Archive
2012 April
Guest Blog: Thoughts on the Internet and Creativity
Posted by Claire on Apr 28 2012
I’m very happy to welcome Alison McDonald to my blog to share her thoughts on the internet and the rewards and challenges it offers to sewers and those who create. She runs “Sew What Else?” here in Hamilton, ON, offering custom long arm quilting services to quilters. She is also the local coordinator of the […]
Enigma Embroidered Spring Coat
Posted by Claire on Apr 02 2012
I don’t do a lot of ‘straight’ hand embroidery. If I do embroider, it’s often in conjunction with my smocked projects – bullions, feather stitch, that sort of thing. But last winter, I fell in love with the most gorgeous embroidered jacket from a back issue of Inspirations #12 (1996) called ‘Enigma’. The knit […]
A new quilt project underway “Plaid Stars”
Posted by Claire on Apr 02 2012
It took me ten months to finish David’s guitar quilts. I moaned. I procrastinated. I knashed my teeth and wailed. So guess what I started on this week? Another quilt 🙂 Yeah, yeah, I know but even if chain piecing will never fill my heart with rainbows and butterflies, I love the look of quilts. […]