Showing posts with label Quiltnasium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quiltnasium. Show all posts

July 1, 2019

Cat Crazy Happy Canada Day

   How was everyone's Canada Day? We had a great time serving up pancakes and sausages in Canmore then visiting Sugar Pine Quilts.
   What's even better is, we've finished the new 1-2-3-4 quilt using the crazy cat panel and coordinating fabric. Panel and coordinates available now. Kits available Thursday.

Remember to sign up for the our email newsletter,Quiltnasium Relay, to be notified of our specials.

Enjoy!



June 17, 2019

There Comes A Time

   Here we are at the Lethbridge Festival of Quilts.

If you did not make it to Lethbridge Festival of Quilts, you missed a fabulous show. The quilts were awesome. This one especially caught my eye. Do you recognize it? It's in multi colour. And what is even better, this 150 Canadian Women quilt by Terri Forbis won viewers choice. Congratulations Terri.
 
The ribbons are cool because the guild members make the blocks and the ribbon company makes them into a spectacular ribbon.

   There comes a time in every website's life when it has to send out emails. The time for Quiltnasium is now. Go here to sign up at the top of the page to receive notices on special offers. These emails are planned to go out on Thursdays. We figure these emails are the best way to let y'all know what specials are happening. Thank you in advance for signing up.

   Hiking was excellent today. We saw deer, mountain goats, mountain sheep and a momma grizzly with three one year old cubs on the drive to the trail head. Pics to follow from a guy that had a long range camera on the grizzly. 

June 3, 2019

Sew You Want To Quilt

   The preemptive lecture to Boot Camp 101, Sew You Want To Quilt, is on Quiltnasium's class list. Three different days, same lecture. We are talking about all the supplies you require or not, from fabric to sewing machines. Even if you've been sewing for a long time you may still pick up a tidbit.
   We've also added Sew Pieceful days in June. Bring a friend and lunch and sew to your hearts content.

   I just love it when all the trees are in flower. Looks like the crabapple tree will be loaded this year.

  
   My apologies for those that were at the shop early Sunday. Good ole Kitty brought in a live mouse. I'd been thinking she's been gone a long time when a couple minutes later she comes running in with a mouse. When I picked her up she dropped the mouse. Oh No, it's alive! Crap! When I grabbed it it bit me. Great off to urgent care to get a tetanus and now combined diphtheria shot. One thing about it, after dragging the reclining chair outside, that it was under and jumped up into, it made me finally rearrange and downsize some of the stuff that was hanging around that corner and on the chair that I've procrastinated about for years.

  He He He. You should have seen mom. I bring her a present and she's like get out of the house. Now, that's a fine howdy doody. Then she tries picking me up to put me and the mouse outside and I dropped it. Then the fun began. Everything's away from the chair and stuff was taken off the chair that I could never lay on because there was no room. Then she flips the recliner over and goes to grab the mouse. Gone. Gone into the chair she hopes. She's trying to get me to help find the mouse now, and I'm like it's more interesting watching her move everything and close all the doors and stick towels under them so the mouse cannot get into that room. Oh so exciting! And now mom's dragging the recliner outside onto the deck. 'Hooray' she says, the mouse is in the chair outside and not in the house. So now all the furniture is rearranged and all is well on my part. Whew, what a fun morning!

May 27, 2019

Quilt Festival Hiking

   We want to thank everyone that stopped by our booth at Heritage Park Festival of Quilts. The first day was rainy but everyone came to shop. The second day was glorious and everyone came to shop. It was like old home weekend seeing everyone. We had a blast talking to everyone.

  The hike today was also wonderful. My dad's favourite flower, Shooting Star, were out in full bloom all along the trail.
I remember he tried to transplant one of them but they didn't take. However, you can have your own shooting star, Showering Stars kit. Plus there is enough of the jelly roll left to make a table runner or pillow.
 

   The hike today was not without a feature attraction. In fact there were two features. The first being the beautiful trails for hiking

with peek-a-boo spots of the glorious mountains that are only minutes away.

