Turning a corner

By Jenny | February 8, 2018 |

I’ll be in Long Beach this week so this will be a shorter post. I want to share my fix for rounded corners when free motion quilting. Here’s what I mean: It’s common to get these kinds of rounded corners or angles. Even though you absolutely stitched that corner, your machine rounds that corner off.…

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Pointless Sisters, a park and SAQA meeting

By Jenny | February 1, 2018 |

What a week! The printer died, the new one wouldn’t load and my email went down…right before I left to teach a workshop for The Pointless Sisters. As a teacher, I have to be highly organized. I  don’t procrastinate. I create lists, summaries and reminders for each gig and I print them out shortly before…

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A wee bit of progress on my wholecloth

By Jenny | January 25, 2018 |

I am having so much fun working on my black whole cloth quilt top. It has become a lot more involved than I thought it would be which seems to be par for the course. I do. not. know. how to keep it simple! Right now I’m auditioning background fills. I’ve mocked up a few…

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Craft Napa 2018

By Jenny | January 18, 2018 |

How do I describe Craft Napa? It’s fun, exhiliarating, encouraging, inspiring and maybe a wee bit fattening! You meet new friends, see friends from previous years, enjoy spontaneous lunches with people you didn’t know before, peek into other classrooms and immerse yourself in creativity. I was  struck by the vibe I got from walking around…

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