There’s this gorgeous little shop just outside Ottawa called Flair With Fabrics. Nestled at the crossroads in the village of Chesterville, it is chock full of ideas, samples, notions and FABRIC! Ruth has the most complete selection of Northcott fabrics I’ve ever seen and she has lots of other neat lines as well. In addition […]
My Little Contest closes March 16, pass the word…
Busy, busy week! Got a new sample made for a Block of the month I teach (details later), re-did some lettering for a second group of ladies that I join to play with crayons and finally finished two new patterns! Oh, and caught some Olympics action too! In honour of the Olympics, I had to […]
At around the same time I was finishing up the tree quilt design for “Old Friend, Northcott sent me another challenge. This one was right up my alley! ROCK fabric! They are introducing some new fabric in fall 2014 called Earth Rhythms and it’s gorgeous. Fabric-wide prints of rock agates in blues, browns and blacks, […]
Last fall I was invited to submit some designs for new fabric from Northcott. Needless to say it was an interesting process but one I learned a lot from, and, after some serious skill development, enjoyed. It’s a little strange designing quilts from zip files, especially for someone who is very tactile and loves to […]
To celebrate the new Northcott line of Shimmer fabric and the fact that they are using one of my designs to help promote it….. I’ve got a couple of kits looking for a home, would you like one?