The second was this gorgeous Black Bear. He scared two white tail deer away plus us. We just observed what he was interested in; it wasn't us. So we made ourselves large and noisy and he ran back into the woods. What male wants to take on 11 loud women with pointy hiking poles and bear spray?


May 6, 2019

Firsts

   Ouch! Last week spent all 5 days data input on Quiltnasium.com entering fabric and notions and patterns. First time my thumb was sore for 24 hours from mouse work. That's house work with an M, mouse work. Make sure you have a look online.
   Hallelujah, the background fabric for the Stonehenge Solstice Circle has arrived. Cut, cut, cut, fold, fold, fold, stuff stuff, stuff, mailed, mailed, mailed. Thank you to everyone for being patient.

   The next firsts, first hike of the summer schedule. Will certainly feel it tomorrow. Saw first yellow flower, I'll call it buttercup even though it isn't, first crocus, and most famous, first dandelion of the season.

Our next first is, we will be at Heritage Park Festival of Quilts, May 25-26, 10a to 5p. We are just inside the side door.

April 8, 2019

Spring On Safari

   Safari Oh Goodie, oh goodie it's here. It makes me feel like spring. This hard to get fabric is in house Wednesday. Would be a really cool One Block Wonder or Stack 'n Whack or kid's quilt.  
24" xwof continuous repeat yardage.

stripes run parallel to selvedge
   Oh my three more weeks. I had planned on having the blocks all put together by now. Another wishful thinking. This week it's wonderful to have a Cuppa and watch the Winter Flower

turn into a Scatter of Split Hexie Flowers. (Hmm not a bad ditty if I say so myself.)

   Also this week we've been entering fabric, notions and precuts like crazy on Quiltnasium's website. Our faces are very tired at the end of the day.


February 4, 2019

Brr It's Cold Outside

   And piecing inside. The last few days has been nothing but a deep freeze. Everyone talks global warming but, these cold days are normal since I can remember from the 1960s and forward. We are in the deep freeze then a Chinook, deep freeze, Chinook... If the weather is cold for more than 7-10 days then everyone is grumpy. The Chinook comes and everyone is happy happy happy. That's Calgary weather for you.

   Anyways, we've been piecing up a storm, working on the Splendid Sampler II blocks both at home and at Quiltnasium. Am so looking forward to warmer weather so we can Come Together by Lee Chappell Monroe under the Iowa Star by Jodi Sanders

and Match Point - by  Mary Honaker - Ice Cream - by Jane Davidson - and Snail and Pail - by Wendy Sheppard.

   Plus we were working on the 150 Canadian Women quilt blocks.

Enjoy!

   Meow everyone. An exciting thing happened last week. A fox was hanging around the yard and on the ice. You see there are lots of wild rabbits around here. Mom was quite upset. She said that the fox knew I was around and that I would make a great snack. She followed me everywhere. Annoying as it was, I still appreciated it. The last few days it is too cold for kittys, all animals and people to be outside. I just stick my nose out for a smell then run to my warm spot.

January 28, 2019

My Turn

   It's been an exciting and wonderful week to see everyone's version of my block, Fresh Start. Last Thursday my block, Fresh Start and three other fabulous designer blocks in the Splendid Sampler II were introduced to you.

   Fresh Start by myself is great for experimenting with texture. The next fun block, Pack Your Bags, by Jodie Carlton made me think I should be booking a winter break getaway very soon.

Blue Ribbon by Melissa Mortenson, was harder but well worth the persistence. Mine is still 3D. The outside edges will be sewn down when the surrounding blocks are attached. Lastly, Lauren's Flower Basket, by Annette Plog gave way to wishing the winter away. I can hardly wait for spring.

   Quiltnasium is now open Wednesday to Sunday 10a-4p. Come and investigate what is behind door 4. We are ready to start post the retro fabric on Quiltnasium's facebook page for sale so that we can bring in more new. Check it out on Thursday. Be sure to like us and follow us so you can see the fabric.

Enjoy!