After a bit of delay, shops now have the new Northcott Naturescapes fabric in stock and I designed three patterns for it! The first depicts a walk in the woods near where I live and with the pieced borders measures 34″WideX28″High. It’s called “Hidden Path”. The second shows an old favourite haunt right near both […]
Spent a long day updating some things on the website. Calendar √, added some new pages √, added some new patterns √ and learned a new way to upload pictures because none of my old ways would work!! Still have more new patterns to upload and LOTS of pictures that people have been graciously sharing. […]
I am so not a tech person. With the error in my email address in the Canadian quilter article, people have been trying to get to me through the website and now it is acting up! Better minds than mine have been trying to fix things so if you send me an email through the […]
Summer was supposed to be down time for reorganizing and designing-didn’t turn out that way though I did get a few finished. I toured the province from Ottawa to Hamilton to Owen Sound and re-connected with some old friends plus got to meet lots of new ones. The fall schedule is pretty full now and […]
I have wanted to do a pictorial quilt of our beautiful Ottawa Valley for many years and have spent a lot of time wrestling with what I wanted to share. The landscape? The architecture? The culture? There may be many more “valley” quilts to come, but for now I thought I would try to represent […]
It’s finally looking like spring around here but I wanted to play with fall colours….I’ve been itching to try the “Quiet Cove” pattern with reds/oranges and yellows but I had to wait for fabric to arrive. It arrived, I played, and here is the result. I like it! I’ve also been meaning to post another […]
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 […]
We’re starting the New Year off with a big bang!! Northcott is using two designs in magazine ads over the next few months. On February 3 The Fons&Porter Quilting Quickly magazine hits the stands with a full page ad featuring Bon Echo Rock (they are also kitting the pattern!). The April issue of McCalls Quick […]
Four new patterns including three for Northcott and a Block of the Month! Fall 2014 was crazy busy but oh so much fun. December was spent catching up, completing commitments and getting some patterns written and published. I have also finally been able to get back to some patterns in progress and hope to have […]
Northcott is introducing a new line of fabric in the “Shimmer” family called Sandscapes. It is luscious, beautiful shades shot through with metallics and coordinates well with the existing Shimmer and Stonehenge fabric lines. It is also perfect for stained glass quilts-the marbling looks like coloured glass! The line was launched this past weekend at […]