Sunday, April 22, 2012
Pfaff Convention in Reno Nevada
Sunday, April 1, 2012
More Quilting to Enjoy
Complete class catalogue and online enrollment
Pre-enrollment for Festival has closed. You may enroll for classes on-site at the show."
Pre-enrollment for Festival has closed. You may enroll for classes on-site at the show."
International Quilt Festival
Cincinnati 2012
April 13-15, 2012Duke Energy Convention Center
Cincinnati, OhioHours:
April 12: 5-9 p.m. (Preview Night)
April 13 & 14: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
April 15: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Ticket prices:
$10 daily adult
$8 seniors & students
Children 10 and under free.
$10 Preview Night (includes one free additional day)
$25 Full Show Pass (includes Preview Night)
www.quilts.com
Saturday, March 31, 2012
A Must Attend for Quilt Enthusiasts
http://www.canadianquilter.com/pdf/quilt-canada-2012/Halifax-Seams-Like-Home.pdf
Quilt Canada 2012 – “Seams Like Home” in Halifax
by Colleen Paton and Kate Madeloso
It's been a long sixteen years since Quilt Canada last took place in Nova Scotia. Our excitement is building with the prospect of welcoming quilters from across the country to our home. Halifax will play host to quilting enthusiasts from May 29 to June 2, 2012 and the line-up awaiting them is dazzling!
Quilt Canada 2012 will be held on the historic campus of Dalhousie University, one of the oldest and most beautiful universities in Canada. Thirty teachers will offer 110 workshops over four days with new techniques, new patterns and opportunities to experience something exciting and different. Five international teachers – Anita Shackelford, Barbara Olson, Jo Diggs, Norah McMeeking, and Sandra Meech - will be here to share their quilting expertise. For a sneak peek at the workshops being offered visit the Quilt Canada blog at http://quiltcanada2012.ca for the list of teachers with links to their web sites.
Classrooms will be closely located with easy access via elevators on the Dalhousie campus. On-site accommodations are available in nearby university residences at bargain prices. Meals will be arranged for those with busy workshop schedules. The Merchant Mall, with more than 80 vendors expected from all parts of the country, will offer lots of shopping opportunity and fun.
well-known Maritime tradition where family and friends gather, for any excuse, and have a rollicking good time. Plan to join us in our “kitchen” and enjoy some Maritime music, laughs and good food with your new quilting friends.Special events include the Opening and Closing Banquets, the Opening Reception for the National Juried Show and a down home Kitchen Party. What's a Kitchen Party, you ask? Kitchen parties are a It's quite fitting that the theme for 2012 is Seams Like Home. The theme was proposed by international award winning quilter, Anne Morrell Robinson, of Kingross Quilts in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. When asked for the inspiration for the theme, Anne told us, “One of the things that makes Nova Scotia (and the Maritimes) special for visitors is the hospitality of the people and their willingness to open their homes and lifestyle to visitors. People from other parts of the country or world always comment on how comfortable they feel here, just like home.” She also comments, “For most quilters if you are surrounded by beautiful quilts and fellow quilt makers who are happily stitching and learning, then you have the comforts that ‘seam’ like home.”
Quilt Canada 2012 is an exciting reason to come 'home' to Nova Scotia, or visit us for the first time and become an honorary 'Maritimer' while you attend the conference and take in all the sights.
Halifax, right on the Atlantic coast, is an exceptional place to visit. The city is dominated by Citadel Hill, a historic site that overlooks on one side the downtown area with the harbour and on the other side the Halifax Commons. The waterfront features a boardwalk where Haligonians and tourists alike enjoy the ships, rest stops, shops and restaurants. Picturesque stone buildings and century homes line narrow streets that radiate up from Water Street. There is a hustle and bustle of this port city that creates an atmosphere of yearning and adventure.
Nova Scotia is an explorer’s paradise with oodles of variety in day trips from Halifax. Only a short distance from the city lies the world famous Peggy's Cove and lighthouse, an icon of the Maritimes. Less than an hour from the city, the South Shore drive boasts the quintessential towns of Chester and Mahone Bay, with quaint main streets lined with shops, and beautiful water views. Just a stone’s throw further, Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is where you can view the rebuilding of the celebrated Bluenose ship and take in the many shops, art galleries and famous seafood restaurants.
