Make it Modern

I am in charge of "Display and Competition" at York Heritage Quilt Guild  in Toronto  http://yhqg.org. As part of my portfolio  I have to develop  challenges for  guild members.  The great thing about being in charge of things is you get to choose the topics that are relevant to you.

I chose the theme "Make it Modern"; the idea being that you must take your old fabric stash and give it a modern look.  This appealed  to me for several reasons, I have a lot of old stash that I cannot bear to give away and I am in a dilemma because I am really starting to love  modern quilts.
I am proud to say I won a "Viewers Choice for my quilt and this is a  photo of it hanging  at Quilts at the Creek this past July. https://quiltsatthecreek.wordpress.com

This quilt is made entirely of old stash even the white background. It is the background and the quilting that gives the old fabric a new modern look.

I named this quilt "Everything Old is New Again"

Check back as I am starting  a series of  these  quilts and I will give you a sneak peak next week.

Timidly Embracing Technology

Timidly Embracing Technology

Welcome to my first blog post !!

After much prodding from family and friends I am finally going online with my quilting adventures.  I have enjoyed  following blogs for the last few years and appreciate seeing the growth of other quilters.  I will be posting about the happenings in my studio with a few tutorials to help you prepare your quilts for long arm quilting.  

I would never have been able to do this without the help of my friends  Deb and Valerie, who have been after me for ages to show my skills as a talented long arm quilter.  

I will have to organize and  retrain myself to  remember to take more pictures  before the quilt goes to its forever home.  Who knows... maybe you can teach an old quilter "New Tricks"!