place, and while I work away, I keep thinking how can I use the fluff in my fibre art!  You know me, my mind is constantly thinking "what if"!

Westcott Scissors by Acme

I was at a trade show recently and met Sue from Acme United Corporation.  She gave me a demo on the titanium scissors and boy I was impressed!  What I like about these scissors first of all they are bright pink... I won't loose them in my studio like my other pairs, but this particular pair have a "Blade Tension Key"  so if you are cutting layers of fabric you can adjust the blade tension.

You can cut several layers at a time easily.

These are great not only for quilters and fibre artists, but for those in the fashion industry. 

La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum

I'm honoured to have my "Loon Lake" submission accepted into the La Conner Quilt and Fibre Art Festival October 2013.  I hope that if you have the opportunity to visit LaConner Quilt & Textile Museum and see some incredible work.   Check out my fibre art blog at susanjjensenblogspot.com

I have heard of Barn Quilts......but I don't have a Barn! So......what about garage quilts!

In the latest Quilter's Connection newsletter, Heather did an article on barn quilts (quilt blocks painted on the side of barns) here in B.C. 


Mulberry Wine

                                    
As part of the editorial committee of the magazine I suggested to Heather that we should start a "Garage Quilt"  for those who live in the city! 
So.....let me know what you think.

The idea would be to have a piece of wood cut by your husband  or your local hardware store,  approximately 15" square, using exterior paint, paint a  quilt block and hang it on your garage, let's see how many we can do and let me know!  Email me at suequilts1@shaw.ca!