Quilt Canada 2012 – “Seams Like Home” in Halifax
by Colleen Paton and Kate Madeloso
It's been a long sixteen years since Quilt Canada last took place in Nova Scotia. Our excitement is building with the prospect of welcoming quilters from across the country to our home. Halifax will play host to quilting enthusiasts from May 29 to June 2, 2012 and the line-up awaiting them is dazzling!
Quilt Canada 2012 will be held on the historic campus of Dalhousie University, one of the oldest and most beautiful universities in Canada. Thirty teachers will offer 110 workshops over four days with new techniques, new patterns and opportunities to experience something exciting and different. Five international teachers – Anita Shackelford, Barbara Olson, Jo Diggs, Norah McMeeking, and Sandra Meech - will be here to share their quilting expertise. For a sneak peek at the workshops being offered visit the Quilt Canada blog at http://quiltcanada2012.ca for the list of teachers with links to their web sites.
Classrooms will be closely located with easy access via elevators on the Dalhousie campus. On-site accommodations are available in nearby university residences at bargain prices. Meals will be arranged for those with busy workshop schedules. The Merchant Mall, with more than 80 vendors expected from all parts of the country, will offer lots of shopping opportunity and fun.
well-known Maritime tradition where family and friends gather, for any excuse, and have a rollicking good time. Plan to join us in our “kitchen” and enjoy some Maritime music, laughs and good food with your new quilting friends.Special events include the Opening and Closing Banquets, the Opening Reception for the National Juried Show and a down home Kitchen Party. What's a Kitchen Party, you ask? Kitchen parties are a It's quite fitting that the theme for 2012 is Seams Like Home. The theme was proposed by international award winning quilter, Anne Morrell Robinson, of Kingross Quilts in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. When asked for the inspiration for the theme, Anne told us, “One of the things that makes Nova Scotia (and the Maritimes) special for visitors is the hospitality of the people and their willingness to open their homes and lifestyle to visitors. People from other parts of the country or world always comment on how comfortable they feel here, just like home.” She also comments, “For most quilters if you are surrounded by beautiful quilts and fellow quilt makers who are happily stitching and learning, then you have the comforts that ‘seam’ like home.”
Quilt Canada 2012 is an exciting reason to come 'home' to Nova Scotia, or visit us for the first time and become an honorary 'Maritimer' while you attend the conference and take in all the sights.
Halifax, right on the Atlantic coast, is an exceptional place to visit. The city is dominated by Citadel Hill, a historic site that overlooks on one side the downtown area with the harbour and on the other side the Halifax Commons. The waterfront features a boardwalk where Haligonians and tourists alike enjoy the ships, rest stops, shops and restaurants. Picturesque stone buildings and century homes line narrow streets that radiate up from Water Street. There is a hustle and bustle of this port city that creates an atmosphere of yearning and adventure.
Nova Scotia is an explorer’s paradise with oodles of variety in day trips from Halifax. Only a short distance from the city lies the world famous Peggy's Cove and lighthouse, an icon of the Maritimes. Less than an hour from the city, the South Shore drive boasts the quintessential towns of Chester and Mahone Bay, with quaint main streets lined with shops, and beautiful water views. Just a stone’s throw further, Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is where you can view the rebuilding of the celebrated Bluenose ship and take in the many shops, art galleries and famous seafood restaurants.
Monday, August 8, 2011
creativfestival Fall 2011
| location Metro Toronto Convention Centre - South Building 222 Bremner Blvd. Toronto, ON Canada M5V 2W6 conference classes Where technique, design and trend experts, artisans and designers share insider tips, tricks and techniques. From beginner to expert, there's always something new to learn in our 45 minute to 6 hour long classes. Classes start Wed Oct 19 through Sun Oct 23. Book classes individually or save with conference passes (see details). Register only through the Festival business office by calling 1.800.291.2030 & onsite if still available. exhibit hall tickets (13% HST included) $15 adult ($14 in advance) $12 senior 60+ ($11 in advance) $10 conference delegate $10 group (min order 10 tickets) $5 student (online & onsite only) $4 youth (10-17) $5 starlight pass only on Friday, October 21 Get tickets at the ticket booth starting at 4:30pm $25 3-day pass (online only - includes 1 draw ballot) save with advance tickets & you could win 1 of 3 - $1000 shopping sprees! 1 draw each day at 10:45am |
| exhibit hall hours Shop 'til you drop, get inspired and pick up more quick tips. 10:00am to 8:00pm Friday, October 21 10:00am to 6:00pm Saturday, October 22 10:00am to 5:00pm Sunday, October 23 |
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Summer Sewing
- Well, it has been an eventful summer with a tremendous amount of activities to include Summer Sewing Exploration camp for kids. This camp runs every summer in our studio and we love to share exciting and innovative ideas to kids of all ages. We will be sharing a sewing project with you to sew with your children during the summer months which is very simple. You will have plenty of time to make it with them before September.
