Carli The Quilter

Sometimes, a quilt becomes a statement and its not intentional. It just is what it is, you know? My statement became my dedication to completion. As you may remember, I started this quilt in I think 1997, when I took a great workshop done by friend Louisa Robertson. She taught the "Stack n Whack" technique made very popular in the 1990's and its originator Bethany Reynolds can  be found on this site, I recommend it for in depth look of the Stack and Whack creator. ( Note: if  you click on each photo, you'll get a larger image and then all the photo can be made larger from the roster at the bottom of the new screen, simple click the X to come back and read again:) This is me, with my first outing of my stack and whack blocks. I attended the 1st. Annual Quilters Connection Retreat at a farm in Abbotsford. Our organizers and hosts, Heather, Sue and Trish having a good laugh. Just one of the fabulous quilts by Ursula, one of my roomies and ...

I made the suggestion of an "Upcycle Quilt Category" to the board of directors of Canadian Quilters Assn in 2005. It was rejected. Thank goodness to all of those quilters and crafters out there that have embraced reusing and made lovely new things from reuse items. Society today needs more events to celebrate how we can individually deliver a smaller footprint on the world.  We have many of these types of ways going on, such as with the " Bicycle to Work " Being green never was easier! Being green today for quilters has never been easier either. Thousands of mature quilters are hanging up their massive stash and moving to less taxing activities. Not to say that some handwork or hand quilting might still be going on with our elders who remember what it was like before we had fabric stores in every town and city. http://www.csnf.com/designerstyle.html Would you like to enter a competition for "Upcycled?" Tell me you will enter so...

Now, you may be aware that I use organic fabrics in my quilts. I don't make a big deal about it, I'm a designer and have to stock some bolts or I wouldn't have anything to use in the amounts I need. But I just love the quality of Cloud9Fabric, the print designers are really awesome, fresh and new. I'm really happy to tell you that a Fat Quarter Bundle  Give Away is happening at Cloud9 Fabrics.   You can enter this contest by simply visiting their blog and leaving a comment. Do read the post, follow their blog too! http://cloud9fabrics.blogspot.com/ What I'd do with this Fat Quarter bundle if I won is make a new quilt pattern using this fabric! Yeh, I love contests!