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Back in November, I shared the process when the Comedy Club Quilters Improv small group did an improv round robin. Since then, my quilt top has been hanging on my design wall crying out to be finished. Presented with a gap in my "Must finish immediately" list, I got to matchstick quilting it yesterday.

I had a look at my list of Tasks for the week and I'm doing very well at crossing them off. A few things that aren't going to get done. But those will get rolled over for the next week. There was a lot of running around this past week that I didn't count on.

I went back to my old car - it looks so sad in the car wreck graveyard but I collected the bag of lug nuts for the fancy rims (my summer tires) that are in storage and well - those tires on the fancy ...

We had the most amazing day yesterday at Sit n Sew. Seriously - there's NOTHING like having the day to sew with friends. I'm very blessed to have the space to share with my friends and even more blessed to have friends to sew with. Thanks to everyone who shares in the Sit n Sew days.

Now, I'm going to make you wait one more day to see what we worked on. Don't worry - I won't forget, the pictures are edited and waiting to be uploaded - tomorrow.

Today, I have a disturbing story to share with ...

Yesterday was a fabulous day! Our improv small group (the comedy club quilters) had a sew day. We had been planning for quite a while to have a lightening round robin, like Sherri Lynn Wood describes in her book. We finally had the opportunity to do it yesterday. Six of us gathered at a retreat center and set to work.

Before we even arrived, each of us had prepared our center block....

The Dutch Modern Quilt Guild of which I am a member decided to participate in this year’s QuiltCon Challenge. For those who are not familiar with this challenge, here a short explanation:

Each group (or member) makes a charity quilt of a certain size to enter in the QuiltCon exhibition. The quilts all have a similar color scheme and a theme. This year’s theme is ‘small piecing’. The quilts, made by groups (or individual members) from all over the world, will be exhibited together. After the exhibit the quilts will be send back to the makers and they ...

Today is the day for the next reveal in the Endeavourers Quilt group, this quarter the theme was Improv. I must confess that my heart sank when I read the post announcing the theme. I have made Improv blocks in the past for Bee mates but I cannot honestly say that I enjoyed the process.

As usual I dithered over how to approach this challenge for (too many!) weeks and finally decided that I would take a slightly different approach to the theme from the Improv blocks that I had attempted before. Rather than stitching up wonky blocks for a ...

We are constantly told that change is good. We should step out of our comfort zone. Well - I don't like to step out! At least for some things. I arrived at spin class this morning to find someone setting up MY bike. How do I know it's MY bike? They all have numbers on them. I normally ride on number 51. Now what? I was totally lost in a sea of 70 bikes. Well, not exactly - I choose one in the row in front of number 51. I  managed to eek out 28 K on Number 38, but ...

Another great way to be more creative in your studio is to participate in a challenge!  Being a regional rep for the Canadian Quiter’s Association , I agreed to participate in the annual Trend-Tex Challenge this year. That’s when I realized that a challenge can up your quilting skills! Now this is very interesting . … Continue reading "How a challenge can up your quilting skills"

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I urge you to try to make a quilt out of your comfort zone!  I was so happy to hear the news that my niece was expecting that I just had to make her a quilt!  But I almost backed out when she requested it to be in gray, black and white tones. That’s when … Continue reading "Stepping out of your comfort zone to make great quilts!"

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In my last blog post I showed how changing two things could increase your creativity. In this post, I want to show you how reading a book can spark some more creativity. If you want to venture into improv quilts, I have the book for you: Rayna Gillman’s Create your own Improv Quilt from C&T … Continue reading "How books can spark some creativity"

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