- Look forward to Creative Machine Embroidery Magazines next edition with many wonderful projects from a vast array of very creative writers. Look for my Material World Sewing with Suede article (downloadable project) with some very pretty machine embroidery projects for fall and a great Kwik Sew Jacket to embroider http://www.cmemag.com/index.html http://www.cmemag.com/content_downloads/Suede_Handbags.pdf
- If you have an opportunity to take a peak in the next Sew News magazine, you will find some very nice articles to include Serger and what you can create with your serger, as well as many other wonderful articles. http://www.sewnews.com/index.html
- I will keep you updated on all of these very shortly. There is going to be a very interesting project in the next issue of A Needle Pulling Thread Magazine coming up this fall with Sunburst Handbags exploring embellishing with Dupioni Silk and free motion sewing. http://www.aneedlepullingthread.com/index.html
- Don't forget about the Creativ Festival at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Canada Oct 21-23 http://www.csnf.com/f11_index.html
- And for the second year the Knit Trade Show Sept 18th in Stroud Ontario Canada. Trade only. http://www.knittrade.com/storeregistration.html
- If you have the opportunity to visit the International Quilt Festival in Houston Nov 3-6th for General Public and Oct 29th-31st for Trade only it is being held at George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. USA http://www.quilts.com/newHome/index.php
- All of these will be posted individually on my blog coming up with more detail.
- As you can see there is a lot of work to get caught up. Also watch for my article on my blog in the future " How to create your own Serger Textile" and "Garment Construction using your own serger textile designed fabric". Have you ever made a textile with your serger?
- Well, much more to follow, enjoy the nice hot weather, and a nice cold iced tea. And sew, sew, sew.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Creative Machine Embroidery Magazine Cotton Voile
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If you would like to learn a bit more about Cotton Voile take a peak in July/August 2011 Creative Machine Embroidery Magazine in the column Material World for full embroidered reversible pillow case project. |
Gathering Cotton Strips Using Specialty Sewing Feet
Look closely at the right edge of the Edge stitching foot and you will see that as you are gathering, your fabric edge will stay straight along the edge. When your decide to incorporate this between a seam your can adjust your needle position slightly to the left so that your gathering seam does not show on the right side of your fabric
Using a Clear seam guide foot also works very well, for a strip that you would like to gather with a little more room along the raw edge. There are many options for needle position with this sewing foot.
There is a guide running along the edge of this foot as well to keep your edge straight as you gather the strip.
The stitch length for this strip of single weight cotton is 6. The tension is 9.8 and because a good quality polyester thread is used in bobbin and needle, there is no breakage of threads.
Practice on single weight cottons, and then experiment on double layer cotton pieces. Write down your adjustments as you go to keep them on file. Each time you need to experiment with gathering you will have the details for your own sewing machine. Have fun. You will love gathering. Try different fabric selections as well.
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| Kwik Sew 3744 |
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| Kwik Sew 3631 |
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Happy Mothers Day
A little bit different from photographs of sewing techniques and projects.
Have a very relaxing day all. Enjoy the very peaceful photos of an evening in Port Dalhousie/St. Catharines Finally Spring is here.......Hurray and Happy Mothers Day
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Fine Art & Craft Festival Burlington
Fine Art and Craft Festival
More than 100 artists selling a remarkable array of handcrafted, Canadian, juried fine art and craft, all located in and around the BAC! The building also features our Guilds, whose studio spaces are open with demonstrations and products for sale. Food and refreshments available on site.
Date and Time
Saturday, June 11, 2011 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location
In and around the Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Road, across from Discovery Landing and Spencer's restaurant
Admission or Ticket Price
Free
Our Address1333 Lakeshore Road Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A9 Phone (905) 632-7796 Fax (905) 632-0278 info@burlingtonartcentre.on.ca Contacting Our Staff | |
BAC HoursMonday - Thursday 9:00am - 10:00pm Friday - Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday 12 noon - 5:00pm | Art Etc Gallery Shop HoursMonday -Thursday 10-6 Friday and Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-5 |
Admission is FREE and we are an accessible facility.
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